Cluttered relationships ….by Susan St. Pierre
The prompt is to use this sentence in a story:
She’d forgiven everyone and emptied her home of all that gave it meaning.
Annette had never heard of the term “hoarder” until her 25-year-old daughter sandwiched it in-between two “F” words at the top of her lungs upon entering her old family home.
Her daughter hadn’t been home in seven years. Annette still held bad feelings about Lanie’s abandonment of her for all that time in the same way she hadn’t yet forgiven Lanie’s dad for dying and abandoning her too. She felt that Lanie was terribly rude in her overreaction to a “little” flea market clutter.
“What the HELL, Ma?! This place is a stinking mess and a fire death trap. What were you thinking?”
“Really?! You don’t come home for years, and you think you own this place NOW.”
Annette wasn’t going to take that language or attitude…
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