[Write the Story] Stranded in a Foreign City
Prompt: Stranded in a Foreign City
Words: Baptist, assets, cupcake, showcase, neurology, workaday, pine, cushion, assistant, firmament
Story
“All I wanted was a cupcake.” Eva plopped down on the pine bench.
“We’re in Versailles,” Andy, Eva’s assistant, said. “At a neurology symposium. What makes you think there would be cupcakes?”
Eva sighed. “It’s France? They have exquisite food. Cupcakes fall in that category.”
“In a workaday, North American mindset maybe, but French pastry chefs are no mere cupcakes unless it is a showcase now far above the rest of the pastries they can be.”
Eva grinned. “By all the stars in the firmament, I’ve not heard a more passionate sermon since this old Baptist preacher I once knew.” She heaved herself up from the bench. “Come on, Andy, it’s time to go home.”
“I have a couple of assets to check in with before we get to the airport,” Andy said.
“Assets.” Eva snorted. “You sound like a bad spy novel. Or a bad spy period. Hurry. I’ll meet you at the station.”
#
Eva stood inside the train car heading to the airport. She watched Andy rushing to the closing doors. He’d cut his time cushion too short. She warned him. Stern, suited men surrounded Andy as she pulled away. He knew the risks. He would pay the price.
Word Count: 202
Written: 6/26-27/19