July 25, 2023, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story based on the phrase “commitment in a can.” What is the commitment and to whom? Describe the can. How does it expand the story? Go where the prompt leads!

Milly stopped to stretch her legs. She had been driving almost four hours straight and she was tired and just wanted to get home. As she stepped from the car her foot landed on an old Diet Coke can. Oh, she would love a can of cold soda! Picking up the can gingerly, in case there was a creature living inside it, she planned on tossing it in the next garbage she could find. She felt something move in the can and before throwing it in the backseat she saw a small piece of paper folded in the can.