Welcome to Tuesday Tales. We have a short excerpt today from "Someone Like You", written to the word prompt "People." I hope you enjoy it and leave a comment. Then go on over to read the marvelous stories from the other authors. Find them HERE.
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Charlotte managed
not to get completely soaked running from the car to her father’s house. Her
phone rang. It was her brother.
“Have you talked to dad recently?” he asked.
“You mean about selling the house and moving
to Florida, yep.” She sank down in a comfy chair in the living room and watched
the rain through the picture window.
“He’s crazy,” Corey said.
“No, he’s not. It works for me.”
“Really?”
“Yes. I’ve already found a place to live. A
sublet, actually. And I think I’ve found a workshop, too.”
“You have? Where?”
Charlotte filled him in on the sublet
situation, but hesitated when it came to the details for her workshop.
“Derek is going to let you have that space?
How much?” Corey asked.
“Well…” she hesitated.
“What?”
“Four hundred a month,” she said, pushing up
from the chair.
“Can you afford that?” he asked.
“Yeah. I have some orders already for that
table.”
“Derek doesn’t have the final say, does he?”
“Maybe not. But he said four hundred, People
have to honor their word.”
“The way he feels about you, he might give
it to you for free,” Corey said, laughing.
“Funny you should say that,,,” she began.
