Coming up soon is Valentine’s Day, a romance writers magical
holiday. I’m taking my mother tomorrow
to see the movie “Warm Bodies”, a zombie romance, before she goes into the
hospital Friday to have a hip replacement.
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Perplexed, she
pulled on a tank top before opening the bathroom door and heard a loud voice
saying “FIRE” over and over. Eyes
widening, she rushed downstairs to see the kitchen filled with smoke.
“Holy
hell!” she cried and rushed to the back door, throwing it open to allow some
fresh air in.
“FIRE! FIRE!
FIRE!” the alarm kept saying in a very loud, very annoying tone.
“Shut
up!” she cried and grabbed a dishtowel to start fanning the smoke away from the
detector. She spotted a reset button and
hurried to find a broom. Thankfully, the
smoke was starting to dissipate. She
found an ordinary broom in the pantry and grabbed it, trying to line up the
reset button with the handle, but the handle was too wide and couldn’t fit in
the small button slot.
In
the meantime, the detector kept yelling “FIRE” at her and Charlotte
was contemplating smashing the damn thing with the broom when the front door
opened.
“What the hell is going
on?” Jonas yelled over the alarm.+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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Nice! I've had a few of those incidents! I feel for her! Lol
ReplyDeleteLOL...this was a wonderful hook. I've wanted to do that a time or two as well.
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh, I can commiserate with her. Nice one!
ReplyDeleteWhy is the kitchen filled with smoke? I've had the fire alarm go off just from opening the oven without the fan on, so I can relate. :)
ReplyDeleteWhat IS going on? I'm curious. Which is the whole point. :)
ReplyDeleteI could completely sympathise - this used to happen to me all the time at my old house and the broom handle may have 'accidentally' slipped and smashed the smoke detector! Lol - thanks for the memory-trip, nice snippet :)
ReplyDeleteHa ha ha, that sounds like something I would do! Nice hook.
ReplyDeleteLOL! Oh no, not the way she wanted the night to start I imagine.
ReplyDeleteI can understand why she wants to smash the alarm, but why didn't she check to see if there WAS a fire.
ReplyDeleteDon't stop! I'm hooked and want to know more
ReplyDeleteThe fire alarm at our last place was so sensitive, this was a regular scene at our house too! ahaha! Nice hook. Great humor for what was supposed to be a romantic evening!
ReplyDeleteHumorous hook. Wonder how dinner turned out. :) C.
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