Stories · The Rehearsal Becca gave up eventually. The east wind won, the way it always wins, by simply outlasting her. She walked back to the old wooden bench, sat down beside me, and started on a drink she’d been ignoring the whole time she was losing to the weather. For a moment I thoughtContinue reading “The Rehearsal – Chapter 2: Do you like dogs?”
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The Rehearsal – Chapter 1: A Boring Story
Stories · The Rehearsal I was walking along the Thames on a grey, blustery afternoon when I saw her, a small girl throwing pebbles into the wind as if she meant to win. She had picked a fight with the east wind and hadn’t yet worked out she couldn’t win it. Every stone she threw,Continue reading “The Rehearsal – Chapter 1: A Boring Story”