The Empty Room
by Zorlone on Nov.19, 2009, under Mystery
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One early morning, Dr. Robert Cruz was about to make rounds, when he saw his childhood friend in the elevator.
“Here, keep this,” Alyssa said as she handed over a pocket sized Bible to the doctor. “It already helped me through a lot.”
The doctor politely thanked his friend then went on his rounds when the elevator door opened. He received an SMS from Alyssa.
“I also spent sleepless nights watching my friend deteriorate at room 407. I know you can recover from the pain.”
He saw the reflection of his dark set eyelids from a hallway mirror. He opened the Bible and read the inscription inside:
“Alyssa,
Robert gave me this to remind me about faith and moving on.
Always,
Tina Cruz.”
Tears fell in front of the empty room where Tina’s name used to be seen by Robert.
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November 19th, 2009 on 9:36 pm
nice story
chrisBON´s last blog ..HERO Educators
December 16th, 2009 on 6:25 pm
Thanks CrisBON,
Trying out different plots. I like this one too.
Z
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November 19th, 2009 on 9:44 pm
Makes the reader think how that came to be. I like how you allowed the reader to create his/her own scenario of the previous scenes, or to make deductions of why the book returned to its rightful owner. Makes me think of GIGO in computers.
Kudos!
Jena Isle´s last blog ..Serendipity and Writing to Exhale
December 16th, 2009 on 6:29 pm
Jena,
Since I am restricted to 140 words, I had to leave a lot of the parts to my readers and so far, they were able to deduce the other parts of the scenes.
Kudos to them!
Z
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November 21st, 2009 on 11:04 am
I need an interpreter. Too mysterious for me…:(
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November 21st, 2009 on 10:57 pm
From context clues:
The book was from Robert given to Tina then given to Alyssa then back to Robert. Both Tina and Alyssa’s friend died in rm 407.
lol. up to you how to interpret LJ. :p
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December 16th, 2009 on 6:42 pm
Reyjr,
You almost had it, well, I did tell you the real story. I guess it didn’t come out like I thought it would.
Jan,
I know you got it too.
Z
November 21st, 2009 on 11:03 pm
Oh I see. Thanks.
November 21st, 2009 on 11:37 pm
connecting and disconnecting…jan, SOS!
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November 22nd, 2009 on 9:28 pm
It’s nice to meet a friend which you didn’t meet since childhood. It feels so refreshing.
December 16th, 2009 on 6:53 pm
Rocky Garcia,
Thank you for dropping by my site bro. Meeting an old friend is just part of the story.
True, it feels refreshing. I know that there are so many hours you can spend together just trying to catch up with each other’s lives.
Z
November 27th, 2009 on 12:30 pm
It’s really hard to move on for someone really close to you.
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December 16th, 2009 on 7:00 pm
Jhong,
You nailed it! Can you guess who that person is?
Z
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