Miriam rose from her perch on the arm of the sofa, and walked towards the front door, her movements robotic, and her breathing rapid. Every eye was on her, and every footstep seemed to land unnaturally loudly; the sound of her slippered feet heightening the tension in the room as she neared the door.
The knock came again, louder, and more insistent this time.
As the door opened, and a well-known man’s voice demanded “Let me in this moment, Miriam Marsden,” the air in the room was so taut it could have been shattered by a single blink from any of the still-frozen villagers.
This chapter of my Whodunnit (still six sentences at a time) was brought to you by the prompt ‘robotic’, my good friend James (who doesn’t blog, but *is* completely awesome), and the shout-out for cues last week, which yielded my first week of expanded storylines.
Keep your eyes peeled for the next call for cues!
Whizz over to the Murder, We Wrote page, to catch up on any chapters you’ve missed.
Oh man, now I want to know what is behind that door!! 😉
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Hehe the next chapter publishes tomorrow…
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Lizzi, are you toying with us? Of course you are, and so well, and such fun.
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I am…but not intentionally, this time. I ran out of space! STILL, next installment on THURSDAY with the usual Six Sentence Stories link-up
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I suppose I can wait one more day. But it won’t be easy. 🙂
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Teach me how to have a friend who doesn’t blog. Is James taking on new friends at this time?
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LOL because somewhere out there, I have an ‘In Real’, too! 😀
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Gosh dang it Miriam. Open the damn door.
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Miriam is stuck in shorthand with only 6 sentences of action! lol.
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Now THAT was a cliff-hanger! What happens now? Next? I don’t even LIKE whodunits and I want to know. I neeeed to know!
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Hehehe I think the restrictions of the six sentence thing are making this story MUCH more cliffhangery than I ever envisaged!
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Still wondering who’s behind door #1. Lovely use of robotic.
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I ran out of space! I wanted to reveal it this time but AUGH!
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Argh. Six sentences of climatic plot is so hard. I want to find things out *now*….
Still, very well done all of you.
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I KNOW! I was so annoyed to run out of sentences to reveal who’s at the door!
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