Nichola Wells

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Oct, 2020

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“Guilty Until Proven Innocent” by Nichola Wells

Daniel sat in anticipation, waiting to hear the words he longed for more than anything else. Under the mature wooden desk that had seen countless of his kind, he tapped his foot up and down like a pendulum on a grandfather clock that could only be stopped after he heard the verdict. Daniel must have put in an immeasurable amount of sleepless nights and working meals preparing for this case. His sole focus for the past fe...

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“A Doctorate” by Nichola Wells

Dr. Alcott She loved her doctorate. It felt like a mask that allowed her to blend into her male-dominated workplace. Although when introduced in person, her pearls as white as the Southern New York winters she’d grown accustomed to, her neutral knee-length skirt and three-inch heels preventing her coworkers from speaking down to her literally, she still struggled with the figurative, were a clear indicat...

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“How did you meet?” by Nichola Wells

How did you two meet? Devika and her husband Rishi dreaded the question like a high schooler dreads homework. Of course, that was the time at which they met - 17.That was also the age at which they wed. Searching for an answer that didn’t feed into a narrow-minded stereotype, she thought, Yes we had an arranged marriage, but that doesn’t mean I don’t love the relationship I have with my husband! Actually, people in arranged marriages are more likely to s...

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