The Night the Wire Broke

When Mahnoor woke in the morning, her heart was already beating fast. Tonight was the night the radio had spoken about. Tonight a wire would break at the grid station, and Abbu would be on his shift. She looked out of the window. Soft morning light lay over Lane Number Four, but even in that light she kept thinking of the darkness of the night to come. She opened her notebook and read last night's line: Tomorrow night the wire…