Spent the last week of my vacation being ill. Sigh. Next week is the faculty back to work meetings then the semester starts. Wow this summer went fast.
This week I’m going back to These Haunted Hills with Josh the professor and ghost hunter and Brendan the novelist who lost his son. When we left off Josh had been talking to his ghost hunting partner, Cassia, about meeting Brendan. Today I’m going with what happens after Brendan went back to his cabin in the woods. For reference, Kirsten is Brendan’s ex-wife with whom he’s on very good terms and oh I’m over a sentence or two again. Sigh.
Brendan rested on his cabin’s small porch, finally fishing out his phone. He turned it on and saw overly a dozen message from Kirsten. Guilt from worrying her filled him as he called her back.
“Brendan, there you are!” The bell-clear concern in her tone redoubled the guilt.
“Sorry. I had my phone off so not to interrupt Dr. Zimmerman. I just got back to the cabin.”
“It’s late.”
If you’d like to play along, Rainbow Snippets is a Facebook community where we post up 6 sentences of one of our LGBT stories every Saturday. It’s been fun and you can find it here. Be sure to check out all the offers! It’s been a great supportive group!
Jana Denardo 
Hopefully he can set her mind at ease. I know how hard it is to try contacting someone and not hear from them.
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Thanks. He will a little. She rightfully suspects he’s suicidal.
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Aww, that is a nice relationship for former lovers to have. (heart)
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Thanks. they definitely still care about each other but their son’s death pretty much killed the relationship.
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It’s good to see exes who still show concern for each other. Nice Snippet. Teaching at any level can be extremely time consuming. (ex-teacher on both the collegiate and secondary level here) Remember to take a bit of time for yourself.
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Thanks. They still care but couldn’t get past their son’s death.
And yeah, I will (actually Sept/Oct I keep busy with festival after festival)
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It’s good they can still support each other despite their sad history.
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Thanks. Yeah I wanted them to still be supportive even though as a couple they couldn’t make it through.
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I hope you feel better!!
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Thanks
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That last line “it’s late” kinda made me feel worried…
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Thanks. Kirsten was worried when she couldn’t find him.
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The care and affection between these two is clear just in these few words.
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Thanks, makes me happy hearing that.
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My first thought in response to her last line was, “What is she, his mother? He has a curfew?”
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Thanks. Definitely not what I was going for. He’s promised to keep in touch at a certain hour as they’re both worried about his depression and where it’ll lead.
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Nice depiction of the relationship between Brendan and his ex-wife. 🙂
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Thanks so much
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Sorry to hear you were ill on your vacation. I hope you’re feeling better now.
It’s nice to see a congenial relationship between exes! 🙂
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THanks.
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Good to know they have a good relationship and she worries about him. Lovely snippet.
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Thanks, I’m glad that’s coming across.
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I really like the relationship these two have here.
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Thank you.
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