@torunnsaid From his table at the fashionable Metropol restaurant, Richard had a perfect view of people walking up and down the small street connected to Bayswater Road. For a moment he was captivated by the purposeful walk of a young woman, dressed for a working lunch with a determined look and a smart tailored suit. "A lunch date perhaps", he thought, trying to recall when he last had one.
My dearest Torunn, this is a "first line" thread, not a "first chapter" π
He awoke on a roundabout in The Maldives ~ naked but for his socks, his face daubed with clumsy makeup ~ and hugging an orange traffic cone with a Hemel Hempstead sticker on it.
Two discs into the Grateful Dead's 15 CD June 1976 box set, he realized he wanted to listen to the rest of it using Galaxy Buds+™ ~ Samsung's wireless earbuds with 2-way speaker delivering sound by AKG with rich treble and bass, an adaptive 3-mic system for crystal clear calls, and long-lasting battery power ~ and to do so in a sensory deprivation tank having eaten opiated fudge cake.
As I put pen to paper I struggle to find the words which will convey the utter sense of happiness which rushes through my being like a torrent of the most wonderful emotional electricity.
That was the moment when I realized Patricia was not my trophy wife after all and that, instead, it was me who was her increasingly superfluous trophy husband who had served his purpose by uniting the fortunes of the Fanshaw and Wilson-Barrett families. The fact this all happened in the context of early twentieth-century Britain, replete with period costumes, vintage cars, and a strikingly televisual stately home with domestic staff speaking with northern accents, makes this story all the more engrossing ~ and potentially lucrative ~ for me to tell.
After over an hour, sitting stunned, staring out at the UFO hovering over the hills behind the town, I realized it was - in fact - a speck of bird feces on the window pane.
@petewxyzsaid Our sentences have alternated so far. Disclaiming responsibility by the third paragraph is a bad sign!
I only referred to the first two - it was written in a hurry, sorry. I didn't give my respons enough time. π We do it together, but you are much better.