Fall Writing Frenzy

 

     I just found out about a fabulous-ly fun contest called the FallWritingFrenzy. Here is my entry, based on one of the inspiring photos, 200  words or less.

     

 

THINGS ARE NOT ALWAYS WHAT THEY SEEM

 

     Here they were again.

     At the bottom of the stairs in the same place, the blanket, the open book and the cup of -

     What exactly was in that cup anyway?

     Marla thought about what had happened when she poured the liquid down the sink the last

time, the smell and those sounds. For a moment she thought she would be sick.

     One thing for sure, she had to take care of it quickly before Margery saw it –

     Or Dad.

     The last rays of the setting sun illuminated the yard. Yet Marla felt more than an autumn chill

creeping towards her. She shivered.

     Last time she had bundled the items up in a box and left them by the river.

     Yet here they were again, the same blanket, the same book, the same cup.

     She remembered what Grandmother had taught her, “Things are not always what they seem.”

     This time Marla picked up the book. She read the words on the page.

     So that was it.

    Sitting down on the bottom step she wrapped the blanket around her shoulders.

    Then Marla took a sip from the cup.