Residue: One Word/60 Seconds

Part of the Blogging from A to Z challenge 2012 for the letter R


OneWord.com is a website for getting the muse warmed up. Each day you get one word and sixty seconds in which to write what it inspires. 

As she sat at the table the spot stared back at her. There was still a residue left from the soap making the splotch look like the blood she had mopped up. Her fingers were still raw and aching from scrubbing the dark stain. The residue of the life she had only a few hours ago.