Bemused, Joey sat on an expensive couch opposite Aurora in the grandest room he had ever encountered, sipping from a fragile cup of sugary tea, while Aurora issued instructions as if she were reeling off ingredients for a complex recipe; her suave companion nodded as he wrote in a small leather-bound notebook with an elegant silver pen.
Aurora paused, studying Joey for a moment; she set her cup down on an onyx and gold side-table, motioning Joey to do the same, ‘Come, Joey, I have something to show you.’
Joey followed her into the red-carpeted hallway through which they’d entered; Aurora glided up one wide staircase, then another, finally leading him out onto a roof terrace where she stood facing him, her steely gaze flicking to his pocket and back to his face. She advanced a step, holding out her hand: ‘I will be your passport to success if you give me that.’
Patterson appeared in the doorway and Aurora took another step towards Joey; the jade camel started to vibrate in his pocket; he retreated, his heart going into overdrive, racing away like his thoughts.
Joey looked over the edge of the building; it was a long way down.
Written in response to two challenges:
Di of Pensitivity 101’s Wednesday’s Three Things Challenge: PASSPORT, SUGAR, DRIVER
Denise Farley of GirlieOnTheEdge’s Sunday’s Six Sentence Story Word Prompt: INGREDIENT
More awesome #SixSentenceStories here!
Photo credit: illustration from a book somewhere on my bookshelves which has mysteriously disappeared🐪
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Thanks for sharing, Michael! 😊🐪
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Great episode.
I wonder what was written in that notepad? Fingers crossed that the camel will conjure up a convenient landing for him if Joey jumps.
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Good question about the notepad – it could come in useful, even only for ‘random words’. 😉 I’m sure there’ll be a way out for Joey, like a cat that lands on his feet!
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Let’s hope he’s not a clumsy cat. We had one in the garden who I’m sure was a human cursed into cat form–no idea how to jump, or cat. 😂
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Sounds like the local cats here. No idea how to climb a tree. What’s that all about?
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🤣 🤣 🤣
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Oh my gosh, Suspense!!!
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Got to keep it interesting, Zelda! 😉
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For sure!! 🙂
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Not a cliff hanger, but a roof hanger!
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Ha ha, Liz! So it is 🙂
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😀
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Oh my, now he’s trapped.
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It looks like it… but there must be a way out somehow. 🙂
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I’m sure there is.
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😉😁
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😃
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This is getting hairy 🥺
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Just hoping for an escape route… 😬
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the plot thickens…………..
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Sure does, Di!
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🙂 I’m loving it
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I’m pleased about that, Di! These are such fun 🙂
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Hope they continue to be.
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Oh, I think so!
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🙂
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Ooh, ‘eck!
Joey’s got himself into a tight corner here, Chris. 🙂
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‘Ooh, ‘eck’ sums it up nicely, Tom! 😟
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Blimey, it’s got a bit cinematic suddenly… will Joey leap to freedom? Or will he submit to Aurora’s offer? Or, will a third option make itself known ???
Re: Patterson’s notebook… I think it’d be funny (if this was a film) for the viewer to be privy to what Patterson is actually writing down in his little book… maybe he’s ignoring what Aurora is saying and instead working on his latest unpublished poem, or he’s making sketches of cats for a comic book character he wants to create: Patterson Silver: Super Cat Detective! 😺🕵️♂️
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Screwing up my eyes… I can’t quite make out the next frame. Maybe I need to go and check the reel?
As for Patterson’s notebook – perhaps we’ll find a page or two lying around somewhere, although from what I know of him, I can’t really picture him as a sketcher (I could be wrong).🤔
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Cliffhanger?
Thank you, ma’am
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You got it, Clark!
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That’s a hook if I’ve ever read one.
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Leave ’em wanting more… 🙂
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color me wanting more. good on you.
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More coming UP!
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It seems she can’t take the jade camel by force and the camel doesn’t want to go with her.
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Seems so, Frank!
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He’s not in an enviable position.
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Oh dear, no. Not at all!
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Why do they always go to the roof!
Can’t help but wonder how strong the physical connection between Joey and the Jade Camel. Can Aurora feel it? No easy way for Joey to get out of this one!
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It’s like when people never switch the lights on and go creeping about in the dark!
The power of the camel is a strange one though…
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Time to summon the spirit of Dick Barton from the old BBC radio serial and it’s catchphrase ‘With one bound, Dick was free’. 🙂
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Cue the tune…!
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I think the jade will be needed at the SSC&B…🤡
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Be careful what you wish for, my friend.🐪
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True; will I manage being between a stone and a jade camel? 🙂
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😟😧
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Ah, the tension mounts, reminding me of the Tarzan serial at the Saturday matinee a thousand years ago!
All that’s missing is an open-jawed crocodile waiting below…
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I’ve come across many strange things on the streets of Liverpool, but not a crocodile (although anything can happen in fiction).😂
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Oh my! You’ve left me breathless here, Chris. Poor Joey. Waiting to know…
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Me too, Jenne!
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Oh no! 😱 Again, this world happen to Tommy Beresford, getting ready to be pushed off the roof. But shouldn’t Tuppence and Albert show up about now?
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If only Joey had a Tuppence to look out for him…
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Great cliffhanger to end on! The plot thickens 😉
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Thanks, Tom. Where to now, Joey?
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Only time will tell 😉
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P.s. I’ve left you a separate question on my latest chapter. Hope it comes through okay 🙂
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A veritable cliff hanger!
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Would you have it any other way? 🙂
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Trapped!!!
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So it seems!
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Oh dear, Joey really is in a fix
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Sorry, Chris, my ipad didn’t pick up my WP profile for my comment.
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Not long to wait for what happens next though… 😉
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