Hello and welcome to the weekend!
This week I’m sharing the last snippet from my holiday story. Next week is the cover reveal for my upcoming novel so I’ll switch to that story. 🙂
This snippet is after JB’s encounter with Mr. Welcome-to-Canada, a.k.a. Cal. It skips ahead a little in the same evening.
When I made it back to the hostel, the homeless man wasn’t leaned up against the tree anymore. I’d stopped along the way and picked up a foot-long sandwich and a twenty-ounce bottle of water for him. The weather had taken a turn, though, so it shouldn’t have been a surprise; of course he’d get out of the mist if he could. The ground floor of the hostel housed a restaurant and bar, and there he was, leaning against the building under the awning.
I couldn’t tell if he was sleeping or awake, so I approached slowly and quietly. When I stopped in front of him he turned his face up. Slowly, his expression became that of a man who’s just seen a ghost, and then he smiled.
“JB, I knew you’d come.”
Thanks for reading!
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Charley Descoteaux 
It is a cliffhanger! It is! It is!
Okay, sorry about that. 😉
I second that! It most certainly is. Now i want to know more.
DT
Thanks, Dakota! 🙂
Very mysterious – just who is the “homeless man”? Definitely want to know more.
The line ” the homeless man wasn’t leaned up against the tree ” – to me, at least, leaned up sounds like someone else put the man there (like a dead or unconscious body?) I don’t know, maybe I am the only one who hears it that way.
Good 8.
Good catch, Chelle, thanks for pointing that out! This story is with a beta now, but I’ll make a note. 🙂
JB sounds like a nice guy. I wonder why the homeless man knew he would come though.
Thanks, Linda. JB is nothing if not a nice guy. 🙂
Effective hook. Demands more info. Requires more reading!
Thanks, Chip! That 8 sentence rule is a PITA sometimes, but it has it’s upside. 😉
Intriguing, definitely want to know more about this homeless man 🙂
Thanks for visiting, Angela! 🙂
Wait, what? He knows him?
Does he know about J.B.’s encounter with “lighting bad, thank you, lad” Cal?
Please give a heads-up (so to speak) when this is available, Charley!
*lol* Love your characterization of Cal!
This will be my Christmas story this year, even if I have to publish it myself. 🙂
If that’s not a cliffhanger then I would like to know your definition of the term. I really want to know about this guy… Old friend? Relative he lost track of? Former lover? You are evil! LOL
Well, I never said I was any good at titles. 😉
Thanks for stopping by!
I love the ending, which was unexpected to me, and really makes me want to keep reading. Great snippet!
Nice snippet… easy to see it happening. A well-captured scene.
So the homeless guy know him. But does he know the guy?
Whoa, that’s a switch. Great snippet, Charley. 🙂