Small Steps_Under Seven-Mile Bridge_The Choice of His Life_Maria's dilemma
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Small Steps
*Warning: Content includes references to and descriptions of sexual/dating violence which might be difficult for some to read. There's also some swearing. * The world spins around me as I stumble back. The edge of the counter digs into my lower back. I can barely breathe, and I grip at my chest wondering if I’m having a heart attack. His smug smile as he stands behind the podium with lights flashing all around him, infuses into my vision. It’s all I can see. “Wait. Isn’t that─” Callie covers her mouth with her hand. I nod as my body slides to the tiled kitchen floor. ...
Under Seven-Mile Bridge
It had been a year since the last run. A lot happens in a year.Hope my legs still remember how. One false move and you’re under and you don’t come up. Like Jonesy on Richardson. Jonesy was never coming up.“We need the extra men, you see Mike,” the crew boss had explained. “Can’t run the whole thing with only twenty poles. Just can’t do it.”“Sure.”“You game for it?”“Sure.”“I’ll be up in the morning to start. Have everything yarded or we’ll never catch Courser.”Mike cut a notch in the base of a thick pine. There was an empty thud when the ax hit the bark on the first two swings, then a satisfyi...
The Choice of His Life
He sat, staring indecisively at the dessert cart. This was always his toughest decision - does he choose the cannoli or the eclair? His mother stared at him, disapprovingly. Charles’ weight had always been a problem for him, even before he was born.Fran had never liked her son, her youngest. She had wanted to stop at two, but her husband insisted owww.onedoor.ccn a third. She tried to resist but there was that one drunken night in New York City and nine months later, here’s Charles.The rest of the family sensed what was coming. The inevitable argument, the storming out of the restaurant by his father, Marty...
Maria's dilemma
Name of author: Lydia Mensah Number of pages: seven Word count : 2352 #Start your story with someone being presented with a dilemma. #She had lived most of her life as a single woman and she found nothing wrong with it. She was actually enjoying its prospects until she realised that some people’s happiness depended on her status. Everyone was tired of waiting Inn eager expectation for her to settle down. No one had been bold enough to tell her in the face though. She was the topic of discussion every day. No wonder she felt restless every time. This time around, with the backing o...