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Tuesday Tales – Picture Prompt

  Welcome to this weeks edition of Tuesday Tales to the picture prompt above.  This week I'm introducing a new character, Francine Raggalio.  This will be the opening scene of my book "Extra Innings", which will be part of a series. Francine Raggalio walked passed the row of stores in the quiet town of Rossville looking for six thousand, thirty-nine Hylan Boulevard.    She wasn’t too familiar with the south shore of Staten Island, since she was born and raised on the east shore.   The new development sat in the middle of undeveloped land.   This strip had become one of the up and coming areas on the island. A few days before, she received a certified letter asking her to attend the reading of a will the following morning.   The attorney was closed lipped about the contents, just saying that Lorraine Matthews had died and she was named in her will.   Francine found this odd, not knowing who Lorraine was. At the readi...

Tuesday Tales – Travel

            Pia paced back and forth across the room.   She didn’t have a clue what she was going to say to Lorenzo.   The best way to handle the situation would be to tell him the truth, which would definitely be hard to believe.   How do you explain to someone that you were married and don’t remember saying I do. Pia could imagine Lorenzo traveling down Hylan Boulevard to her house not knowing what to expect.   Confused, and totally disgusted with her.   What she couldn’t understand was why he was giving her a chance to explain.   If the situation had been reversed, she would have dismissed him on the spot. Glancing at her watch, she had less than a half hour before he arrived, providing he didn’t hit any traffic.   Picking up her landline, she dialed Lisa, hoping she had found something out. “Hey, feel like grabbing a drink?” Lisa asked. “No thanks. ...