Stranger

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Written for https://sundaywhirl.wordpress.com/2025/04/13/wordle-702/

Beams blend into mystic memories. Flicking through a playlist, my thoughts howled like a hound lost in the mist. One moment I remembered the face; remembered my name. Mary. Only my thoughts tripped. A distant howling of hounds, and my mind was trapped.

‘Who are you?’ I pushed away, suddenly afraid of the stranger.

‘Betty …’

‘That’s my mum’s name … Do I know you? Are you new?’

‘No … I’m your … Do you want to listen to some music. Elvis Presley has always been my favourite.’

‘Sounds lovely dear.’

She gently put some earphones over my ears, and pressed play. Jailhouse rock. Soon I was singing along. I held my daughter’s hand; drying her tears.

Published by writerravenclaw

I am a fifty something mother of two grown up children, and one beautiful grandchild. I have been married for nearly thirty-four years. My first book was published ten years ago. I wrote my book Sticks and Stones because of my experience of being bullied at school.

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