Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)
This is our contribution to the Six Sentence Story bloghop.
Hosted by Denise, guided by the simplest of rules: use the prompt word and tell a story in exactly six sentenae.
So, when we last saw Rue DeNite, she was in the company of one Cyrus St. Loreto, owner of the Bernebau Company and all-around man of mystery. If you Click Here you can refresh your memories.
*Wait!! Alert Readers Denise and Nick were kind (and, by DM, diplomatic) enough to point out that the first Six of this week had a prompt word that was different from what was on everyone else’s Six!!
(Let’s agree to chalk it up to lucid dreaming, unintentional time travel or… the late ’60s lol)
Below is the version appropriate to your dimension.
Prompt word:
BOX
“Should I ready ‘the Box?'”
Standing at the window-wall of the conference room, Cyrus St. Loreto smiled as he remembered what it was he liked about Genevieve Novak. Turning towards his assistant, the transparency circuit circuit in the glass-wall overlooking Miami, glitched, his face momentarily half-in-shade, half-in-illumination, causing the most fundamental of facial expressions to misalign.
Her sudden intake of breath, (followed by a slow, bordering-on-languorous exhalation), confirmed that Miz Novak was reminiscing as well.
The owner of the Bernebau Company walked past his admin, who, despite focusing on her ever-present, (and willfully anachronistic), steno pad, swayed ever-so-slightly as he moved.
“Not quite yet, I want to hear Constantin’s assessment of the profitability of any partnership with our new friend’s to the north; after all, why buy the cow when you can steal it.”
His laughter filled the room and Miz Novak smiled ignoring the misspelling of half the words in her notes.
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Good observation about transacting business with thieves: “why buy the cow when you can steal it”. I also like the observation that a steno pad is “willfully anachronistic”.
Yeah. When it comes to larcenous characters Cyrus makes Lou look like Jimmy Carter
Last week I misread “yellowbelly” as “yellowberry.” I was pretty shocked when I finally got caught up on everyone’s entries today. I’d like to say that you’re in good company when saying an embarrassed, “Oops.”
“his face momentarily half-in-shade, half-in-illumination, causing the most fundamental of facial expressions to misalign.” – nice bit of description.
With Elderberry at your blog’s title, it was only natural to see yberry, Nicole!
Thanks, Nicole
(Part of the benefits of associating with like-minded people is that the fear of criticism is cut way back.)
From his point of view, there’s probably a “five-finger discount” on anything he wants badly enough.
I noticed you’d used ‘block’ (I think), Clark, and then thought nothing more of it! 😊
It sounds now like there’s something dodgy about to go down…
tru dat
Genevieve misspelling words? Those “new friends to the north” have no idea who they’ve contracted to do business. Yikes! lol
“misspelling of half the words” – yes… hmm