Ravenous Ghosts
“He ignored her cold stare as he lovingly paper-clipped a cover note to his pristine white manuscript and slid it into an envelope.
The phone rang just as he was licking a stamp and he raised his eyebrows when his wife looked at him. With a grimace that made her almost remarkably hideous, she shoved her chair back and stalked off to answer it.
Malcolm rolled his eyes and applied the stamp. He had just uncapped the pen and was scribbling the address he had jotted down on a piece of paper ...onto the front of the envelope when Lynn whooped in delight. He straightened and watched her dance back into the kitchen, a different woman than the ogre who'd gone to answer the phone.
"What is it?" he asked, watching her jiggle with excitement as she swiped a piece of cold toast from the table and nibbled at it.
"Gohjob," she mumbled, her mouth full.
"You got the job? Why that's great honey!" he said and returned his attention to the envelope.MoreLess
The phone rang just as he was licking a stamp and he raised his eyebrows when his wife looked at him. With a grimace that made her almost remarkably hideous, she shoved her chair back and stalked off to answer it.
Malcolm rolled his eyes and applied the stamp. He had just uncapped the pen and was scribbling the address he had jotted down on a piece of paper ...onto the front of the envelope when Lynn whooped in delight. He straightened and watched her dance back into the kitchen, a different woman than the ogre who'd gone to answer the phone.
"What is it?" he asked, watching her jiggle with excitement as she swiped a piece of cold toast from the table and nibbled at it.
"Gohjob," she mumbled, her mouth full.
"You got the job? Why that's great honey!" he said and returned his attention to the envelope.MoreLess
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