Catch up: Ebony heard an intruder in her house in the middle of the night. She snuck to the kitchen, grabbed a cast iron pan, and hit the intruder over the head with it as he came into the kitchen. She turned on the light and he was passed out on the floor....
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She didn’t actually have any use for rope, but her father
had always kept it around. Even though he passed right after her nineteenth
birthday, at twenty-four Ebony still stored most of his things right where he’d
left them. Thank God.
Ebony slipped the rope through the hook for the cast iron
pan, tied it around the pan’s handle, and pulled the rope down to the chair.
She slip knotted it so it couldn’t fall and then stormed over to the man on her
floor. Anger boiling over, just who did he think he was? This was her fricken
house. She grabbed both of his hands and pulled as hard as she could. God he was heavy.
23 comments:
Is she going to interrogate and torture him or is she going to call the police?
I like the last sentence.
I love this heroine. Truly. She's so feisty and innovative. I really admire her as a character and that makes me want to keep reading!
He's in trouble now! nice 8.
Love how fast she thinks and I totally could feel how hard she was working in those last two sentences. Well done.
will she call the police or deal with it on her own?
I have so many questions. Who is he? What's she gonna do next? Is this guy a villain or a hero? She sounds like my kind of heroine. Strong and smart. Great eight, Summer!
I'm with Ebony. One should never through anything in the trash when it can be saved and used another day. Compelling snippet.
Call the cops, girl. But no, too feisty for her own good. . .what happens next? Good eight
Very enterprising. I like her.
Very enterprising. I like her.
I really admire your heroine. She has a "Takes no prisoners" kind of attitude - apart from the fact that she has just taken the intruder prisoner *teehee She is a girl who can tie a good knot.
I hope she isn't going to go too far with this. I'm almost feeling sorry for him.
She seems to have good control of herself and anger is certainly a more practical emotion than fear. Interesting story!
I think I missed something because I got the impression that she just tied the frying pan to a chair. My fibro is flaring up so it's probably just the brain fog doing it.
I'm liking Ebony and how this scene is going so far.
She's pretty fearless (but I'd be calling 911 by now myself). Can't wait to see what happens next!
In lieu of rope, might I suggest magic hair that glows when you sing? :)
Loved it! What is he doing in her house? Eep! She's got pluck! Great 8 :))
I got the same impression as Kate, that for some reason she tied the pan to the chair, and I'm curious about why. But I love this girl. She's just so... take charge. Can't wait to see what this guy's story is.
She has a lot of spirit fueled by her anger, l'm wondering who this intruder is and whether she knows him from somewhere.
Interesting. Why tie the pan to the chair and leave the man on the floor? To have it handy? Is she dragging him over to it? I'll be interested to see what happens with this next week.
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Oh, very nice! He's definitely in for it now.
I like how you managed to seamlessly get in the backstory about her father and how she felt about him in this tension-filled part. Great snippet!
~Joyce Scarbrough
Just goes to show, don't mess with Ebony.
She seems feisty, I'm also wondering about the pan and the chair.
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