{"id":4332,"date":"2017-04-06T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-06T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.harperkingsley.net\/blog\/?p=4332"},"modified":"2023-10-17T23:36:31","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T06:36:31","slug":"prompt-096","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/prompt-096\/","title":{"rendered":"Prompt: 096. iced tea"},"content":{"rendered":"

Prompt: 096. iced tea<\/h1>\n

1. “One Long Island iced tea, please. And keep them coming. I’ve had a terrible day.”<\/h2>\n

A. “One Long Island iced tea, please. And keep them coming. I’ve had a terrible day.” She propped her elbows on the bar and rested her forehead in her hands. “I didn’t think it was ever going to end.”<\/p>\n

“A pretty thing like you shouldn’t be frowning so hard.”<\/p>\n

She glanced up through her fingers, taking in the guy filling the barstool next to her. “I’m not in the mood,” she said. “Please leave me alone.”<\/p>\n

“Baby, you don’t mean that.”<\/p>\n

“I do mean that. I have never meant it that much in my life. I’m not looking for a date, a relationship, or anything else right now. Not with you or anyone else. Please leave me alone.”<\/p>\n

“Oh, come on.”<\/p>\n

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2. There was a pitcher of iced tea spilled across the kitchen island and smears of blood on the refrigerator door.<\/h2>\n

A. There was a pitcher of iced tea spilled across the kitchen island and smears of blood on the refrigerator door. She took one brief look and hurriedly backed out the door to the safety of outside. Then she ran as fast as her legs could carry her back down the driveway toward her house.<\/p>\n

“Mama! Mama!” she screamed as soon her front door was in sight. “Mama!”<\/p>\n

The door was open and her mom stepped outside as she left the gravel driveway and sprinted across the grass. “What’s going on?” her mom asked.<\/p>\n

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3. Caught staring by the waiter, he hurriedly asked for a glass of iced tea.<\/h2>\n

A. Caught staring by the waiter, he hurriedly asked for a glass of iced tea. The last thing he wanted was to be confused for a creep.<\/p>\n

He was here on serious business.<\/p>\n

Opening the menu and holding it up in front of his face, he peered over the top at the couple in the corner. He was a blandly handsome man with brown hair and brown eyes, while she was an attractive brunet with the beginnings of laugh lines around her mouth.<\/p>\n

She was also the older sister he’d never met. The mysterious sibling his mother had given away when she was desperate, poor, and thoroughly incapable of taking care of herself, much less another human being.<\/p>\n

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