Tag: advent stories
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Advent Stories #13 | The Do-Over
Brodie woke up at 2am, his phone having ping’d with an email; force of habit, he sleeps with his phone on and on his bedside bureaux. Another ping another email. Another ping another email. ‘What the fuck?’ he reached for the phone, 22 emails. Ping! 23. All from Blu Braithwaite. Ping! 24. ‘Fucking hell.’ He…
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Advent Stories #12 | The Meet Not So Cute
Blu was running flat out at the studio, as was her team. This client was a nightmare and when this project is all over she never wanted to hear another sports metaphor, ever again. Truth is, this is her biggest client and she wanted to deliver, but the VP of Corporate Branding, the head honcho…
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Advent Stories #11 | Not A Good Morning
‘Good morning Mum.’ Anais is sitting at the table waiting on her mother to appear for breakfast. She flew in last night from a buying trip and is exhausted but this conversation with her mother is one that needs to be had. Her brother is hurting, and it is his entirely their mother’s fault. He…
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Advent Stories #10 | Sister Dearest
Blu needs a plan. She returned home to settle and get her life together, but so far her life has revolved around one drama after another and she hates being stuck in this kind of rot. If matters aren’t bad enough she is being whizzed to her sister’s estate in Oxfordshire, by her brother. Dear…
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Advent Stories #9 | This Too Shall Pass
‘Hi Mum.’ ‘Hello darling, nice of you to show up at last.’ Leila Sterling welcomes her son with a hug. She knew he was home, heard her other children discussing it without them knowing she’d heard. ‘You finally decided to come and see your poor old mother.’ ‘Mum you’re neither poor nor old.’ ‘You know…
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Advent Stories #8 | Five Shot Glasses Of Gin
‘You did what?!’ The friends had just broken the news to Blu about Brodie being in town and she in turn just told them about the money she paid into his account. ‘Why the fuck would you do that? Why?’ Dada scolds her cousin. ‘I don’t know… I don’t know! I wasn’t thinking I panicked.…
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Advent Stories #7 | Gatecrashers
Brodie was not expecting anyone when he heard the ping of the elevator. He didn’t order room service and he’d asked not to be disturbed as indicated. And his butler would have informed him if he had a visitor. Knock. Knock. He’d been trying to catch up on work but couldn’t concentrate because of the…
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Advent Stories #6 | Friends On An Island
‘What are we going to do?’ Dada asks the others. ‘We are going to tell her that’s what.’ Francesca responds in that typical bossy tone. ‘We can’t tell her.’ Maya argues. ‘Why not?’ ‘Because this will send her into a spiral and then what.’ Franny rolls her eyes. They are sitting around her kitchen island…
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Advent Stories #5 | Family Ties
‘To what do I owe this pleasure?’ Brodie and Anais are sitting to breakfast at his hotel. He has been back two days and his siblings have not let up on the whole checking in thing. It’s exhausting. He’ll be glad for the work distraction come Monday. ‘Have you spoken to Mum?’ ‘No I haven’t…