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Ruby Zaidi

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FAME

Ruby Zaidi

Submitted to Contest #208

FAME Had it really been only fifty minutes since she got here ? It seemed to be so much longer . She glanced up at the wall clock again . Had it stopped ? She would gladly have come at dawn - in any case she had been unable to sleep a wink - but for security reasons. She would not have been allowed to enter. She was unable to stand in one place. She began pacing restlessly up and down the crowded platform . She felt about as calm as a cat on a hot tin roof. She did not even attempt to make a conversation with ...

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Making a Difference

Ruby Zaidi

Submitted to Contest #197

MAKING A DIFFERENCE Do you ever get the feeling that you are starting on the wrong foot and that you are a centipede ? Well, that's the feeling l got when l entered my Chief 's office that day. I was six months into the Metropolitan Police Force and the Chief still regarded me as a sixth finger on one of his immaculately manicured hands. I had topped my class at the Police Academy, had several medals for martial arts, sports, even boxing but all that seemed quite irrelevant as far as the Chief was concerned . "You are ...

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THE FLIP SIDE

Ruby Zaidi

Submitted to Contest #188

" Customized breakfast coming up !" I cry as l put a plate of sunny side up eggs in front of Ron and scrambled eggs in front of Sheila . ' Wow ! " they cry in unison . I am blissfully happy. Life has truly given me the best deal possible. In a few weeks Ron and l celebrate our fourteenth wedding anniversary . We have a large staff to keep our seaside villa spotlessly clean and to cater to our every whim but l love to cook on Sundays . Our twin sons have just been selected in this exclusive residential school for boys...

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Together

Ruby Zaidi

Submitted to Contest #185

TOGETHER So this is how dreams end , l thought , as my eyes clouded. The household goods were arranged room wise on white tables laid out in our immaculate lawn. The banner proclaimed , ' Build Your Dreams '. The furniture including my favourite recliner and our white and gold bed had already been returned. However even the curtains - the lace ones and the heavy silk ones were folded up neatly and kept in piles. It was too early for the shoppers to arrive so l had that part of the garden to myself. I wandered ov...

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CHECK YOUR PREMISES

Ruby Zaidi

Submitted to Contest #165

CHECK YOUR PREMISES The phone rang exactly at 8.31 am. " Lt. Anthony Felton , " l said crisply . " Oh God ! Tony ! Come quickly ! It's Uncle Sid ! " lt was Laura . " Uncle Sid... " her voice broke . Someone took the phone from her . It was Malcolm , Sidney Maximilian 's son . " Lt. Felton , come at once . I think Dad's dead ! " " What !" I said. " But he was perfectly well when l saw him this morning !" " You left around 7.30 am. Maria says when she served the tea , he was perfectly well...

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BREAKING FREE

Ruby Zaidi

BREAKING FREE Dear Steve , I know you must be surprised at getting a letter from me when l could have texted or phoned . Well , what l have to tell you cannot be conveyed except through a letter . By the time you get this letter l will be a thousand miles away . You will never see me again . I needed to write to you because I need to come to terms with my past , exorcize these demons which don't give me a moment 's peace . So where am l going ? I am going home , Steve . I am going home to my parents , home to my old ordered...

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