It's #ZapFicMonday, week 29! Write me a story in 240 characters or less!

ZapFic Monday - week 29
Prompt: “candle"

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Another blackout. The darkness terrified Elena. She calmed down and lit a candle. When it went out, she panicked. She heard the front door creak, but not her husband's voice calling her name. Fear struck her.

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Rules:

+Write a story with 240 characters orless (letters, full stops, spaces, etc) NOT words

+Post to the Freewriters Community.

+Post a link to your entry in the comments section of this post +Use #freewritehouse and #zapfic tags.

+Include the copy of the text with the number of characters, given by the character counter

^{Image from contest} ====================================== +This is my ZapFic-Monday exercise. I invite @felixgarciap and @aotearoa to participate in this fun contest.

+To write in English I helped myself with Google Translate ============================================ THANK YOU FOR READING AND SUPPORTING ME ============================================