A progressive short story from the Akron Writers’ Group, Wordplay. Written Winter, 2017.
Chapter Five: Linda Leasure
Tessa took another deep breath and assumed the Yoga position for meditation, sitting upright on her mat, legs crossed in front of her, hands at rest, eyes closed. She would remain in that state until her mind was clear and peace prevailed. She concentrated on her breathing. Negative thoughts came, were recognized, and were let go.
Eventually, the thoughts stopped coming and the vision of water came, waves flowing in, waves retreating. The sound of the surf was so relaxing. There was no need to think, only to enjoy. She heard a bell chime. She opened her eyes. It was time.
$150,000 was readily available to replace what she had borrowed. She could wait no longer. Tessa picked up the phone to make the call. For years she had prayed this part of her life was over. Now, it couldn’t be helped. She was back in it.
Tessa dialed. She took deep breaths in, deep breaths out while she listened to the ring tones. The ringing stopped.
The voice on the other end was sarcastic. “Hello, darling Tessa. What impending tragedy has caused you to contact ME after all this time?”
Tessa swallowed her pride to make the most important plea of her life.
Shadows of the Moon
A chapter will be released once a month. The first chapter was released January 5, 2025.
- Chapter One: Kathi Thompson 01/05/25
- Chapter Two: Elaine Powers 02/05/25
- Chapter Three: Maria Kelsay 03/05/25
- Chapter Four: Larry Cunningham 04/05/25
- Chapter Five: Linda Leasure 05/05/25
- Chapter Six: Liz Flaherty 06/05/25
- Chapter Seven: Pam Ege 07/05/25
- Chapter Eight: Don Kegarise 08/05/25
- Chapter Nine: Kathy Kegarise 09/05/25
- Chapter Ten: Ken Meyer 10/05/25
- Chapter Eleven: Ken Meyer 11/05/25
- Chapter Twelve: Maria Kelsay 12/05/25
- Chapter Thirteen: Linda Leasure 01/05/26
- Chapter Fourteen: Larry Cunningham 02/05/26
- Chapter Fifteen: Liz Flaherty 03/05/26
- Chapter Sixteen: Kathi Thompson 08/20/26