Lake Heaven Pt. 5
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Here is the last instalment!
[If you need a link to one, two, three and four…you’ve got ‘em 😉 ]
These are the nine words Random Word Generator came up with for me to use today:
Scrape Salmon Child Marketing Enemy Rifle Tidy Seize Observation
He’s been shouting at me for a long time. At least, he thinks it’s directed at me. I’m waiting for his breakthrough.
Standing in this kitchen, my hands morphing into hers as I scrape the brown meat from the salmon, I have the clarity of a child. His hurt is coming off him in waves. It could engulf me, so I am keeping up the walls.
My internal monologue is changing. I am starting to realise that this long 18 months of writing/discovery/marketing/being sought out has made us rail against each other as one does against a foe.
But he is not my enemy.
I saw his copy in the same bag. He was using her photo as a bookmark. There were passages highlighted from every chapter. I almost felt proud…
The rifle was bulky, but he still had room for my book. He hadn’t brought a change of clothes.
“Why did you take it?!” he wails.
My tiny, tidy, living room whirls into view as he spins me round. The knife skitters along the worktop. I feel lucky he didn’t seem to notice that, as his large hands seize mine.
One thing most of my positive reviews pick out is my keen observation skills. I feel as though I have not studied his face properly in a very long time. I can see the panic in his eyes now that his last resort is gone. I can feel his thundering pulse through the pads of his fingers.
I suddenly know what I must do.
“Dad, I love you” I say.
I hold his head in my lap as he cries. This cottage can shelter us both for a while.
I’ll have all my family at my fireside tonight.
I hope that you find this ‘ending’ satisfactory and you have liked where I went with this prompt picture and the generator that Sandy asked for me to use. I’ve enjoyed wrapping my head around the inspirations, and I will be starting a new story (for a lovely new reader, Helen) on Monday…using Jimpix again!!:)
Catch you then…
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