In another suite across town at a cheaper hotel, Murray Underwood, the private investigator who’d followed Aurelia from the states hung up the phone with a tired sigh. He’d just had the last of four intense conversations with his current clientele. Client #1 was overjoyed about Aurelia’s nuptials. Client #2 was relieved because as the wife of a wealthy man, Aurelia now posed no financial threat to him. Thus he could devote his remaining funds to his physical and financial recoveries. Client #3 was sad and disappointed that Aurelia was off the dating market. Yet he saw her marriage as a clear sign for him to just step aside. Client #4 was piping hot mad about those nuptials. He even planned to physically stop the wedding, but was delayed in London due to the bad weather currently swirling in the Atlantic Ocean . The end result was the same for Murray – loss of income. Only Client #1 felt the need to keep the P.I. on retainer for future updates about Aurelia’s life, but still o...
Special thanks to the real Salethia for letting me use her first name in this story. She didn't even mind that her namesake character was going to be a bit witchy, y'all. lol.
ReplyDeleteYou'll see how witchy fake Salethia is in a few. I'm about to work on the next post now.
Stay tuned...
I enjoyed this chapter because it dealt with the real emotions that we deal with concerning our friends. It's amazing how we can feel so many different things at once.
ReplyDeleteI was glad to see that Subrina did have one relative who was encouraging to her. Just one kind word can help us along the way!
Latrice: So true, it's like the human heart and mind are containers, able to hold various things at the same time.
ReplyDeleteSometime ONE is the most powerful number out there. One rhema word, one good friend, one encouraging relative, one reliable car, one loving God...ONE.
Okay, enough preaching for me today. lol...maybe. lol
"Unlike the united shower spray, her emotions were not cleansing at all. In fact, they were capable of sullying and clogging up her soul for a long time to come if she wasn’t careful."
ReplyDelete... Man Prina!!!! You are getting so poetic with your words! My goodness! VERY IMPACT-FULL!!!!
"Pleased to have this one ray of sunshine in her otherwise gloomy day"
... I get it!
@ Prina, good advice I receive it: human heart being containers and the power of one. Something to think about.
Comm/Girl: Something is different in me that's for sure. I'm sensing it myself. Thanks for noticing.
ReplyDeleteit so sad that when you try to help out people and they don't listen and now the mother wanted to get on her nevers. i like she willing to help out those in need who can't afford the fancy clothes. like that part alot.
ReplyDeleteAnon: So true about everything you said. I liked the part about her helping out a friend even with clothes, too.
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