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Wrong Turn

March 24, 2021 7 Comments

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“Nice weather for ducks.”

My husband’s conversational attempt lands clunkily atop the white noise of cutlery scraping plates, and ice cubes clinking in water glasses. Family dinners, always turgid, made more awkward by the long looks and small smiles of my sister; always watching.

I stole him from her; that’s the unvarnished truth.

She rebounded by travelling, returning more confident, fascinating. She smiles again now, a covert look beneath her lashes. He looks resolutely at his plate but I know him too well.

“More wine?” She leans across him. He blushes.

I will bow out graciously. Their destiny is back on track.

By Emma Robertson

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  1. Caroline Stone says

    March 24, 2021 at 12:01 pm

    “She smiles again now, a covert look beneath her lashes”

    This is brilliant, I enjoyed reading 🙂

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  2. Cassandra Cassandra Hamilton says

    March 24, 2021 at 3:05 pm

    Great first line. I enjoyed this story that unfolded in a scene I could visualize. Well done!

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  3. Raymond Sloan says

    March 24, 2021 at 3:34 pm

    Great story, Emma.

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  4. Derek says

    March 24, 2021 at 4:54 pm

    A very strange story but intriguing.

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  5. Constanée Malik Hemedi says

    March 25, 2021 at 5:46 am

    Simply very good.

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  6. Vivian says

    March 25, 2021 at 6:47 am

    Perfect!

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  7. I.R.Pathak says

    March 26, 2021 at 8:51 am

    Excellent piece of word picture. Nice it is, Emma.

    Reply

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