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Valerie PrestonElizabeth Maxso Stories 04-07

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  • Three Way Split
  • Lamenting an Onstage Jesus
  • Time Never Forgets
  • Fair Concerns
  • Three Way Split

    “Why can’t you just leave him?” he asked quickly getting dressed, falling over as he tried to pull his shoes on and his jacket at the same time. “You said he doesn’t care. He’s away a lot of the time with work and leaves you on your own. And in your words ‘the spark is well and truly gone’. She lay back down on the bed and said “I know, and it is”. She lay back on the bed, smoke swirling into the air and blew smoke rings, round and perfect. “I just can’t, not yet anyway. When Jessie leaves school and starts Uni. She’ll be old enough to understand and it will be easier. It’s not that long to wa...0joone door

    Lamenting an Onstage Jesus

    “Poor Jesus,” my friend Sean said quietly under his breath.           That was when the giggles started. Normally, I did not succumb to laughter during a theatrical performance unless it was warranted. However, Sean’s comment was totally lacking context, except that we were watching a Jesus onstage. The excerpt from Jesus Christ Superstar was nearing its climax and while the performers on the makeshift stage were doing a superior job with the choreography and the character representations, Jesus was struggling. His voice betrayed his confident stature. There was something scratchy and all...0joone door

    Time Never Forgets

    Pam knelt on the gardening pad and dug deep enough to prepare the ground to plant the rose bush. As she broke up the soil her fingers touched something round and hard; she kept digging and brought it up to the surface. It wasn’t a pebble or a small piece of rock as she initially thought. She dusted its surface, but not wearing her glasses,www.onedoor.cc she didn’t inspect the item any further and put it in her pants’ pocket.A burning sensation on her back made her uncomfortable. It was 7:00 am, but because of the unrelenting sun of the Australian mining town, it was already hot. By midday, the heat would pr...0joone door

    Fair Concerns

    Are you coming tonight?The text had been sent twenty minutes ago and I was left on read.He had seen the text and not responded. What was worse was that he was already half an hour late, and I was extremely excited about this second date. We had been out once before, and we both seemed to have a genuinely good time. However, this date was to the fair. Walking side by side at the annual Shelby County Fair was like announcing your relationship on Facebook. Everyone and his mom, quite literally, would know who were dating in a matter of one afternoon. A couple just needed one quick walk down the m...0joone door

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