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Ami stopped, her eyes swollen with tears. She wanted to cry. The auditorium was quiet, and the tones of the last piano chord rang out into a second of silence. She turned and looked out at the crowd. They were all there for her. She was never alone.
Her eyes drifted to the front row.
Standing dead center holding a red rose—was Edward. He wiped his hand across his eyes and offered her the flower.
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Epilogue
Ellen stood in line at the supermarket. She was stuck behind Belinda Smith who had a tendency to buy everything in the store with coupons and discount cards. Ellen was polite as she sighed and saw Depend undergarments and a large assortment of prune and fiber enhanced breads. Someone must be bound up, she thought. That's probably why she bitches so much at the Senior Center. Belinda had two shopping carts full of items and was taking forever as usual. Ellen looked over to the tabloid rack and smiled.
Under the latest headlines about Brad and Angelina and the story of Bigfoot's lovechild, in bold letters read, “Wild Rocker Goddess Has Change of Heart” with a picture of Ami and Edward in sunglasses.
She reached over and took the magazine. Flipping through the breast enhancement and how-to-make-millions ads, she looked at the article. There were a bunch of pictures of Edward and Ami at different events with her band and some romantic photos of them kissing.
She began to read:
Rock Goddess Ami from the band Haunted has been seen with a new mystery man. Rumors have surfaced that he is an ex-CIA operative assigned to protect her after her abduction.
The two are inseparable and when approached the band has no comment. Nobody knows who this secret love is for Ami. There are no records of him working for any label company, government agency or dating shows.
After a weeklong vanishing act a few months ago, the rocker has come back with a vengeance. The band's CD Haunted Alive topped the charts, and she made changes in the schedule and direction of the band.
After firing their manager and hiring the lead guitarist's uncle to handle the band's affairs, they cut back dates on their European tour to do a couple more benefit concerts for children's charities. So far the concerts have raised 1.4 million dollars. They are currently recording a new CD while on tour in various European studios. The band was seen in a Transylvanian castle with recording equipment last week.
As for Ami? The Wild Rocker Bitch seems tamed for now. Our sources say she is happy. The underground mafia has no comment on whether the mystery man is one of theirs.
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To learn more about author S.L. Carpenter, please visit www.slcarpenter.net. Send an email to [email protected] or join his Yahoo! group to have fun with other readers at groups.yahoo.com/group/SLCarpenter/
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© 2006 S. L. Carpenter
He lost his inspiration but found his muse in the Caribbean ... in the arms of a woman.
It's a slow death for a writer when the only key getting used on his keyboard is “Delete". His writer's block is firmly in place like a wall. All there is to do is bang his head against it.
What to do? A change of scenery might help—say a week in the tropics. If nothing else, it will warm his idle fingers and ease his worried mind. A getaway for the mind and soul.
Reservations made, Eugune flies to Aruba in search of answers to his problems. What he finds is more than a couple of fruit drinks with umbrellas in them. On the white sandy beaches, wrapped in almost nothing but a tan is someone who sparks his imagination and ignites his creative flow. He finds his Muse!
