Bridget

460-character post for Three Minute Fiction warmup

If Bridget’s life had been a work of fiction, she could have put someone with a lesser sense of irony in charge of plot, and she would have awarded the main character a more clever disposition. If only she had been given a minute before the staging was set, she might have formulated with greater clarity and precision those three fateful wishes. As it turns out, quality, size and safety can be decisive in matters of fame, fortune and a shiny red sports car.

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