Mortimer Reyes

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Feb, 2022

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“The Spirit Of Love” by Mortimer Reyes

Submitted to Contest #278

Kate suddenly looked up from her clenched hands and glanced around, her mind not comprehending the courtroom, the jurors staring on with indifferent faces, the men and women in sharp uniforms that stood around the room watching her with intent, the judge who slammed her gavel with force, making Kate jump and focus harder. “Are you going to answer my question, Miss Doe?” Kate stared at her, uncomprehending. “I’m sorry, what?” Kate saw the people in the jurors’ box whispering to each other, could hear more whisperings behind her and only now b...

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“A Daughter's Moral Code” by Mortimer Reyes

I look at the man who raised me, who clothed me, who had been my entire world and I feel the tears falling when I ask, “Why?” He looks at me and then at the knife in his hands, the blood encasing the handle and his hand as if to keep him attached to his crime, to the sin he just committed. “Honey, I didn’t, I didn’t have a choice. It was either him or us!” His voice rises to a shout, and I flinch, and he notices and takes a step forward. “Honey please,” he says, and now I see the tears falling down his face, “You must believe me. It had to b...

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