Creative: In The Lamp Light
Beginning of paper
After my first evening at Pine Vale, I decided I'd never tell Howard
Finley my name.
I was sitting on a stone bench under the evergreens in the darkening
twilight, inspecting the piece of wood that I'd been carving. It was going
to be a dog--maybe a German shepherd. I liked to shape things, not j ....
Middle of paper
.... lips and held it, as if I
had a cigarette. First I remembered the smoke warm and biting; then I
remembered it menthol-cool.
Where the second person came from, I'm not certain. I was surprised to
hear Howard's voice, strong and clear from across the driveway. "I know
you, Roy Best," he said. "I know about you and Mary. You want to take her
away from me."
Roy was a short man who walked with the help of a cane. I'd seen him
during the afternoon, sitting in the lounge, talking to ....
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Word count: 1873
Page count: 7 (approximately 250 words per page)
