“Yes! Yes! Yes!” Ed’s screaming alarmed Edna. She raced from the kitchen, heart thumping.
“You OK?”
“Yes! Yes! Yes!” Ed pumped his fists, unable to say anything else.
Edna turned to the blaring TV. The football game announcer was more delirious than Ed.
“The greatest play I’ve ever seen!” the announcer screamed. “The Hawks outweigh ‘em 50 pounds per man, but never saw the fake coming. If you can’t overpower ‘em, then outsmart ‘em. That’s what the Tigers did!”
Edna turned back toward Ed.
“Yes! Yes! Yes!”
“Whatever,” Edna said, shaking her head as she returned to the kitchen.
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This 99-word story is my contribution to the February 3 Carrot Ranch Flash Fiction Challenge to "write a story that explores the question, 'What good is power?'"
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