Storytelling Week 11: The End of Frank

With a confident smile on his face Frank quietly whispers, “There is a door that leads to the back ally through the kitchen and to the left. As soon as I say to, go as quickly as you can to the ally. If you try to run or talk to anyone, I will shoot you. Do I make myself clear?”

Whimpering, Ava nodded her head.

“Go,” Frank demanded.

Trembling with tears in her eyes Ava stood up and started making her way toward the kitchen. Frank was right behind her, smiling. Once Ava got to the kitchen she stopped and looked back. Wishing Mike was there but only saw the emo boy. She turned back around and headed toward the back door.

When they were both out in the ally Ava turned to Frank and asked, “Why?”

“Because you don’t deserve this life. You have always had everything handed to you and everyone just adores you. You deserve to be as ugly and worthless as I am.”

“Franks, you aren’t ugly and worthless. Why do think that? Frank listen to me, you had a rough childhood and I am sorry for that. Hurting me isn’t going to change that. You are this far away from home already. Why not go further? You have the chance to start over.” Ava tried to reason with Frank.

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Mike walked out of the bathroom nervous as can be. Ava was so beautiful and he wasn’t sure how she felt given how they met. Mike straightened his tie and walked back to the table. When the table came into sight he panicked. Ava wasn’t there! Mike wondered if it was him. Mike saw a waiter come up to the table.

“Excuse me, ma’am. Did you the woman sitting here go anywhere?”

“I saw her go to the back with another gentleman,” replied the waiter.

Concerned, Mike headed to the back toward the kitchen. Once in the kitchen he asked a cook if they had seen Ava. One cook told him she went out back with another gentleman.

Mike walked out the back door to the sight of Ava being shaken by an emo kid. The boy was yelling at her and Ava was crying. The boy suddenly stopped and pulled out a gun from his jacket and pointed it at her.

Mike didn’t hesitate. He rushed quietly to the boy and took the gun at the same time he elbowed the boy in the face. The boy staggered back yelling obscenities at him. Angry filled the boy’s eyes and he rushed at Mike. Mike shoved him back on the ground.

“I will never stop” The boy cried. “I will not stop until you get what you deserve!”

Ava was now weeping even harder. At that instant Mike made a decision. This boy was an obvious threat to Ava and will be as long as he was alive. Mike took a deep breath. Raised up the gun and shot the boy. 

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Author's Note

This story concludes the ongoing story about Frank and Ava. The other story with them include: “Frank and Ava”, “The Dating Game Part 1”, “The Dating Game Part 2”, and “The Date”. 

Reading Diary: Week 11, More Jatake Tales part 2

For Wednesdays reading I finished the last half of the Children’s book, More Jatake Tales by Ellen Babbitt. Looking at the list, it appears that there is another Jatake Tales book. Probably the reason this one I am reading is “More”. Anyway, as I said before, I really like these stories. They always seem to be pretty different. Sometimes all the animals get along even if they aren’t in the same food chain. Then in another the lion will just let a wolf get killed. I do like the variety of different stories though. My favorite was, “The Brave Little Bowman”. Of course it was a little predictable that eventually the big man said he didn’t the little man’s help anymore but I still really liked the ending.

The Brave Little Bowman

Reading Diary: Week 11, More Jatake Tales

The Golden Goose

This week I read the Children’s book, More Jatake Tales byEllen Babbitt. I absolutely loved the stories but at first I was thinking that they were supposed to be a different version of the two epics we have read. They are not. I liked how all the stories were very different. I liked that they had a moral to the story as well. My example is “The Golden Goose” story, how the daughters didn’t want the mother to take the feathers and when she did they turned white.