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:
ACCENT
“Wow…” Hazel’s smile had figured significantly in my original decision to hire her for my detective agency.
She’d been the first of the candidates the agency sent and I still remember my list of desired attributes: willing to work part-time, an attention to details and a sense of humor; having a Master’s Degree in Psych and half the credits towards taking the Bar Exam it was only natural that, as part of the interview process, I hit her with a bunch of personality surveys, workplace attitude surveys and an abbreviated Edwards Personal Preference Schedule.
After completing the last, she put her pencil down, looked up and said with a perfect Nicol Williamson accent, “Now tell me about the rabbits, George, tell about the rabbits,” and smiled.
I laughed, “Fine, now for your first assignment as administrative assistant for Desiderata Investigations and Conflict Resolutions, please call the remaining applicants on today’s schedule and tell them the job is filled…make them feel good about themselves.”
So her smile this morning, following the admittedly convoluted story in order to describe the nature and character of Anya Clarieaux took me back in time and, in doing so, reminded me of the how lucky I got as for six months afterwards, I got emails from the non-interviewed job candidates thanking me for the opportunity, wishing me the best of luck and, more than once, a ‘Say hi to Hazel for me.’
“Well, boss, I’m just a lowly admin but to decorate your Anya story, I might say, “While Lilith is surely an example of a woman born lacking a ‘Yes sir gene’, your little friend Miz Clarieaux is more properly the female version of Yahweh, i.e. totally ruthless, maybe a little less insecure about being adored but very much a human not to be taken lightly.
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Nice description of Anya: “a little less insecure about being adored”
thanks, Frank
Hazel is quite a talent. I wonder if she has another gig on the side, she could certainly handle it.
Ian made the absolute right choice in Hazel and Hazel, she knew exactly what she was getting into… maybe, lol.
I concur
I have to agree with her description of the Christiaan god- totally ruthless, insecure about being adored- with that said happy holiday! hehehehe
ikr?
thanks, same to you (from the future, where Xmas is a day-old sugar cookie)
Merry Christmas, dude.
same to you, Nick
Aha, that’s where it started with Ian and Anya – that particular agency. Am I keeping up?
yes!
well, lemme qualify that…
Ian met Anya in ‘the Case of the Missing Starr’ (remind me to ask you to beta read it, if I ever finish my self-edits)
Readers met Anya Clarieaux in Blog Dominion (also in final(ish) edits)
I admire your ability to bleed these characters into various tapestries. Or stories, as one might say.
A very happy Christmas to you.
¡Que este año te traiga mucha alegría y éxitos!
Thank you!
I can relate to Anya – “born without the Yes Sir gene.”
lol she’s quite the ‘fictional’ character… at least as fictional as fictional can be…which to some of us is not all that much