I have not participated in Ms. Jenny's Centus in a couple of weeks so I am bending the rules and using last week's prompt (in green) and this week's prompt (in blue) together! I hope it works. Below is my story in exactly 100 words, prompts included.
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Everything depended upon this single card:
her key to a whole new life,
her passport to great adventure.
She hadn’t planned on leaving so soon, but it was time.
Opportunity had knocked and she is
poised to open that door,
ready to grab its hand,
never to look back on her life
with the regret of “what if”.
Removing her shackles of fear,
she slides the card in place,
punching in her password.
The ATM machine began dispensing twenties.
Her savings now depleted,
she steps up to the counter
and purchases that one way ticket
to her life’s dream destination.
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