I was wading in the surf on Matagorda Bay one warm, sunny day exchanging dialogue with Clara. I had known Clara for about ten years and conversing with her was like pulling teeth. I don’t want to say she is dull but she’s too quiet and a tad introverted. Oh don’t get me wrong she is a lovely girl. She is smart and pretty and sweet and kind but she is just too darn nice for the most part. Too calm, too reasonable and too… dull, there I said it!
Anyway as I was saying, I was wading in the surf dragging my feet (literally to scatter the sting rays) and thinking how I might kill her. I know that sounds horrible, we had been comrades for so long but she wearied me. Her unspoiled, hoity toity, prim and proper, everything by the book personality made me want to send her sailing face down with the outgoing tide. I think she knew it (she has a sixth sense thing) but she wasn’t going to fight me, it wasn’t in her nature. Maybe she wanted to die?
I had mulled it over and come to terms with the decision when a perky little blonde came running down the beach waving and shouting, “Hey y’all wait for me.” Oh my lord I thought while trying to ignore the thin tanned Mississippian’s approach. I quickly shoved Clara toward the incoming wave but her feet were planted too firmly and to my surprise she pushed back. “Do you know her?” I asked. Clara shook her head slowly and replied, “No but you do. You met her on a trip to Biloxi once.” I was speechless.
“Hey, I’m Maggie” the lady smiled as she looked past me and held out her hand, “You must be Clara.”
I suppose it’s true that opposites attract. I watched Maggie come alive and in doing so she saved Clara.
*This is a story about a story. The characters reside in The Rage Trilogy and all events are purely fictional.
*The Rage Trilogy in print was born February 20, 2013 weighing in at 1.7 pounds
Ok, I’m just a bit confused. If Clara didn’t know Maggie, how did she know that you knew her? If you told Clara about Maggie and Biloxi, why didn’t you know her?
Oh, and how did Maggie know Clara? I need some chocolate! 
Clara is psychic, she knows everything and can see memories we didn’t even know we had
The more I think about it I suspect maybe SHE imposed the memory of Maggie to save her own character. How about a chocolate raspberry truffle? That was fun Roy. Thanks 
Oh! See I knew there was more to the story than meets the eye. Yes she must have done! Clara had a feeling of impending doom and projected that memory to Maggie. It was like a survival instinct thing. She was like a mother protecting her young.Oh she isn’t pregnant is she? I never refuse chocolate!
Yes, there is always more to the story than meets the eye. Rumor is one of the characters is pregnant but I cannot confirm or deny.
Hmmmmm, I will need to read the rest of the story to find out then.