I didn't have time to post this yesterday. I was able to finish the scene I started previously, so I'll take that as a win.
A sample:
“Why leave?” The priest could feel he was crossing a border he didn't fully know if he wanted to cross. But he felt compelled to engage his companion. The devil you know. “An exorcism did not end well. A young boy named Gabriel. He had integrated and I couldn't bring him back. It shattered me. I knew I wanted to help people, but I could no longer do so as a man of the cloth. I always had an interest in the mind. It is partly what drew me to becoming an exorcist. So I left the parish, got my Ph.D. and opened my own practice inside my home in Baltimore.” Doctor Ortega took a few bites of his dish. “Why teaching?” “It pays the rent,” Marcus quipped. “That’s all? And here I thought we were becoming friends.” Marcus took another bite. “I don't find you that interesting.” A knowing smile played on the other man’s features. “You will.”
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Day 7, cinelitchick, 769 words
Date: 2018-04-08 11:02 pm (UTC)A sample:
“Why leave?” The priest could feel he was crossing a border he didn't fully know if he wanted to cross. But he felt compelled to engage his companion. The devil you know.
“An exorcism did not end well. A young boy named Gabriel. He had integrated and I couldn't bring him back. It shattered me. I knew I wanted to help people, but I could no longer do so as a man of the cloth. I always had an interest in the mind. It is partly what drew me to becoming an exorcist. So I left the parish, got my Ph.D. and opened my own practice inside my home in Baltimore.”
Doctor Ortega took a few bites of his dish. “Why teaching?”
“It pays the rent,” Marcus quipped.
“That’s all? And here I thought we were becoming friends.”
Marcus took another bite. “I don't find you that interesting.”
A knowing smile played on the other man’s features. “You will.”