Mom's Cousin Lenna, Day 637: 5 Minute Freewrite: Prompt: hill of prairie dogs
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Rory. Oh God Rory, what have you done?
How did he haul the remains of an old motorcycle up the rock wall, piece by piece, reassembling it inside this little crawl space? His mummified mom - Mummy! - oh God! - was preserved in this crevice, facing her beloved desert, gripping her beloved old Indian motorcycle, her beloved, mummified cat Marlin riding with her into eternity.
DeLorean found her breath, moved one foot back, slowly, then gasped. The press of a gun against her spine kept her from falling off a cliff.
(End of Part 15)
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Day 637: 5 Minute Freewrite: Friday - Prompt: hill of prairie dogs
"I knew you were trouble,"
Rory said, "from the first sight of that god-awful burgundy spray paint job on that van."
"So, shoot me," DeLorean said, trying to sound flippant.
In a way, she really didn't care. Jagged scars on her face, compliments of Dwayne, would likely never fade. She couldn't outrun him forever. Better have to have that pipsqueak third-cousin Rory end it all now before things got any worse. Which they could, and they would. Never, ever console yourself with the lie that things "can't get any worse," she'd learned.
She'd learned a lot of things.
And if she lived to be as old as poor Lenna had, she'd go out in style too. Not as a mummy, of course. That was so illegal and so creepy, it was no wonder Rory acted so testy.
Come to think of it, she did mind if Rory went off and shot her. What was he doing with his mother mummified up the side of a cliff anyway?
"This was how Maw wanted it," he said, as if reading her mind. "Don't go thinking it was my idea. I couldn't report her dead and get away with this setup, so, yeah, I didn't report it. Now I been collecting social security checks, and you're not going to shoot off your mouth and get me locked up for this."
DeLorean slid her hand back and pulled her own pistol from the waistband of her jeans.
The gun went off with a tremendous noise that about knocked her a hundred feet down to the sand and cactus below.
"Shit!" Rory yelled, covering his ears, then checking for missing body parts. "Shit! You lunatic!"
"You started it."
Above his head, a rock shattered and in a nanosecond of clarity, DeLorean pulled him out of the way, or tried to, as shards of red-rock plummeted down.
Her feet gave way, and she realized she was literally falling off a cliff now. Her fingers grasped a rocky ledge but she slid down, down, her stomach scraping rock, and when her eyes opened again she was flat on her back. She must be hallucinating, or small furry rodents were yelping under the rising moon and scurrying for cover.
"A hill prairie dogs," came the voice of her nemesis, Rory. "Only you, DeLorean. Only you--"
A strange sobbing noise cut him off, and soon DeLorean realized the sounds he was making were due to a seizure of laughter.
She started laughing too until she remembered driving here in search of her mom's penpal and cousin, who was so far gone now, there was nothing but shock and awe and horror to glean from her.
Now the sobbing sounds really were sobs, and of all horrors, they were coming from her.
Thank you for reading!
Part One: She Came in through the Kitchen Window - Day 577: 5 Minute Freewrite: Monday - Prompt: window
Part Two: "You Little Tart" - Day 585: 5 Minute Freewrite: Tuesday - Prompt: tart
Part Three: Day 588: 5 Minute Freewrite: Friday - Prompt: rodeo
https://steemit.com/freewrite/@mariannewest/day-588-5-minute-freewrite-friday-prompt-rodeo
Part Four: Mom's Cousin Lenna the Tart - Part 3 or 4 -Day 591: 5 Minute Freewrite: Monday - Prompt: Rule
Part Five: Mom's Cousin Lenna the Lunatic
Part Six: Mom's Cousin Lenna, Part Six-ish - Day 595: 5 Minute Freewrite: Friday - Prompt: trot
Part Seven: Batter My Heart - Mom's Cousin Lenna, Part 7 - Day 598 :5 Minute Freewrite: Monday - Prompt: Batter
Part Eight: Mom's cousin Lenna + Rory, Part 8, Day 599: 5 Minute Freewrite: Tuesday - Prompt: yoga
Part Nine: Mom's Cousin Lenna, Part 9 - Day 602: 5 Minute Freewrite: Prompt: show me the way home
Part Ten: Mom's Cousin Lenna - Day 605: 5 Minute Freewrite: Prompt: moving to the city
Part Eleven: Mom's Cousin Lenna - Day 606: 5 Minute Freewrite Prompt: nap
Part Twelve: Mom's Cousin Lenna - Day 607: Prompt: Hippo
Part Thirteen: Mom's Cousin Lenna- Day 620 - Freewrite Prompt: Metal Butterfly
Part Fourteen: Mom's Cousin Lenna, Day 621: 5 Minute Freewrite: Wednesday - Prompt: stone rose
Part Fifteen: Mom's Cousin Lenna, Day 622: 5 Minute Freewrite: Thursday - Prompt: wet carpet
Part Sixteen: [Mom's Cousin Lenna, Day 637: 5 Minute Freewrite: Prompt: hill of prairie dogs]
That's quite awesome! Love the suspense. You can wrap me right in with the suspense a d keep me wondering,"what in earth is next??"
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LOL - just don't ask What next? - I learned that years ago. :)
Thank you for reading and commenting!
Wow, you are practically making a whole book out of Freewrite prompts @carolkean, and this chapter was very exciting to read, it's awesome.
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What an awesome ongoing freewrite! There's a few too many for me to catch up on right now, but I shall try to remember to check back in on the adventures of DeLorean.
Poor prairie dogs... having to dodge bullets 😉😆
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Rory was doing alright collecting Lenna’s cheques after she passed. I‘ve heard of people doing that .
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I love e the read, it was worth the time.
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I wonder... you already wrote this and managed to use the given prompt somewhere in it or?
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I re-used the photo for the sake of identifying the story, and I included the ending of the previous installment. There is a new photo and a bit of new material, but I was trying to stay closer to the 5 minute limit, and I kept it shorter than usual - for me. :) Sorry for the confusion!
No confusion just wondered 💕
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You actually won 2 100% upvotes lol - I have been so slow and a bit busy with life - like babies, housemates, gardens, and more :)
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Well, thank you - but you kinda maybe ought to disqualify me from winning those! If there are others out there who didn't get their name drawn, why should I get drawn twice? Then again, we're not talking huge amounts of money here. Still. Thanks, but you should limit me to one award per Favorites. :)
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