She sat at the empty table under the oak tree, nervously lighting a cigarette. How was she going to explain what happened?
She’d lived in fear for years, frightened that this day would one day come, yet somehow afraid that it might never come. Stubbing her cigarette into the ashtray on the table, she reached in her purse and pulled her compact out, looking in the mirror, and dabbing some powder on her face. Then, replacing the compact, she saw the young woman coming and she rose, with her arms open, as the young woman asked, “Are you my mother?”
© 2014
Cheryl A. Showers
Challenge – Friday 2nd May 2014
This post was written in response to the Light and Shade Challenge. The rules of the prompt were to write a 100 word post using one or both of two prompts. One was a picture prompt, (at the top), which I chose to respond to. The other prompt was a quote, which I did not respond to:
She tells enough white lies to ice a wedding cake – Margo Asquith
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Well done. What happens next?
I’m not sure, I’ll have to finish writing and see where it goes. 🙂
Ohhh, good one. She’d lived in fear for years… while afraid it might never come.. great line. Well done.
Thank you for your encouragement Steph. God bless you!
That really hit home – you conveyed the tension and the hope and the fears of that moment so beautifully. Thank you for linking up
Thanks so much for your kind response Thomas. I’m enjoying the challenges.
God bless you,
Cheryl
What a lovely, hopeful end. It must have taken so much courage to get there, you really showed the tension. Thank you for sharing. LM x
Lyssa, thanks so much for your encouragement. I’m enjoying the challenges.
God bless you,
Cheryl