Here’s another six-sentence excerpt from my debut novel The Redheaded Stepchild. This is from the last chapter, where Cady finally comes to terms with the fact that her ex-step-mother is exactly that. In this scene, she runs into her ex-step-mother at one of her best friends’ wedding. Or rather, the ex runs into her…
Adrian reached the bottom and adjusted himself as he rushed to the bathroom with a cocky swagger. Katrina’s big black chunky shoe caught on the edge of one of the gray-carpeted steps. I watched her expression change to fear as she began to tumble down the stairs one by one. The staircase was narrow, yet she managed to fall down the entire lower half of the staircase, moaning in pain with every descending step. My heart sank as I knew she would be forced to sit at my table since it was the closest to the bottom of the stairs. She tried to stand.
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Ouch! Great six.
Wow… Obviously this woman deserved this, as the person’s only concern was whether she’d have to sit at the same table. A lot of hurt in this six, metaphorically and physically. Nice!
Intriguing 6!