With effort, Carlos relaxed a white knuckled grip on the railing and debarked on shaky legs. He resisted the urge to kiss the solid deck-boards beneath his feet.
One look around, and his nausea doubled. He had bought this. This? “Location, location, location,” he heard his agent chirp in the back of his mind.
Easing down to sit on the dock, he breathed. Breathed in clean ocean air. Waves sang in the distance among a chorus of birds that soared high overhead. Mountains framed the distant horizon.
Things began to take shape in his mind. Location, location, location.
WC: 98
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Location is important, even if you do not like it. Good take
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Location may be the most important thing of all, I guess. If we don’t like where we are, does anything else really matter?
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Yes. Sometimes dreams can take hold and make realities happen.
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Thanks Sascha! You’re right, our dreams often shape our reality.
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Some things are more important than money. A wise investment even if he loses money on it. Nice write.
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Thanks Iain! That’s some good advice you have there.
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Attitude is the most important thing… once the shakiness left him, he started dreaming… good sign, if you ask me!
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Ha ha – thank goodness he’s an optimist!
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Always a bright side!
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Location is everything. Well, almost! Nice one.
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I love an upbeat ending. Good job.
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Thanks granonine!
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Well, Kurt. I feel a sort of similarity between our takes on this week’s prompt. I’m from Sydney, Australia and I looked at the prompt and couldn’t plac it and did a Google search…Guatamala. That was right out of my league and I did quite a bit of reading before I started writing. Mine ended up being a teleporting accident.
Anyway, I liked this and thought it captured that OMG feeling when you think you’ve bought a dud and been ripped off. Well done.
Just one question. Did you mean to say “debarked on shaky legs”? Or, disembarked? I have three dogs and a neighbour with a dog which never stops barking, not that I believe a dog should be debarked.
Best wishes,
Rowena
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Lol, thanks Rowena. When I googled “getting off a ship” two terms came up. They were debarked and disembarked. I thought I had heard the former before, so I went with it.
As for the dog, I can feel your pain. Our own dog sometimes takes to barking for what seems like no reason, making debarking sound like a good idea.
Have a great week!
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Yeah, I love the idea of living on beach-front property but I imagine it could take some getting used to. The perils of home ownership!
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Thanks Anne! Beach-front living would be great, until the hurricane comes!
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He could begin to change his attitude once he absorbs the island life.
Interesting take on the challenge …
Isadora 😎
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Thanks Isadora! I think he’s going to like the island life.
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