Voicemail Halts Dinner Plans

You answer your phone as the evening quiet is shattered by a cryptic urgent voicemail.

You sit at the small kitchen table, a plate half-eaten in front of you when your phone buzzes. The voicemail is brief but urgent, hinting at a sudden change that involves someone close to you. Your fork hovers mid-air as you listen to it again, feeling the calm of the evening unravel.

Start here: Write the first sentence describing your dinner table and the phone buzzing.

Focus

Immediate conflict

One rule

Avoid naming any locations or real people