This is a continue the Continue The Story moment. I wrote and shared the first part way back in November 2021. Here’s the link to jog your memory – Continue The Story – Fact Or Fiction? (flash fiction) | Coral McCallum
Now to Continue The Story….
“It’s good to see you,” she said after a while.
They’d left the bookstore almost half an hour before and walked a couple of blocks to a bar that Luke had suggested. He’d bought her a large white wine then directed them to one of the few empty tables.
“It’s good to see you too,” he replied with a smile. That smile… her heart melted just a little bit more. “How’ve you been? Looks like the books are doing well.”
“Busy. Books are doing great. Still feels surreal to see them on the shelves,” she replied, trying not to gaze too deeply into his dark brown eyes.
Noticing a lack of rings on her left hand, he reached across the round table to touch the back of her fingers
. “What happened?”
“I found the courage to leave,” she replied quietly. “Been two years since the divorce came through. He’s remarried now.”
“And you?” he asked, raising one eyebrow.
“No one,” she half-whispered.
“Ditto,” replied Luke, still holding her hand. “My heart still belongs to…” The sentence petered out unfinished.
It had been five years since they had last met but the chemistry was still there.
“So, why did you base Storm on me?”
Laughing, she replied, “You’d never believe me if I told you.”
“Try me.” His voice was soft. He held her gaze.
“I wanted to fantasise about what might have been,” she confessed openly. “Writing about Storm was the only connection to you that I had left.”
“And, if what might have been, could be?”
The question hung in the air.
She knew her answer could change everything…
Coral McCallum 