“You lift up to make him king. You lower before dethroning.”
Molly stared at Davis’s face, uncertain what to do with hers. Some hazing was expected on orientation day. But this?
Davis glared back, and she nodded as if in comprehension, desperate for a glint of mirth to reassure her he was joking.
There was none.
“And are there guidelines for when either happens?” she attempted.
Davis’s eyes narrowed and Molly swallowed. There goes her job.
The man bowed to the doll. “Please forgive her ignorance, Your Royalness.”
He turned to Molly. “Beware, for your predecessor lost her head.”
For Rochelle’s Friday Fictioneers
Photo credit © Ted Strutz
Na'ama Yehuda 
Oh my… I feel for Molly!
I like to think that after she has done what was asked, they all burst out laughing…
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I would like to hope so, too … but something about that Davis disquiets me …
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Yes. I am hoping he is a VERY good actor…
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I think Molly hopes so, too …
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For shizzle.
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I’d say run while you can, Molly. This is not going to end well
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Yes, I think you may be right on that …
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Hope all is fine at the end.
“Off with the head” doesn’t quite augur well for anyone.
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Indeed! ….
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Lets hope it is all in fun.
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Indeed! Let’s hope that!
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Oh yipes. That is a rather imposing looking chair with throne-like qualities.
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Hmmm…to some it must be, eh? 😉
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🙂
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Na’ama Y’karah,
It sounds like child’s play until it turns dark. Run, Molly!
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Indeed … I’d vote for her running away, too!
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Perhaps Molly now knows it was not the job she wants.
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Perhaps indeed! I think that there may be better jobs with better … um … longevity … 😉
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I can feel her uncertainty, and I hope this ends with a big laugh. There’s a disturbing sense of threat here, however. Talk of heads being lopped off will do that.😳
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Ah, yes, that lop-the-head-off vibe. Quite discomfiting, that … 😉 Glad that the unease came through. Even if it is a ‘prank’, the vibe of it is sinister and to me would signal “nope, not for me…”
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methinks, it was him who actually lost his head making up those jokes. i don’t see any future for them. 🙂
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I agree there’s little mutual future there … 😉
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Oh my! I feel the tension. I’m hoping it’s all a joke… Probably… Right?
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Ah, we hope so … right? … 😉
Thanks for reading and commenting … If I were Molly, I’d be outta’ there!
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Okay, I’m convinced. 🙂
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LOL! Okay then! 😀
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Right. Welcome to your new job 😦
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Right, eh? I think I’d rather find a different job, one that keeps heads on shoulders … 😉
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