Happy Hump Day! Here's a little hook from "Summertime". I'm finishing the final draft now, and I hope to have it off to the publisher soon.
The story takes place in rural Kansas, 1914. Linn Sparks has spent the last seven years as a stage star in San Francisco. She's come back to Brookfield to handle a bit of business with her folks. It seems nothing has changed in the dusty, boring little town...until she sees Ed Ferguson, the love she left behind, and learns he's got a son.
In this snippet, she's visiting Polly, an old friend. Linn has just learned that the mother of Ed's son is a girl named Rachel Johnson. Here's her reaction:
“Rachel Johnson,” she said again, this time her voice a bare
whisper. She remembered Rachel. The poor girl from the wrong side of the tracks. The little
slut who gave the boys whatever they wanted, whenever they wanted it. Whore.
Tramp. Easy pickings. All the names belonged to Rachel Johnson. Linn’s head snapped up. “Why, how would Ed even know for sure...” Her words faded
along with her last chance at denial. Tad’s strong resemblance to his father
made it clear whose son he was.
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