New Message—Original Urban LegendA Chapter by Steven Cash'Nother oneNew
Message, your phone reads. You pick it up, and read the short
scrawl from your boyfriend. It simply says, “Come into the living room, I have
a surprise for you.” You smile,
placing the book on the nightstand and climb out of bed. You can only imagine what
the surprise must be. You glance at the clock, which reads 2:13am. “Rodger?”
you call out as you descend the stairs. You see the glow from the TV spilling
out into the hallway, from the living room. You begin to turn towards the
living room, but then you hear Rodger’s voice from the kitchen. “Babe, I am
in here!” he calls. You, with a frown, go into the kitchen and see him making a
sandwich and grabbing a beer. As he passes by you, he kisses you on the
forehead and asks what you want. “Me?” you
ask, dumbstruck, “You are the one who sent the text!” “What text?”
he asks. You follow him into the living room as he takes a seat and is quickly
taken up into the sports highlights. “Rodger,
you just sent me a text from your phone saying come into the living room for a surprise.” He looks at
you, half in shock and half in laughter. “Are you sure? I haven’t had my phone
since I went to the kitchen, and that was 10 minutes ago. You look at
the couch. “Where is it?” “Right
here,” he says. But the ‘he’
is not Rodger. It’s the
man in the corner who holds a cell phone in one hand, and an ax in the other. © 2012 Steven CashAuthor's Note
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27 Reviews Added on September 23, 2012 Last Updated on September 23, 2012 AuthorSteven CashA Secret Location, ILAbouthttp://www.writerscafe.org/writing/changetheworld/1061316/ That's my poem. Goodbye everyone. Don't cry because it's over... smile because it happened... more..Writing
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