Sell by date

Sell by date comes courtesy of a Dean Writers Circle writing workshop. The other pieces I wrote on the day will never see the light LOL.

‘You’re past your sell by date, you know that, don’t you?’ Ben had hissed the words across the kitchen table when she told him she was leaving him. ‘Don’t even think about finding someone knew.’ He’d pushed back his chair, legs scraping on the stone floor.

The flung insult stung. Ellen stood too and then wondered why, bit it was awkward to sit again. Ben...