I opened the last door and saw yet another long hall. It was a another hall of cubicles. “What a strange building,” I thought to myself. I continued to walk until a man in a white striped polo shirt and black pants came around the corner at the other end of the next hallway. He stood there, just for the briefest of moments, smiled a broad, open smile at me, waved and walked up to me. Without a word, he shook my hand, as if he knew me. He straightened my glasses, my jacket and my shirtsleeves, then, just as quick as he appeared, he turned and disappeared the same way he came. “How strange!” I exclaimed. I began to feel like I was in Wonderland. Perhaps he was the Madhatter.
I was trying to find Joe. Where was he anyway? So far, I had been led through countless hallways leading to other hallways and now this! Seriously, this has to be the weirdest manhunt I’ve ever had the pleasure of experiencing. Joe had better be worth this much trouble.
I met Joe at last after I followed the strange “Madhatter Man”. I just couldn’t resist myself. Perhaps Joe had sent him to find me. But why then had this stranger not said a word to me? Why had he smiled and waved and shaken my hand but not uttered even a hello? For that matter, what was up with the whole touchy-feely thing? That was bizarre at best. Well, Joe better have some answers because I had some questions.
“Joe, Hiya! How are you? I had a hell of a time trying to find you in this maze of a building.”
“I know it’s kind of crazy like that, Jess. It’s great that you could meet me here on such short notice. You look great. I see you met Peter already.”
“Met? Is that what you call it?” I looked at Joe with glint of skepticism.
I told Joe about my “meeting” Peter. He chuckled and informed me that Peter was a special kind of guy. He had been born deaf and mute but was never taught to sign properly. Peter was Joe’s brother. Boy, was I glad that I hadn’t said anything harsh about Peter. I really liked Joe’s company and I needed his help in this new investigation. It was going to be a doozy. Life wasn’t easy for a woman who just happened to be a detective. If that wasn’t bad enough, being 100 pounds soaking wet and 5’1″ made it that much harder to get people to take you serious. This was a really difficult case and Joe had information on the suspect that I needed. If I play my cards right, I could solve this one and get the promotion for sure.
“So, let’s see what you’ve got, Joe. I’m all ears.”
This is another fictional story written from a video prompt! What a fun project this was! Hope you enjoyed it! Thanks for reading it!
How strange!
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Do you like it?
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Ya, The end was quite a twist.
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Glad you liked it! I love these prompts! I get so into them. Did you read the one from yesterday? It wasn’t as twisted though. I had such fun with this one.
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No, I’ll read it now
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Which one?
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It’s the fiction one. Moving day to remember
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But very real
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Especially when you’ve had that many children
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Yupp
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Your posts today we’re excellent!
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Thanks ☺☺
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How hot is the weather now? I’ve heard the temps have been atrocious
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It rains occasionally but it’s hotter than last year.
How’s it there?
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Beautiful right now. Only 84 today.
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How hot was it today
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100 in the morning
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Wow!
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🌞🌞
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I do love heat but I heard how hot its been this year there.
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Even droughts in some states
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I bet! We get that here especially in July and August.
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So are you in classes now or are you done for the year? Our universities are done
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Done for the year. My semester exams concluded fifteen days ago
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That’s about the same as here
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But we start in July, there I guess it’s September
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Usually mid August
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My second daughter moves into her dorm August 17
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College Freshmen?
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Yes. My oldest will start around the same time
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Nostalgic moments for you and them as well!
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Yes. It’s hard to see the second one go though. The oldest one wasn’t too hard but my second one is much harder
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She switched majors from music education to nursing
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Inspired by mom!
You must be happy
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Yes. My second one will be studying pre-medicine and sociology
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That’s great!!
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Both girls are very smart!
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Nothing more to want!
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My friend, I must get some rest. Again it is late! Tomorrow?
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Good night
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Good night! Or rather, good day to you!
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The wonders of time!
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😊
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And ya
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