Flash Fiction #301 – The Perfect Family. The Perfect House.

Flash Fiction #301 – The Perfect Family. The Perfect House.

Where is my family?

They’re here, you say, in this perfect house:

the wife, the son, the daughter,

even the dog and cat. But they’re all imposters.

Lost my wife a year ago.

Daughter and son, five months.

Even my dog and cat are replacements.

These imposters put on a good show… every head tilt, every smile — convincing.

But their movements are too perfect, too precise.

I play along, but never sleep. I refuse to be taken.

I refuse to become the perfect husband to this perfect family in the perfect house.