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Author on Reedsy Prompts since Apr, 2020
Submitted to Contest #65
Amanda wasn't scared of the graveyard. There was nothing there that could hurt her. In fact it was rather calming. It was quiet and peaceful with the small breeze and lovely line of trees around the fence line. The moon was super bright tonight, it was the type of night that made Amanda miss seeing her friend, Georgina. It was nights like these that they would spend on the back porch, drinking cheap wine and complaining about their husbands or lazily swinging in their over used hammock together. She missed Georgina badly. So bad that her hea...
Submitted to Contest #42
I should have told them the truth. Maybe they would have understood, although, I doubt it. It wasn't something that was spoken about. It was taboo. I just hope that years from now they will all see and understand that maybe I wasn't an awful woman who cheated and left her husband. But what he won't tell you is how many times he broke my heart, with his receptionist, with his assistant, with his co-worker, with the girl at the bar... With my best friend. His deep golden eyes, and thick hair made it hard to stop looking at him, his toned chest...
I couldn't hear what the marriage officiant was saying. Perhaps it was something about loving each other until the end of time. Or perhaps it was something about building a marriage based on respect and love. But at this point I didn't care. My mind was swirling with thought, my palms sweaty (so sweaty my fiancΓ© actually let go of my hands to wipe his hands on his pants leg), and my heart pumped too hard in my chest that I could hear it in my ears. He was smiling at me. That smile I loved so much. That smile that drew me to him. Why was I he...
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