JUDITH BECHARD

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“Nice Try, She Said” by JUDITH BECHARD

Submitted to Contest #237

Nadia and Gloria have the day off. 19-year-old Nadia’s long blonde mane wildly swirls around her face as a tractor trailer on Route 20 rumbles past. She and her best friend Gloria are hitchhiking, getting hit with road grit from the soft shoulder, holding out thumbs hoping to catch a ride. Nadia looks like a furious angel. Gloria looks like a drunk cheerleader. It’s 1966, a year of change and conflict, rock bands and short hemlines. Gloria’s boyfriend, Joe, is at college. Nadia is sans-boyfriend and fine with that, however, Gloria is not and...

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