The Festival

Photo by Vidya Sury

     As organizer of the festival, I meticulously planned the exciting entertainment and approved a variety of craft and food vendors to offer their wares.  

     Everything ran like clockwork until Charlie become sick.  God help me!  Now, I must overcome my fear of heights to take his place.  Dressed colorfully, I must parade around on stilts! 

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W is for Wedding

    

  The music began.  A vision in white, she glided towards him.  His stomach churned as he glanced at Valerie waiting stoically across the aisle, staring at her bouquet. 

     

    It was then he knew. 

 “I can’t marry you.  Not when I love Valerie.”

    Mortified and enraged, Debbie slapped him hard, kneed his nuts, and ran away.

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V is for Verdict

     The jurors file solemnly back into the box one by one.  Not one glanced his way. Yet they held his fate in their hands.  He stood, staring straight ahead awaiting their decision. 

    

        He thought of his precious wife Melanie lying dead in a pool of blood.  “We the jury, find the defendant guilty of murder.”

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U is for Ultimatum

      It had been the best 4 years of Brianna’s life, no doubt.   She loved Dillon.  If Dillon loved her, he would marry her.  All their friends were married. 

     

        Either a diamond on her finger or she would kick him to the curb…that was the deal.  Shit or get off the pot!

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S is for Secrets

         Amanda remained behind to seek help with a new math concept covered in today’s lesson.   She struggled with math, much as Jennifer had at that age.   

  

        Jennifer hugged her tightly, smiled, and told her to hurry on to recess.    Amanda must never guess that she was the baby she had given up ten years ago.

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Q is for Quest

       With swords drawn, Danny and Billy crept silently through the woods, ever diligent.  While pausing to study the map by flashlight, they heard a distant twig snap. 

   

      Something or someone was coming.  Their heartbeats quickened.   The stakes were high.  They must find the treasure before the enemy found it first!   “Danny!  Billy!  Dinner!” yelled mom.  

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N is for Nurse

 

    

      A sweet voice coaxed him from the abyss.  The 

closer he got, the more excruciating the pain.  

        

   

      He remembered the surprise ambush by the enemy, the fear, and the chaos.  Struggling awake, he gazed into her eyes.   He trusted her instantly to ease his pain and help him forget the horrific memories that haunted him.

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L is for Lonely

      

    

  Henry had been dead for six months.    During his sickness, the house bustled filled to overflowing with her family and friends.  

      

      Since the funeral they had stopped coming, leaving her alone and forgotten.  They went back to their lives.   It was as it should be.  She prayed for a reunion that only death could guarantee.

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J is for Jealousy

     

   

    

      Her cheeks burned with fury as she watched her new boyfriend hug another woman. Who the hell was she? 

  

    Who did she think she was hugging her boyfriend? Bitch! She would claw her eyes out!  She would kill him, the asshole!  All of a sudden they headed her way. “Hey Claire, meet my sister Danielle!”

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