LJI Topic 18 topic: "Blood Harmony"

[furzicle]

Betty was on her hands and knees yanking at the weeds that were constantly popping up amongst her dahlias. The sunshine had started out as a welcome warmth after the chill of the house but by now was growing too warm. When a rivulet of sweat trickled down her forehead into her eyes, Betty sat up and cursed. “Drat these imposters! Do they think I’ll

Comments

[alycewilson]

Very cute, especially that Shirley was getting benefits out of it, too.

[furzicle]

Ah, but that was where the prompt came in! And the main quirk to the story.

[alycewilson]

So that means she's related, right?

[furzicle]

"I wonder how Shirley is doing? Betty reached for her phone to call her twin sister. Rarely a day went by that they didn’t chat." ... and ....“Oh, Shirley? That is my twin sister’s name. How ironic. Usually when you meet a Shirley, it’s someone closer to my age.”

Yes, that was the Blood Harmony part!

[d0gs]

I really enjoyed what you did with this prompt!

[furzicle]

Thank you!

[flipflop_diva]

Oh, wow, this feels like an episode of the Twilight Zone, and we all know those don't end well! Very intriguing!