Countdown Novels & Stories

Don't wait up. He crumpled the note and hurled it to the floor. A second later, his phone rang. His friend was barely able to get the words out. "Jasper, you need to get back here right now. The party's a disaster."

WRONG NUMBER “Shit!” Arielle Lawson cursed under her breath as her bag slipped off the bar counter, spilling its entire contents across the floor for the uninterested crowd of Midnight Halo Lounge, Manhattan to see. She stared at the mess absentmindedly through her increasingly blurry vision, wondering how she was supposed to gather whatever remained of her dignity. A part of her knew that if she stood up too quickly, she’d land face-first on the cold, filthy tiled floor. Her legs were already betraying her, softened by whisky and regret.

No countdown. Just 8 people. On this side. 7 people. Plus Chloe. On that side. Eyes closed. For 11 seconds. For March 14th, 2022. For December 31st, 2023. For January 6th, 2024. _Thump-thump. Thump-thump._ 2:48 PM. Eyes opened. Chloe wiped eyes. Once. “Thanks,” Chloe said. “For waiting. For 7. For me.”

It might be past six before we get to wherever we are going and it's just 5 minute to 6 and I need to say a little prayer but I also don't want this moment to end. "Give me a moment" I said and rushed back to the company, luckily its not locked yet so I guess Mr. Akin is still inside. I went to my corner, knelt down and said a prayer of gratitude for mothers successful surgery and everything He has been doing in my life. After the Prayer it was already past 6 so I went to the dispenser and took a class of water to break the fasting.

Tyson smirked. “31 Days.” Chance affirmed. “Which Day was today”? He asked. “Ninth.” Dr. Tyson added. “Twenty two days to go, man I am gonna savor these.” with a devilish smirk, Chance declared.

I shouted before raising both of my hands but immediately putting it back 'down there' cause it's still in a proud salute. I looked at Maze to asked for his help but he just gave me a smug look before poking Top on his shoulder. "Don't think too much. I would never ever do him." He simply said before looking at me again. "You should take a bath now. We're leaving in an hour." He firmly said causing me to look at the alarm clock and saw that it's already 7:46 am. We only have less than an hour and a half left before the opening of the U Week.

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She was not one of them. The mama then motioned for her and the other young lady to follow to the etiquette test. There she met with the rest of the ladies and there were only 20 ladies left from the original 50. More than a half of the ladies were eliminated in this test. A straight line was made with white sand and three pieces of jadeite were put on her shoulder and her head. “Walk the entire length of this white sand line. Those who drop their jadeite first will be eliminated.”

“This is still the number of days your Uncle Zander has been away. The counting of days starts tomorrow.” “Tomorrow?” “Yes, my little one. It’s just been a couple of hours since Uncle Zander left. Wait for twenty-four hours after he leaves, then you can start counting.” “Tomorrow, the exact time he leaves will start the twenty-four-hour countdown,” I lowered his thumb again. “That is when the days of counting will begin to lessen. “Twenty-four of these, Mommy? So many! I haven’t learned how to count that far yet!” “Do you want me to teach you to count to one thousand numbers?”