BIRTHDAY PRESENT
“Come on, Mum – you haven’t chosen
anything yet!”
Betty shook her head, too breathless
to speak. It was sweet of Joe to take her shopping, and no doubt the Mall was a
marvel of modern design, but why did everything have to be so spread out? Ten
minutes just to cross the car park before they even reached the shops. Give her
an old-fashioned High Street any day.
She clutched Joe’s arm. “Just take me
to the nearest cafė, darling – I need a coffee.”
“But what about your birthday
present?”
“You choose – I like surprises.”
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You'll probably GUESS (see what I did there?) from this story that I don't like Malls any more than Betty does - marathon shopping isn't my idea of fun - so I sympathize with the woman in this photo, taken by Jilly Funell for Friday Fictioneers. Thanks to our indefatigable leader Rochelle, who blogs on https://rochellewisoff.com/
If you enjoyed this story, why not scroll through my archives and read some of the others? At my first ever Author Fair last Saturday I gave away little scrolls with a story on each one, hoping to attract more readers, though it was worth all the effort of printing and rolling them just to see the pleasure on people's faces at being given something for nothing!
If you enjoyed this story, why not scroll through my archives and read some of the others? At my first ever Author Fair last Saturday I gave away little scrolls with a story on each one, hoping to attract more readers, though it was worth all the effort of printing and rolling them just to see the pleasure on people's faces at being given something for nothing!
I reached a milestone last week when I sent off to my proofreader the second book in my Living Rock series. All being well, WOLF PACK will be out early in the New Year - watch this space!
