donny - a 100 word novel

The only time Donny appeared in the newspaper was after the funeral of Jeremy, his grandson, killed in a road accident. He said, 'They say nobody should bury their child: nobody should ever bury their grandchild.' When he spoke to the reporter he had a fingertip in a jar hidden in a drawer. It came from the site of the accident. Donny found it the following day, and kept it, sure it was Jeremy's. He could not preserve it, it rotted despite his efforts. He later realised it came from the driver, who survived the accident. He buried the fingertip.

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