38 :)

My ultimate goal is to write fiction in a negative number of words (where the story will consist of me keeping my mouth shut and you, the reader, saying stuff to me) ...  but today, my shortest piece yet:  38 words  :)
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Matinée

On Tuesdays, she leaves the office early (the babysitter can’t work)—Stupid unprotected left turn at Douglas!—and the babysitter helps the twins with their homework after dinner (she has a late meeting at the office on Tuesdays).