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Weekly Contest #51
The alarm clock sounded at 6:00 a.m. but Janice had been awake since 5. With a coffee in her hand, she walked back into the bedroom. Her husband rolled over to her side of the bed to turn off the alarm and pulled the covers over his head again. "You need to get dressed," Janice said. "It's a two-hour drive and we need to leave in half an hour if we want to get there before peak traffic." "Why do I have to go?" he mumbled under the covers. "Can you just tell them I'm sick or something?" "You promised to go and everyone is expecting you to go,...
Weekly Contest #50
"You want me to what?" I frowned and leaned closer, not believing what I’d just heard. "You've wanted to do it before." Mr Johnson gave me an encouraging look, and I tried to remember when I had ever wanted to do what he wanted me to do. "Now is your chance! Kelly called in sick. She’s completely lost her voice. You're the only one who knows ALL the lines. There's no one else." "I can't. I know I probably wanted to do it before, but I've changed my mind. Please don't make me do this. I think Sarah is a much better choice. She has an angelic ...
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