“They will not come.”
Mara stilled her neck from shaking. Gabrielle did not need confirmation as much as she needed hope. “Oh, but they will,” she soothed.
Gabrielle shifted and sighed in half voice, half moan.
“Are they coming more frequently now?” Mara inquired then laughed at the teen’s raised eyebrow. “The contractions, I mean. Not the others.”
“They can all come once and done,” Gabrielle sputtered between clenched teeth.
Mara chuckled but her eyes searched the darkness. Gabrielle’s stamina would not last long.
A light wavered in the distance. Became three points. Mara exhaled. Finally, the sign of hope.
For Rochelle’s Friday Fictioneers
Photo prompt © Lisa Fox
Now we can all take a breath!!
Nicely done, getting us to the point of tension like that.
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Yay! Here’s to breathing, and to having help arrive when we need it to, and to having someone by our side till then.
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Yes, who could ask for more!
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Amen!
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💞
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Tension came across,
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Thanks, Michael! I am glad it did! And … hopefully they’ll be safe now … 🙂
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I hope the lights are an ambulance
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Indeed! Or any version of the help they’d hoped for, and is come.
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A nice take on the three lights in the distance! Well done!
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Thanks! That’s what caught my eye, and I thought to myself, hmm …
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I could feel genuine relief when the lights showed up. Good job of keeping the pressure on until then.
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Thank you, Li! The photo emitted tension for me. The contrasts. The stories behind every shadow. Glad the tension was conveyed!
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You’re very welcome. It is an evocative photo to me also.
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It is always fascinating, isn’t it, what a photo elicits, why it was taken, what it speaks to whom.
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That breathing is important – it got me through four labours!
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Amen to breathing!
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Good tension, and I enjoyed how the two storylines are woven together, the rescue and the birth.
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Thank you, Angela! I was hoping both stories will come through and I am very gratified they did! 🙂 Great comment!
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Na’ama Y’karah,
The tension is masterly crafted. You can see Marah trying to keep it light while assessing the gravity of the situation.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thank you, my friend. Yes, double duty there for her, as Gabrielle surely has her hands full (or hopefully will soon, in the best way possible) with the contractions … Glad you liked! xoxo
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