The word prompts for the Three Things Challenge #32 by Haunted Wordsmith are: sorry, late, no excuse.
Two friends shuffling around together on the platform of the local station were waiting for another person to join them. That person was late, there had been no text message or phone call to say sorry and no excuse had been given. After a long while, the two friends wandered off together, muttering and grumbling about the missing companion.
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