Bird Watching

A 1000-word short story

Photo by bethany milam on Unsplash

Hayley clicked the remote to start the nature DVD again. Usually, the gentle sound of wood pigeons cooing comforted her. Today it was making her cry, but crying was all she felt capable of. Silly really; there was nothing for her to be sad about now.

Pigeon had been her father’s nickname for her when she was little. He and Mum had put a bird table where she could see it…