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Pastimes : Muffy's Story: A Short Story Game for Would Be Authors -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: E who wrote (82)6/17/1998 8:06:00 PM
From: Janice Shell  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 766
 
Why had Joe been at the airport? What had happened to him there?

Muffy bit her lip. She'd read a lot of Harlequin Romances, and her favorite heroines always did this when they tried to think. She'd never seen anyone do it in real life, but she'd practiced in front of the mirror and thought it looked pretty convincing.

She tore her thoughts away from such trivialites. Biting her lip once again, she stole a glance at Joe. He was agitated, very excited, babbling incoherently about the mysterious "FBN". Muffy could no longer remember: was it the real TED or the impostor who'd told her about the company? Damn. Kerry would want to know.

She must try to learn more. Reaching out for Joe's trembling hand, she smiled entrancingly, lifting one corner of her mouth just a bit higher than the other, and said...