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“Don’t go in there!” Sylvia’s panicked words had the opposite effect.
Joanna waited for Sylvia to disappear into the kitchen. The clink and rattle of crocks and pans assured Joanna that Sylvia would be distracted. Joanna sniffed. Hints of a baking almond and cherry cake.
Joanna wrapped her fingers around the door handle, depressed the handle slowly, and cracked open the door.
“Cripes!” the word exploded. “She’s decked the room all arty farty.”
Sylvia had invited Joanna to share a birthday tea. She hadn’t expected a full-blown party.
88 words written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Party
crispina kemp 
Aww, so sweet.
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Makes a change for me not to write the macabre 🙂
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😍🥰
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Now that’s a special friend! Lovely. Crispina.
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Thank you 🙂
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You are most welcome.
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surprise! these are fun.
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Thank you
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A lovely surprise for her friend though I would find it horrifying 🙂
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Me too. Even my daughters turning up to take me out for a meal is horrifying to me (it happened one year & I wasn’t at all prepared)
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