Dog-tired, Maddie slowly climbed the stairs, carrying bags of groceries. This week, she had worked three consecutive 12 hour shifts, from 7:00pm to 7:00am.
After she left the hospital, she had a long bus ride home and then had to stop at the supermarket.
She let herself into her small apartment and headed for the kitchen. After unpacking the groceries, she dragged her tired body into the bathroom to take a hot shower.
Ten minutes later, she slipped into her nightgown and was about to climb into bed to get some sleep when the phone rang. She stared at it.
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This is part seven of the story about General Turpentine and Maddie, the African-American nurse he met and fell in love with during World War II.
This post is for the Friday’s Fictioneers hosted by Rochelle Wisoff-Fields. You can find this week’s prompt here. To read other stories or to participate, click here.
I hope se ignores it and gets a good sleep instead.
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I would if I were her.
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Very nice! The last line hit the jackpot!
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Thanks, Susan 🙂
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I feel her exhaustion as the phone rings. That one extra thing we all recognise.
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Yes, sometimes the phone rings at the most inconvenient times.
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I want to tell her, “Don’t! Just go to bed!”
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Me too 🙂
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She needs some sleep, but if that is who it I think it is, I hope he leaves a message.
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She does need her sleep and should let the machine pick up. Hopefully, the caller will leave a message. We’ll see 🙂
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Oy. I hope she can go to bed … She sounds bone tired. This was very well described.
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Hopefully she can. Thanks, Na’ama 🙂
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Yep, hopefully she can …
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Your words show the complete exhaustion Maddie feels. I can only hope the call is social and not an emergency at work.
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Hopefully, it isn’t the hospital calling.
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Sounds like a pretty demanding job. Ignore the phone, get some sleep!
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It is a very demanding job. Hopefully, she will get that much needed sleep.
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Dear Adele,
If nothing else I could feel her exhaustion. Something tells me the phone call might rejuvenate her. 😉
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Dear Rochelle,
I’m thrilled to hear that. I was hoping that her exhaustion would come across in the story. Methinks you might be right about the phone call 🙂
Shalom,
Adele
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She should just curl up and get some sleep!
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I agree 🙂
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At least she had a chance to get the necessities taken care of before it rang. Nice cliffhanger for next week’s story 🙂
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Thanks. Stay tuned 🙂
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🙂
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Put the phone on silent and have a good rest instead.
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