FIFTY WORD STORY – The Purple Gem

The bruise on his knuckle looked like a ring; a purple gem crowning a delicate band around his worn, calloused finger. Yet on closer inspection, it was indeed a welt, perhaps from a stray hammer or a pinched hinge, but more likely crafted in a duet with his wife’s verbage.

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