Chapter 12:
"And that's it, the story of how I got my arm." Ronald finished, grinning at his audience, seven girls he had met earlier that day. They were at an outdoor restaurant near a river and the sound of the water was all that could be heard. As the silence became awkward one of the girls pipped up.
"Oh...what an interesting story," she said "come on girls or we'll be late, sorry she said to Ronald.
"Ah, whatever. You need to leave, you need to leave, ya know?" He said airily, waving a hand. He watched as the girls got up and turned to leave. As they started to walk away the last one quickly turned and jerked her head to where she had been sitting, then turned to catch up with her friends. Ronald looked at her seat hopefully and found a note:
Thanks for the great story, we should
get together again sometime. How about here
next Wednesday at 7:00? See you there
Love,
Fidelia
He smiled to himself, Well done Knoxie. Standing up, he left the money on the table. Leaving the restaurant he turned towards the library, resigned to a large pile of paperwork he searched for solace. As he turned the corner he sensed something odd, and rolled just in time to avoid the bullet of a parrot that had dived at him. Reaching into his coat, he pulled out the severed arm he had lost months ago. Grinning, he readied himself for the next swoop.
End.
Alternate end
This is a tribute to my cousins who, while I was trying to write, wrote their own ending. Apparently they don't care about sentence fluency when writing on others fan-fics...
"This way Mr. Butler!" Sunshine said excitedly "Our kitchen is this way!" And then Kendrick came and killed all the bad dudes. But then Kendrick was evil so Tess played pattti cake and when Kendrick pretended to eat the cake he turned good.
The end.
