Over the past six months, I’ve done a poor job keeping up with regular posts, but I’m working on some creative projects and trying to do a better job posting here as well. So today I’m revisiting a Friday Fictioneers post from this fall. I can’t post to the Linkup at this late date, but you can visit the original stories here. The photo is courtesy of Ted Strutz, whom you should also visit as he’s a decent guy with whom I like hanging out on the interwebs occasionally.
Copyright Ted Strutz
Getting off the Merry-Go-Round
“It’s not my idea of a good time.”
“Why go every year then?”
“Tom likes it—says he needs a break from the routine.”
“So go on a vacation.”
“We should. I need a break—from routine and the state fair.”
“Does he know the reason?”
Lindsay shrugged. “He knows what happened. I don’t think he knows where.”
“You should skip the fair this year. Book a weekend at a bed-and-breakfast instead.”
“You think he’ll understand?”
“He’s a good guy. If you tell him why, he won’t keep dragging you back to the place where you were raped.”
Being MG 