Trying something new. Little sound byte chpt's. Ray Bradbury did it in some of his books--like in Something Wicked This Way Comes. One sentence long. Nothing happened for the rest of the night. Quoted from memory. Probably not verbatim.

A HEROINE'S LEGACY

chpt. 7

prophet, sage, oracle

Suzie Sheldon walked home silent and contemplative. Mr. Possible made quite an impression on her. He looked like the pictures she had seen of his grandfather Ron Stoppable. He was a goofball--just like his grandfather . And she was majorly crushing on him. But there was more.

The stories he told and the things he said gave her thoughts and feelings she never had before. Suzie had heard the words "sage" and "oracle" and "prophet" in her story time and her Sunday School. And she knew they applied to certain kinds of men--like Merlin and Moses--but she could not verbalize exactly what made them special.

And she did not apply those words to Mr. Possible. But she knew he was different. He was not a study slacker like Ron Stoppable. But he was not just smart--like Kim Possible. He was something more.

Daddy was special. Suzie was still at the age where Daddy knew almost everything. And Mr. Possible was special, too. He imparted mysteries--insights into love and joy, life, and death. But she would not have used those words. And she could not have begun to express in words what she learned from him.

to be continued

Your humble author begs his readers' pardon. He's going to do another flashback thing next chpt.