Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)
This is the Doctrine’s contribution to the Six Sentence Story bloghop.
Hosted by Denise, constrained by a sentence limit (high and low) of six, there are worse ways to spend the remaining time you have on earth.
Prompt word:
TRIM
“Ian, you’ve a call on line… err Line blinkin’ light.”
“Who is it?”
“What, am I your fricken… wait, I am,” Hazel’s laugh pressed up against the glass of my office door, “in that case, hold on.”
“Oh yeah, this I like, the caller said her name would be on our system’s caller ID, if, that is, this wasn’t an investigative services agency from the mid 20th century; too funny… wait, I wrote it down somewhere.”
“Got it, Leanne Thunberg… Doctor Leanne Thunberg from Radcliffe’s Department of Advanced Anthropology and Cultural Semiotics,” Hazel’s voice transitioned into a perfect Boston Brahmin, not an /r/ left un-trimmed from the word De Pah Ment onwards; “Hey, I know, I’ll let her know I need a copy of curricula vitae to update our records and that you’ll call her back from your cah.”
I held my finger over the Line One call button like Vasili Arkhipov long enough to remember my last meeting with Leanne,
“Leanne, how long has it been?”
About clarkscottroger
I like how Hazel does her job.
yeah… she does appear to take her duties to heart
Hazel is someone I want to get to know.
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I admire Hazel as much as others, but like the term “Boston Brahmin” you use for her better :)
the regional accent associated with the class (Boston Brahmin) will surely sound somewhat familiar
Hazel is clearly not a Scott; she’d have all these details already etched on the tip of her tongue (tsk tsk).
note scotts don’t need to memorize stuff… they’ll make sure you pay attention to what (-ever it is that’s important to them at the moment) lol
Now this is GOOD!
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I’ve also joined the Hazel fan club!
lol (funny how some characters, once they come to life ‘on the page’ continue down paths that we hadn’t realized was available to them)
Not sure there’s anyone else could serve in the capacity of “receptionist/secretary” for Ian other than Hazel. She dishes it out as well as she takes it and there’s not a mean bone in her body.
Leanne Thunberg… now what does she want, lol.
Don’t tell anyone, but: I think she has another piece of the puzzle that Ian was helping her assemble following the death/murder of her cheatin’ philanderer of a husband… I forget his name… but, and this is the part that’s still secret, the Order of Lilith is involved and, as we’ve learned this week, one Rosetta Storme spend several years in private schools in Europe… where Bavaria and other foreign countries are located/