Warming Up

A 1,900 word short story

Photo by stefano manzini on Unsplash

Maria was cold. Mostly that was because, no matter what she did, she couldn’t get to grips with the central heating system in her new house, but she was feeling the lack of emotional warmth too. That was partly due to disappointment in her neighbour Carol.

When they first met Carol was friendly and kind, making Maria think she’d discovered a wonderful new friend. Unfortunately…