Dinner with a side of distress Part Two – Flash Fiction

It is time once again for another installment in my Writer’s Toolbox  Flash fiction. For those not familiar with the Writer’s Toolbox exercises, I pull out three sentences at random which have to be used as my first, middle, and closing lines. Additionally I must utilize three descriptions, also pulled at random from a stack of cards. Due to the random nature, I do not know how the story will end. I apologize for the shift in point of view, but rules are rules.

Story to date: Bill, a somewhat...