TUESDAY TALES, WRITING TO THE PROMPT "MEAT"

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SCENT OF LOVE

Jory slapped the small steak on the barbecue as Juliet came out. She’s wearing her pouty face. Sulking. Do I even want to know? Probably not.

“What’s eating you?” Jory asked, check the meat with a spatula.
"I don’t know what to write.” Juliet sucked on a pen as she plopped down in a lounge chair.
“This is your project. You couldn’t wait to write to that hottie, Bryce.”
“I know, I know. Rub my nose in it, why don’t you. Help me, Jory.
You’re a writer. Give me some mushy poetry or something.”
“My life seems to be about bailing you out.”
“You haven’t done anything for me lately.”
“Oh?” Jory cocked an eyebrow. “I seem to remember peeling you off that sailor when you had a few too many at Manny’s.”
“That was a week ago.”
Jory burst out laughing. “You win. Set the table, get the potato salad the cole slaw and steak sauce while I write your letter.”
“All that?”

“That’s the deal.”

Juliet’s pout got bigger, her expression darker as she dragged into the kitchen. Jory sat down and took the pen in her hand. 
“Dear Bryce. I’m Juliet. I’m writing to you through the Military Pen Pals program in Pine Grove. Please write and tell me all about yourself. I’m in hairdressing school. Do you have any brothers and sisters? I have an older sister. She’s the smartest woman in town.”

Juliet unloaded everything on the picnic table.

“Here’s your letter.”
“Thanks.” Without reading it, Juliet signed it, and put it in an envelope. Jory smiled to herself and transferred the charred meat to a small platter. “Dinner’s ready.”

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 A SHORT EXCERPT 

“Yeah. A ticket? What for?” Hack shifted his weight.
“Reckless biking, speeding, causing bodily injury to this young woman.” Rory gave a half-smile. “Serves you right. What about my dog?” She turned worried eyes to Baxter, who lay still, whimpering.
“I’ll take him,” the doctor said.
“Over my dead body…which you almost have…” she said.
“I’m a vet…”
“I don’t care if you were in Afghanistan…”
“A veterinarian. Hack Roberts,” he said, extending his hand.
“A vet? Save him.” She ignored his offer to shake.
“Without x-rays I can’t tell the extent of his injuries, but he’s awake and alert.”
“Dr. Roberts, you’ll have to take some responsibility for this young lady…what’s your name, miss?”
“Aurora Sampson.”
“Aurora? What an odd name,” muttered Hack.
“Oh? Like Hack is normal?” She replied, hostility oozing from every pore.

 A SEXIER EXCERPT

The heat of two bodies grinding together in passionate, sweaty sex wasn’t even off the sheets before Bruce pushed out of bed and headed for the coffeemaker. Rory watched her boyfriend walk across her studio apartment. He looks great naked. Cute butt. She stared at him until he turned around.
“I can feel your eyes,” he said, leaning against the counter as the coffee dripped.
“Can I help it if I love your bod?” Why don’t you come over here and feel something else? Oh, wait. You already did.
He chuckled at the compliment. “I guess since I’ve got it, I might as well flaunt it.”
Gorgeous–yes. Humble–no. She smiled as her gaze roamed over him.

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Welcome! This week's word prompt is "Field". Here's my story, from a WIP. Scroll down to the link to return to Tuesday Tales.\

 Scent of Love  

Jory slung her camera over her shoulder, leashed her pug and headed for the field on Pingly Street. She was searching for signs of spring, maybe, daffodils or unfurling light green new leaves. The pictures were for the newspaper where she was the managing editor. Her heart wasn't in it. She was thinking about Bryce, the soldier in the hospital in Oak Bend. Suffering from blindness that could be repaired by surgery, he was healing other wounds and building up his strength before the operation. Jory volunteered at the hospital, and had for years. She was reading aloud to Bryce. They were deep into a political thriller. It was all she could do to train her gaze on the book and away from the handsome military man sitting up in a bed next to her. 

    Sometimes Bryce reached for her hand. Or he'd tug on her sleeve when she got up to leave. Then she'd stay a while longer. Once he asked to touch her face, to find out what she looked like. She flinched, stricken with fear. You'll never find out. You can't know who I really am. 

   She sighed and continued up the hill. Dandelions were in bloom and she spied an occasional Snow Drop and Jonquil. Setting her camera, she snapped away. 

   Jory planned to sneak a picture of him when he didn't know. When he's gone, I can remember what he looked like and how much I loved him. 

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How does a rookie quarterback react when faced with the truth about his leading lady? Is his play for her a touchdown or only a false start? A chance meeting with gorgeous actress, Penny Thatcher, has Mark Davis smitten. Luck breaks his way weeks later when he meets her on a blind date. After an all-out blitz to win her affections, the public revelation of an ugly secret intercepts his forward progress. Will Mark get tackled by the humiliation? Is he in the game to win or will he walk away from her, chalking it up to a fumble on the goal line?

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While walking her pug in Central Park, Rory Sampson is run down by a bike. She presses charges against arrogant biker, Dr. Hack Roberts, veterinarian. He plans revenge, only to find himself attracted to the sharp-tongued, soft-hearted writer, who rescues pugs. Will he ignore a previous commitment and voice his true feelings? An unexpected sentence from a judge puts arrogant Hack Roberts, and sarcastic Rory Sampson in a tight spot together. Will attraction trump attitude? (Releasing 1/17)

 

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