Sometimes It Goes the Other Way

[glaenconer]

By Friday, Alma’s rope was all paid out.  November the twenty-second and Ennis still hadn’t stopped by the doc’s for a check-up.  No check-up meant no life insurance, and he’d promised he’d take care of it.  Her daddy sold policies on the side, swore by monthly premiums, and was not about to let his son-in-law walk around without coverage.  By

Comments

[jbg1]

Great story :* I try my damnedest not to start any WIP's but sometimes I just get sucked in. Something tells me you are not new to this writing game. I really like your style of writing, thanks for this!

[bbm_citygirl]

"...face as closed as a cameo locket. Alma knew how Mrs. Kennedy felt, picked up by a twister and miraculously set down in the same place, but a place forever and irrevocably changed by a fate as fickle and uncaring as the weather."

I just love your way with words. Well...now Alma knows. Oh boy. And regarding Alma, I also so loved

Sinking into the dull comfort of obedience

This is so Alma to me in her first reaction to it all. In the OS she comes to a point of moving forward, in fact, oddly enough I find it so interesting that of the 4 principals that is was Alma that seemed to have some success in getting her life together when everything was said and done.

[katecaton]

You described Alma's shock and confusion so well, and her feelings of being fooled. Ennis and Jack are being a bit reckless, I think. I have a clear picture in my mind of them all watching the news, a poignant description.
Thanks again for another beautiful piece,
Kate

[chapeaugris]

What an excellent pairing, the assassination and Alma's discovery. I always wondered about the timing in the OS and whether it was deliberate. I think it's the first fic (that I've read) where Alma finds them doing more than kissing.

I like your short chapters that pack so much in them.

[joycedavenport]

Fantastic- to put Jackie and Alma side by side like that, stroke of genius.