Passive
1) He is dressed in faded blue jeans.
2) He is settled in.
3) I was impressed.
Active
1) He wore faded blue jeans.
2) He settled in.
3) I'm impressed.
Inversion
Gerund phrases
1) Dressing in faded blue jeans
2) Settling in
3) Impressing me
“Whatever you say, Preacher man.” I laugh and give him his beer.
As slow as Monday starts out, I wonder if anything could possibly happen to make the hours do more than drag on.
Rod Godowsky’s wife Martha is one of our local policemen, I have heard it said of her that she is pretty and smart. And, I would have to agree. She is also always pressed, her police uniform being well kept and collected weekly from the dry cleaners; and she, knows nearly as much as I do about everyone
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Settling in with the hopes to hear her story, or stories. She and I we have a history of stories.
“What’s new?” She asks me.
“Most the leaves have fallen up Lincoln Gulch, the tourists are gone. Not much since the wedding.”
“I didn’t see that one coming.” Martha lends over and her strength is obvious, in her off duty blue blouse, with feminine lace around the neck-line.
“Neither, did I”
“That’s surprising, you seem to know most everything before it happens.”
“Indeed, but I never thought they’d actually just get married.”
“It didn’t take everyone for surprise.” Martha widened her eyes “broke Gingers heart.”
I gave her another beer, this is what I love about slow nights, the stories, the truths about our little town.
“On me” I say.
“Lance is a heartbreaker,” Martha continues.
“I think it broke Lew Diaz heart most of all.” I say “That poor man, I was sure the way he was going that Sarah was going to end up in a nunnery.”
“I guess they will all get used to it.” Martha says.
“After the first grandchild gets here, Lance will be their favorite person. That is if he keeps it in his pants, and I really hope he does. With Lance as a married man, this town will become even more
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She has that look on her face now.
Finally she grins at me. “Aurora darling, that is a Cadillac CTS Wagon, and it is a luxury car.”
“Pretty strange looking man that drives it,” I say. “Not to mention his passenger.” The tentative look crosses her face again. I know this conversation isn’t going to go any further, tonight. “ Would you like another?”
“No, I got to head on home. But, there is one other thing I wanted to ask you?”
“What’s that, Martha?”
She leans into the bar so that she is closer to me. I look at her perfect green eyes, they have seen volumes of the underside of Denona, some of the things, that I hope I never have to look at. She almost whispers, “When was the last time you saw Tom Beck.”
“It’s been awhile Martha, he has a tab here and rarely pays cash,” so, then I look in the ledger, “ oh yeah, he bought a drink here on August 29th,why?” I ask.
“Just something I’ve been trying to figure out.” she says. “Let’s go for a walk up Lincoln gulch, one morning next week. I enjoy this time of year, and its more fun with a friend.” She tips me a couple of dollars, and heads out the
“Oh how rude of me, my name is Sara but of course even knows me as the flower witch. Would you three like to follow me to my backyard?” Sara asked while walking that way.
Later that night, as Jake recorded his observations of the town and harbor in his notebook, his mind wandered to Nell’s easy confidence when she navigating around her daddy’s store. He realized that he had seen the Harmony often docked behind Guthrie’s Hardware, and he wondered if it was her boat. Was she working with Lowell? He took a slug of bourbon to wash the image out of his mind. One thing he concluded was that Charlie Lowell could not be the brains behind the rum-running operations that functioned so openly on Front Street. He suspected that the police were being paid off in money or hooch.
I stop at the edge of the clearing and look at her for a moment. "I'll be back," I repeat, trusting that they'll just take my word for it. They nod and go back to eating and talking. I walk through the darkening forest, leaves crunching with barely a sound under my boots, ferns, bushes, and low branches brushing my clothes and face. I act as a silent shadow moving through the trees until I reach the tree-line.
She reaches for a wooden picture frame resting on her night stand and lovingly strokes the tiny baby in the yellowing image. “You know, William, I went back to work two weeks after Edison’s birth. I regret not being there for him at such a major point in his life, but I couldn’t take a longer maternity leave—I couldn’t. I wanted to give my child a life that I couldn’t afford—one that is tremendously better than my own.”
“Not bad,” replied Gabby, who had thrown her bag up on the counter and was trying to fish out a lighter, “just got off!” Both of her stockings had a run in them and flicks of discarded food stuck to the sides of her tennis shoes. Her dress was black and sparkling. Vernon could tell she worked at another diner the moment she got out of the cab. The waitress flipped over an empty cup and poured out what was leftover of the coffee. Gabby had lite her cigarette, inhaled a drag, took a sip, and exhaled out a thick cloud of smoke in one single breath. “Ended up pulling a double?” The swirls in the smoke seemed to actuate Gaby's words. “Don’t remind me!” replied the waitress, who had removed one of her flats and was rubbing her heel, “I’ve been on and off my feet since 9:30 this morning.” Gabby looked towards the front of the diner at the back of Vernon’s head and then back at the waitress. “Rough night?” “Nope,” replied the waitress, “he’s been coming in here late for the last month or so, keeps to himself.” They both could see that Vernon was moving his hands while he was talking to himself. “We still on for tonight,” asked Gabby. “Maybe,” said the waitress, “as long we can get a table.” The band aids on the back of her heels needed to be replaced with new ones. Gabby
“Three days before she died Amy spent thirty dollars on a cab.” He raised an eyebrow at the excitement in her eyes, not understanding what was special about a cab ride.
Guinevere dropped down onto the grass beside her friends. “Very well. He misses home and insists he’s doing his best to make sure this is the last extended campaign away from home for a very long time.”
His mother went to sleep at midnight, and she wasn’t going to wake up. She downed more than her fair share of a wine bottle at dinner, and he caught her taking swigs of it throughout the night.
Jonny ordered more beer. One bottle after another, and finally he collapsed redundant. The cops came and took him home. After that day, Mia met Jonny at the bar once a week. one day, Jonny didn’t drink, but there and seemed like he was waiting for someone.
Elise Davenport was not having a good night. Just the day before she put her whole career on the line thanks to a few glasses of champagne. Loose lips can sink ships, and they can obliterate your social status. So here she was, stumbling through Fairhaven Park in pitch blackness, looking for the cabin she rented. She'd just hung up the phone with her agent when she heard the rumbling growl come from beside her. Not a good night at all...
Knowing she wouldn’t answer still he said, “Do you remember me telling you a local contractor built several tract homes east of our house, near Sandy Gap? Well, there are only a few families left the others sold their homes. Something about the screams and lights on Putney Mountain but the people in town didn’t believe them, said it was buyer’s remorse. I never bothered getting acquainted with any of them and I don’t know. Now I’m alone except for Claude, and he’s getting old, I might not have him too much longer. Guess I can’t blame anyone for my shortage of friends.”
“Mildred: It didn't take me long that night to figure out that I was dead broke. And with Bert gone, it looked as though I'd stay broke. I felt all alone. For the first time in my life, I was lonely. There was so much to remind me of Bert.
Times were changing, for Gawain, eager to return to his new wife, was the first to leave the tavern. In the past, he’d linger at the Cup and Sword and encourage more drinking and perhaps gambling, but Lionel admired how Gawain was maturing. It amazed Lionel his close friends had all found women who brought out the best in them and improved their lives in so many ways.
"I found her lost in the woods surrounding my house, it was getting late, so I offered her a place to stay" Zach replies, a low tone to his voice.
“We need to continue walking so nothing bad does happen out here” I said trying to coax her away from the tree. She