(writing exercise) Amateur Arithmetic

This is a fragment is part of an overall quest to practice writing fiction. The prompt was to write a flawed character, through the eyes of an omniscient narrator. Amateur Arithmetic The rain wouldn&#x27;t stop for another three hours. At the bottom of the slope, the water pooled cold around her ankles. A drain pipe gurgled above her head, louder than her stomach grumbled. The outline of a…