This is an entry in the #fiftywords story challenge by @miniature-tiger. The current theme is "wave".
Check out @miniature-tiger's post: @miniature-tiger/fiftywords-stories-round-up-and-theme-for-weekdays-3-wave
The story is exactly 50 words long.
Hank felt sick and feverish.
“You can’t get out of dinner at the Clarkson’s that easily, dear,” his wife said.
Hank swallowed bile, lame conversation, and mediocre food with a weak smile. During the cheese course he was hit by a wave of nausea, and vomited all over the brie.