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Alex Ferguson

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Feb, 2020

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Uninvited guest

It all started when my mother told me I could invite a friend to my cousin's wedding... in front of another friend.She squashed her potato nose to her face with her pointer finger and said; "Nina wants to go!" And seeing no way out of it without sounding like a jerk, I had to bring her.I had wanted to invite my best friend, Ash, who actually knew my cousins. Nina had never met a single one of them, but I was determined to make the best of it.That lasted all of two minutes. She started complaining on the car ride, that the drive was too long,...

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We choose our own path

Submitted to Contest #28

“Tell me why you’re here.” The woman in front of me looked like Mrs. Claus, minus the cheer.“Because I have to be,” I said shortly. She knows exactly why I’m here.“You know that’s not what I mean, Sam. What events lead you to my office today, take as long as you need to collect your thoughts, then proceed.” She eyed me over her spectacles, chained around her neck to keep them from getting lost. Do old people lose everything that’s on their head, or is it just grandmas? I took the opportunity to look around the small room, filled with inspira...

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