Welcome to this leg of the Filles Vertes Publishing LOVE ON MAIN blog hop!
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My short story “The Valentine’s Eve Not-a-Date Photo Scavenger Hunt” takes place in the fictional town of Devil Springs and follows Paige Bellamy who reluctantly participates in an event hosted by the local church of a new friend. She regrets this decision as Paige has been mostly anti-social since moving back home.
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Enjoy this interview with Paige and get a glimpse of a story awaiting you in LOVE ON MAIN. Remember to look for the keyword/phrase!
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Me: Let’s back up a bit before we get to the day of the story. What has you living in Devil Springs?
Paige: My college boyfriend and I married but then separated after about five months. I came home to figure out my next steps as the divorce was being finalized.
Me: And what did you decide?
Paige: I didn’t really. My mom had a stroke, and I needed to stay and help take care of her. It’s just how things happened.
Me: How’s your mom now?
Paige: Not the same. She still needs a lot of help. She gets confused easily, so my dad wants somebody to be home with her at all times.
Me: And that someone is you or your dad?
Paige: That’s how it’s been, yes.
Me: When you’re not with your mom, what do you do?
Paige: I work at Walgreens — it was the only thing hiring nearby when I first came home.
Me: And for fun?
Paige: I binge-watch shows. After I met Adriana, she’s who got me to do the hunt—her husband is a pastor at the church who put it on, we’d grab coffee or get together for lunch or something about once a week. My mom has a raised bed garden in the back, so I help her with that. Well, now I do most of it.
Me: That’s it? Did you have other interests before you moved home? I feel like there’s this before-the-move-home Paige and the (AFTER)-the-move-home Paige and maybe they aren’t really the same Paige?
Paige: Before I was in college. I went to football games. I had study groups. I was always with friends. Jackson, that’s my ex, and I had a group we hung out with all the time — went to movies, got together for dinner, played frisbee golf — all kinds of things. And we stayed in Gainesville and did a month-to-month lease on our apartment while we figured out jobs. Then he got hired by a company in Portland and said he could go out by himself — room with a co-worker till he got a place, and I could join him eventually. Eventually got pushed off to never.
Me: Ouch
Paige: Yup.
Me: So you’re a different person now because you’ve been through a lot, but what about you? What do you want?
Paige: You sound like Cole.
Me: Cole, he was one of your teammates on the scavenger hunt. It seemed like he was the reason you stayed instead of bailing. Want to talk about Cole?
Paige smiles and starts twisting a strand of hair. She has a lot to say about Cole, about how she got to know him and what they’ve been doing since they met. A whole new energy strikes Paige and her voice accelerates, but I’m not going to share what she says. Instead, you can read the story.
