Laura Grajewski

Dual Narrative Story.

        The alarm clock went off at exactly 8:00 am. Jenny was up and out of bed in an instant. As she was getting ready for work she flicked the radio on. ‘Another terrorist strikes.’ A car bomb attack in the next city had killed three and injured twenty people. Jenny stood for a moment by the mirror remembering these people that had suffered not so far away.

        Slowly Rhian crawled out of bed. It was another day that would be taken up studying for tomorrow’s exam. She slowly got dressed and ate her breakfast thinking of her father as she did so. Just the other week he was killed in an attack - a terrorist attack.

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        12:00 precisely. Jenny left the doctors surgery where she worked, and made her way to the town. Here she met her husband waiting outside the café. It was their anniversary – a special day. Jenny pushed the thoughts of the terrorist attack out of her mind and looked forward to a good meal, shopping and a day out with her beloved husband.

        Rhian stopped abruptly from her studying. She was meant to meet her friend, in town, five minutes ago. She locked the door and ran to the bus stop – just in time. Rhian arrived in town fifteen ...

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