This week I'm sharing 7 paragraphs from my WIP "The Zookeeper". Elizabeth Tanner has just found out that her ex husband, Juan, has decided to name his new baby after a recently deceased zoo animal that she was particularly close with. Her nerves are near shot as it is, and when the detective asks her what's wrong, she just might lose it.
“Nothing that concerns you! I don’t want to talk about it.” She made no movement, and neither did
he. Just
tell him the truth. He’s just
a friend anyways, and he’ll be gone as soon as the investigation is over. After a few long, silent moments, she
blurted, “Look, Alec, I can’t have kids.
I’m broken. There, now you know.
And, Juan and Molly are having a baby girl tonight. They are naming her Renee Sheba.” Her voice cracked. “Sheba was my lion, not
his! It’s not fair.”
Alec sat with his mouth slightly
agape, as if he had just witnessed a terrible accident and was trying to decide
what to do next.
He stood very quickly, raised her
from her chair and wrapped his arms around her hugging her. Hard.
Suffocatingly hard, in short bursts.
Then he kissed her. Just as hard.
She leaned back in surprise and he
released the embrace. She raised her
fingers up to her lips, which tingled from the intensity of his kiss.
“I’m sorry, that was very forward of me. Do you want me to go?” He asked, his voice
low and husky.
“No, I don’t want you to go. In fact, please stay.” I want
you to read my mind and tell me everything that I need to hear right now. “You’re not broken. You’re beautiful. Juan is an idiot.” Any combination of those three would be great.
Here is the blurb for this story...
The Zookeeper
Elizabeth Tanner was
raised in a Zoo. Literally. But now that Zoo is in danger, not only from
falling ticket sales, but also from a mysterious illness afflicting the
animals.
A very intense seven today. Love it!
ReplyDeleteDakota
Thank you.
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