Today's posting features an excerpt from a story called "Stall," which got honorable mention in a competition sponsored by Gemini Magazine. The protagonist is a Russian mail-order bride, who is trying to evade the man who has brought her to America by hiding in the women's restroom in an American airport, hoping she'll miss the connecting flight to her new husband's hometown.
Suddenly, from the other side of the door, Katya heard a woman’s voice. Although she couldn’t understand what was being said, she knew from the intonation that the woman was upset. Katya peered through the crack between the cubicle door and the wall. There was a man in the restroom. Him. Katya shuffled her feet away from the door, but she was too late. He had recognized her shoes.
The whole story can be found here. I hope you will enjoy it.
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This story so caught my interest that I clinked the link. Katya is such a well developed character. Thank you for sharing this story with me.
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