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Cindy Bennett

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jan, 2020

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Murder By Text

Submitted to Contest #34

"Hey"...... "Oh Hey!""What time is it in your part of the world?"......"2:09 pm""Oh good! I was worried I had texted too early"......"You know you can message me anytime, I'm up all hours as you know""Ok, cool! Did you hear about the murder a few blocks away from your apartment?"!!!!!"I mean seriously! Why would you even mention that? Now I'm definitely not going outside ever again!""Oops! I am soooo sorry! I didn't mean to upset you."......"You are supposed to be my support, how did you expect me to react to something like that?""Brb""What!...

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Forever Yours

Submitted to Contest #32

Phoenix stared into the empty closet, with feelings of trepidation as she closed the sliding doors shut for the very last time. The whole house echoed with old memories, some good, some not so good. Phoenix was going to miss the life she had made for herself in this temporary home. But move on she must! As tomorrow promised a new and exciting adventure, in her "forever home" along with her two cats, Mr Sparkles and HissyKat.Morgan sat quietly fiddling with the fringed edges of the tablecloth, laid neatly upon the antique oak dining room tabl...

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We are family

Submitted to Contest #29

Laney fell in love with her little sister, from the very moment she was born. Two weeks before baby was due, Carmichael Jones decided to walk out on his heavily pregnant wife and his daughter citing he "just couldn't do this anymore!” Sienna Jones never saw it coming. As far as she knew, her husband was still very much in love with her! Laney could not bear to see her mother curled up in a ball, night after night sobbing her heart out! Continuously rocking backwards and forwards. It was heart wrenching! The news of Sienna's beloved husband a...

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What becomes of the broken-hearted

Submitted to Contest #28

Fate has a funny way of leading you down a myriad of paths to get you to where you need to be. Sometimes this means taking the hard road, until you finally figure out that you have the choice to change things. "You" have always been in charge of how your story unfolds. There is so much truth in the words “everything happens for a reason".I met you through a guy I used to have a crush on from high school. The year being 1986. I was such a shy and awkward 16 year old at the time. My self-esteem was at an all-time low and through negative condi...

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The Specialist

Submitted to Contest #27

Sitting in the corner booth at Big AL’s Takeaway, Patrice couldn’t help but notice how empty the usually bustling place was. As far as a burger joint went in the quaint little town of Napier, situated in the north island of New Zealand, This one was the most popular. Especially for the teens, young adults demographic. Patrice had to book her booth in advance if she wanted to be seated in her favourite spot! “Everybody wants to rule the world”, Tears for fears was droning away, quietly on the duke box situated at the back of the room by the k...

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Love lives at Cedar Manor

Submitted to Contest #27

"I just can't stand nosey people, can you?" "Muriel dear, you seem to be all worked up over nothing! And in any sense, you are a bit of a nosey parker yourself!"How infuriating, Sam could be! He was supposed to be on my side! After all, we had been married for over twenty years. That had to count for something.Muriel just couldn't handle being told the truth. And she definitely couldn't stand not being in control of everything and everyone around her. Sam seemed to be the only one who "tolerated" Muriel and her idiosyncratic tendencies."Now ...

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The King And I

Submitted to Contest #26

I didn't know if i would ever meet you in "real life" , But i always felt like we had a connection. The first time i heard you belt out "Love me Tender" , I knew i was hooked! You had a way of making the listener feel like you were singing for them and them alone.My home and my workplace soon became like a private shrine dedicated solely to you. Thankfully i worked in a record store , so i didn't come across as weird for having my locker plastered inside and out with images of you .That was just the start for me. I needed to feel closer to y...

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My name is ...

Submitted to Contest #26

You'll laugh when I tell you my "real name" , given to me by my beautiful yet very eccentric mother on the day of my birthing. She was one of the kindest and most generous people I had ever known. It truly broke my heart when her physical body gave up the ghost after battling an unknown illness for several years before her passing.So called medical professionals, and there were many, had been left scratching their heads , trying to get to the root cause of her rapid decline. There was no plausible explanation ! My mother prided herself in ke...

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Because I'm worth it

Submitted to Contest #25

Each year I tell myself that" this is the year" I will change old habits, kick starting a new and improved version of me . And every year I found myself looking in the mirror at the disappointed face staring back at me ." Oh how I have let you down!" I don't know exactly what triggered me to really give it a good go "this time" , but I knew it would have to be now or never! If you really want to get into the Nitty gritty of it all . I suppose you could say it stemmed from my childhood . Always feeling like I had to live up to my parents exp...

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