[Short Story] - Untested medicine - 5 minute freewrite challenge

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Untested medicine

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The doctor handed me a small container full of pills under the table.

“If you have any second thoughts, please let me know.”

I was already sweating since I arrived, but holding the untested medication in hand made me sweat more intense still.

I shook my head no and slowly got up from the chair, subtly tucking the box in my pocket while straightening up.

“Same time next week?”

“Same time.”

I closed the door behind me, drove home and went on with my life the same way I usually did. I took the children outside for a fun afternoon, I cooked dinner and eventually ended up in my bathroom, brushing my teeth before bedtime, then downed one of the capsules with a glass of water and went to sleep.

In woke up in the dead of night with blisters all over my body.

In panic, anger and confusion, I called the doctor’s private number at 3 am in the morning and started shouting into my phone the moment he answered.

“What on Earth have you given me? I thought you said many others are taking this too?”

“Calm down. It’s placebo,” he said a soft relaxed voice.

Ding. Time is up.

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The prompt was:

"if you have any thoughts, please let me know"

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While you are waiting for content new,
in the comments below leave me a clue,
an idea for a story you'd love to read,
a journey to the unknown my keyboard will lead.

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I turn your writing prompts into stories.

Previous writing prompts I have fulfilled:

Brutal	Funny/Misc	Happy ending	Gross
#1 - Living off the grid #3 - A young thief #8 - A traitor from hell #9 - Not alone #10 - Millitary testing grounds #13 - Bigfoot #14 - And angel in love with a whore #15 - Down the rabbit hole #18 - Reborn as a 10 year old #19 - A struggling door to door salesman #24 - Rebellious talking food #26 - Ssssnails! #28 - Mission Erased #32 - Dog's breath	#2 - A dolphin tea party #4 - Stained hands #7 - The giant depressed onion #21 - The red star #25 - Long-distance Relationship #27 - A dream #30 - Potato #31 - Dragons #33 - The Jungle #35 - A life lesson #36 - Unicorn meat	#5 - The homeless man #6 - A blind date #11 - The wealthy man #12 - Happy ending #16 - Asshole soulmate #17 - My bunny Fluffy #20 - War veteran #22 - Wishing to meet a villain #23 - School trip	#29 - Green Chewing Gum #34 - Turkey Trauma #37 - Stuck in a loop

Five minute freewrite challenges I have fulfilled:

Fire, Toilet, Flash, Soft feet, Pillow, Grounding, Surprise, Ending the pain, Going for a walk, Car Mechanic, Murderer, Dog hair, Ducks, Untested medicine.

Next writing prompt to be fulfilled:

There are currently no pending writing prompts for me to fulfill.
Leave your idea in the comments below and have it turned into a story!

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