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:
PATCH
“Here’s the thing, my roommate in my last boarding school knew a kid whose parents, besides being one-percenters, were also into some weird-ass mystical conspiracy shit. So naturally he ends up spending a weekend in the dorm and right off the bat plugs in a thumb-drive that has only two folders, one named the Order of Lilith and the other simply labeled ‘the Tree of Life Project’ Bayer AG.
Anyway, Christmas break was two days off and decided to be detectives and drive to Frankfurt, ’cause, in the intro to the first folder, there was a google map reference to Eibigen Abbey; but the day before our caper, my uncle sends one of his ‘associates’ who tells me there’s a private jet waiting at the local airport, bummer.
Long story short, my roommate and her boyfriend end up at the bottom of a ravine; the police report was the usual: high speed, alcohol, drugs and an icy patch in the road.”
Rosetta turned to face the Sophomore, giving the unlit cigarette in her mouth a couple of bounces, which in the universal language of young women accustomed to the world complying with even the most incidental of needs, communicated: ‘Gimme a light’.
Seeing the look on the young man’s face and mistaking a reflection of prior knowledge for surprise, softened her verbal response to “What?”
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About clarkscottroger
Such a weave of intrigue! A well spun tale.
thankee Ms Avery… looking to set up the next phase of our little adventure serial (why is Lou so concerned with Rosetta’s wellbeing)
Agree with D.Avery!
:}
I like how she commanded attention: “giving the unlit cigarette in her mouth a couple of bounces”
hey, who among us haven’t seen that, am I right?
Things come circling back, isn’t it always the way?
fricken’ always, it seems
Lesson number one- never look to a man to do what you can very well do for yourself! But I do want to delve into those two computer files with the sophomore…
ok, given how you’ve shown an interest in reading heretofore unpublished stories, his the link to (shit, had it right here…hold on, be right back
… back
I don’t believe you’ve had the opportunity to learn more about our Dr. Leanne Thunberg (from a few installments previous…the phone call while Ian was in the office?
anyway. here ya go don’t tell anyone, WIP and all… on the down low
‘the Case of the Missing Fig Leaf‘
Perfect music to accompany this six.
Thank you
What? she said. Now I’m wondering what. Intriguing.
(phew!). kinda hoping for that kind of Reader reaction
Okay… and ‘what’? Next time, I guess. Plus, great, great song! (on my vinyl… shortly)
agree (though I no longer own it) it’s surely one of those albums that are at home on vinyl