Photo by Susan Wenzel
She took in the salty tangy sea breeze and watched the children run to the beach. She remembered the summers she had spent building sandcastles with her brother. It was then that she had decided to live by the sea.
She knew the family would love the house. It was a gorgeous cottage with only a picket fence separating it from the beach.
“We’ll take it!” The wife said with a smile.
“Congratulations! I’ll start the paperwork and soon enough you should be able to move in.”
Next year, she would buy a house for herself instead of selling them.
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oh, ouch. Great twist. Man, now you’ve made me whimsical for a sea side cottage.
Thanks Kaitlin. 🙂
As Kailin said, I love that twist at the end, I wasn’t expecting it not to be her house at all. Excellent move. http://womanontheedgeofreality.com/2012/08/10/friday-fictioneers-shell-seeker/
Thanks and Wow! I loved the twist to your story!
Why thank you so much and the compliment is returned 🙂
Good tale, well told and perfectly twisted at the end. I have no doubt that she will have her own beachfront house soon.
Aloha,
Doug
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Thank Doug!
Good twist there, stopped me in my tracks.
Thank you Sandra
I liked how this developed, and the description that starts it off was great, the “tangy sea breeze.”
Brian (http://pinionpost.com/2012/08/10/the-reunion/)
Thanks Brian 🙂
This was a well-told story with really good description. (There is a typo in the first line: “run”.)
Oops! Thanks for pointing that out.
I was also caught by the twist – great story! http://anneorchardwriter.wordpress.com/2012/08/10/friday-fictioneers-moving-on/
Thanks Anne! I really liked your story too.
Sounds lovely. I want to visit.
Just a tiny grammar thing…you want “run” instead of “ran” in opening sentence. I’m sure it was just typing too quickly as I’ve done the same thing. Or maybe you wanted “watched as the children ran to the beach.” However, it was a lovely story. I’d like a place there, too.
Oops! Thanks for pointing it out. I really should edit better!
Nice little twist! I liked it.
Thank you! 🙂
Sexy wordsmithing, no comment on the story
Thank you. Point noted..
I like it, however, I wonder why, if she loves the sea and the house with lovely memories, why she sold it in the first place.
She had her reasons which she doesn’t seem to let out..
Sometimes our dreams have to wait for practicality, but I’m glad your character is still following hers.
I’m over here: http://elmowrites.wordpress.com/2012/08/10/friday-fiction-shells/
We’re all alive as long as we still have a dream..