I looked at the books on the shelf fondly. I would miss these the most.
But now, it was time to move on. My family was not safe here anymore.
The exterminators were on their way, and I’d heard the human mention on the phone that they specialized in cockroaches.
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261 characters.
Written as a part of Kat Myrman’s Twittering Tale challenge. The objective is to write a story on the photo prompt given above in 280 characters or less.
jagahdilmein 
You can get your head into the oddest POV characters!
Thank you Ed, after all, cockroaches are people too 🙂
Perhaps they are from the perspective of Indian reincarnation philosophy. Outside of that, I’m not so sure. 😉
Ha ha ha.
Love it! Nice take on the prompt. Made me laugh! 😀
Thank you so much Kat.
At first, I thought it’s a sad story! 😁
Nice! I love books. I hate cockroaches!
Everyone does, but cockroaches are people too you know 🙂
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Oh I like this one! Good job!
Thank you so much Isabel.