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Ursula took her reading glasses off &peered

  • Ursula took her reading glasses off &peered closely at Gudrun. "I shall never marry you. You disgust me." The truth surprised even her. Yet here she was, in the autumn of her life,

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  • Listening to the thunder and the storms in its wake. Gudrun blinked but remained n silent looking at her dolefully like a doe caught in somebody else's meadow or garden. In the ga

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  • ted house lied a maiden so beautiful. Gudrun had never witnessed someone so pleasing to his eyes. Yet, he stood by the sidelines, not knowing how to approach this "creature."

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  • As the maiden lied to him over & over, Gudrun got more attracted. No one had made him feel this way since his folks told him about the tooth fairy, & his bro Jim about how babies

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  • came from storks. Gudrun was falling in love with the maiden. He stepped just a bit closer, hoping the maiden would not die on him now. That would be heartbreaking.

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  • "I used to know someone who looked a lot like you, only in better health," Gudrun spoke clumsily, "Her name was Ursula, and I loved her." The maiden opened her eyes and looked at

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  • me. I am Ursula. You've finally remembered me after all these years. You disappeared after the crash. you must have had amnesia. I donated a kidney. But now my last one is failing.

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  • Gudrun donated one before she died. D. H. Lawrence did too. Now I have no one left to ask. The Ministry of Transplants called me up yesterday. Mr. Doolittle asked me whether I was

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  • the one who had killed his parents years ago, i said yes i killed your parents mr. doolittle but it was in self defense i swear your parents attacked me and i struck them with fire

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  • and a sleeping spell. That way they could sleep through their burning." "I have spent a decade tracking you down to wreak my vengeance on you. But I believe you. We're good." ~~fin

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2 Comments

  1. Col.Lingus Mar 12 2024 @ 22:16

    Cool how Ursula made it back into the story.

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