When I felt the water start to lose some of its heat, I quickly washed my hair and then lathered up my body with soap so that I could scrub off the sweat. The shower finally went cold just as I was giving my skin a final rinse. I turned off the spray and stepped out, wrapping myself in a towel, and then put on a new set of pajamas and went downstairs to make a pot of coffee.
While the coffee brewed, I turned on all of my downstairs lights and rummaged around for a snack. My fridge had pretty much nothing in it, mostly a bunch of condiments and a carton of milk. Since it was only me I had to shop for, I usually ate at the bar & grill so I didn’t have to cook anything.
I snagged the milk and pulled a box of cheerios out of the cupboard. The coffee was almost ready so I filled a mug and added hazelnut creamer, then sat down at the small round kitchen table. Rusty had followed me downstairs and lay quietly at my feet.
This was a nightly occasion, so my table was stacked with provisions. It held a romance novel I was in the middle of reading, a sketch pad, some colored pencils and my laptop. This time though, my eyes were drawn to the local newspaper that I’d dropped there on my way in from work the day before.
I shoved a huge spoon full of cereal into my mouth and chewed as I pulled the paper toward me. The front page was plastered with the coverage of preparation for the latest Saint’s Grove festivity. The next night there was supposed to be an extremely rare astronomical event, a total lunar eclipse and supposedly, the alignment of six planets.
With a sigh, I pushed the paper away and reached for my laptop. Of course I was excited about the Event, but the amount of people that were going to come out and see it was a little out of my league. I wasn’t a very social person, even though my job sort of required it. Most everyone who came into What in Carnation, was someone I knew.
Opening my laptop, I booted it up and sipped at my coffee while I waited. As soon as it was completely ready, I pulled up my word processing program and found my latest document. Before digging into the writing, I re-read a few of the passages that I’d written the night before.
This was my ultimate secret. My alter ego that no one would ever know was actually Molly McMillan.
Lola Whispers, author of erotic romance.
Writing wasn’t my day job, but the flower shop didn’t bring in that much money and I certainly had the time since I only managed a few hours of sleep regularly. Lola had come into existence because I needed a diversion to keep my mind occupied and off the scary memories of what happened in my nightmares. I began writing about love and romance because it was the complete opposite of what I experienced every time I closed my eyes. By the time the eBook boom and self-publishing hit, I already had seven full novels that were up and ready to publish. So, I took the plunge.
After a little while I tried my hand at some of the juicier stuff and people really liked it; that was when my books really took off. It actually amazed me how many people enjoyed reading the stuff I wrote. Heck sometimes it even embarrassed me.
In any case, I ran the shop during the day and love every minute of it. Because I dealt with horror and fear every single night, I filled my days with beauty. In the shop, the scent of flowers and earth surrounded me and I could somehow feel more alive. Flowers and the shop were my passion, the books were merely a hobby.
With Rusty at my feet, I worked on my latest book, the sequel to, A Knights Tail, until the sky began to lighten and I knew it was time to start getting ready for work.
Jennifer Malone Wright is best known for her short story series, The Vampire Hunter’s Daughter. Other works include the follow up to The Vampire Hunter’s Daughter series called The Arcadia Falls Chronicles and her vampire novel called Savior. Jennifer also co-authors a series called Once Upon a Zombie Apocalypse.
She resides in the beautiful mountains of northern Idaho with her husband and five children where she practices preparing for the zombie apocalypse. Just kidding!
But seriously, between the craziness of taking care of her children, Jennifer has little time left for herself. The time she does have left, usually leading far into the night, is spent working on her beloved fiction or chatting with her equally crazy friends.
Jennifer also loves coffee, has a passionate affair with red bull, wishes the sushi were better where she lives and dances while she cleans.
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