{"id":2056,"date":"2012-03-30T15:53:49","date_gmt":"2012-03-30T13:53:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wilmahollander.nl\/wordpress\/?page_id=2056"},"modified":"2023-03-16T12:43:46","modified_gmt":"2023-03-16T10:43:46","slug":"fatal-encounter","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wilmahollander.nl\/WP\/flash-fiction\/fatal-encounter\/","title":{"rendered":"Fatal Encounter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>He\u2019s ten feet tall and not bulletproof. At least not for Hannah\u2019s bullets.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been one year since they\u2019ve met. He\u2019d thought it would be safe to see her again after all this time, but no, she shot him right in the heart the moment he reappeared on her doorstep. It\u2019s weird. He feels no pain. There\u2019s only this crazy burning flame, tearing his body apart.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Normally I don\u2019t behave like this,\u2019 she says, hiding behind the half open door.<\/p>\n<p>He knows. She\u2019s not the shooting type. She\u2019s sweet and charming, even a little shy. Not the type of woman he\u2019s used to. She stares at him. Her eyes are veiled. What is she thinking?<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It would be better if you\u2019d go\u2026\u2019 she whispers.<\/p>\n<p>He knows he should, but he can\u2019t move his feet. Flashlights explode in his head, alarm bells are screaming in his ears and there must be something seriously wrong with his eyes. The only thing he sees clearly is her beautiful face, her slender body. Everything else is a blur.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018\u2026or maybe not.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Part of him wants her to close that door, but no words come from his tongue. He\u2019s too numb with fear to cry out, lost in a universe where his safe world of wife and daughters is rapidly fading. Only God knows what will happen if he steps over that threshold.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018My husband will be back soon.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Hannah,\u2019 he says.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Finally her eyes lock with his and her smile tells him she really knows.<\/p>\n<p>She\u2019s his heaven.<\/p>\n<p>As he is hers.<\/p>\n<p>The door opens.<\/p>\n<p>No way back.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9W.H. 03\/2012<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wilmahollander.nl\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Fatale-ontmoeting.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3884\" src=\"http:\/\/wilmahollander.nl\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Fatale-ontmoeting-300x210.jpg\" alt=\"Fatale ontmoeting\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wilmahollander.nl\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Fatale-ontmoeting-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wilmahollander.nl\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Fatale-ontmoeting.jpg 756w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h6><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He\u2019s ten feet tall and not bulletproof. At least not for Hannah\u2019s bullets. It\u2019s been one year since they\u2019ve met. He\u2019d thought it would be safe to see her again <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/wilmahollander.nl\/WP\/flash-fiction\/fatal-encounter\/\">Verder lezen <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Fatal Encounter<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":2008,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2056","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilmahollander.nl\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilmahollander.nl\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilmahollander.nl\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilmahollander.nl\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilmahollander.nl\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2056"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wilmahollander.nl\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2056\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3886,"href":"https:\/\/wilmahollander.nl\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2056\/revisions\/3886"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilmahollander.nl\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilmahollander.nl\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}