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Thomas D’Arcy O’Donnell's avatar

.. ravishing ! 🏴‍☠️🦎

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Annette Holland Embler's avatar

lonely

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Sharron Bassano's avatar

awww, yes, maybe. He may have turned out to be fun...

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Forkbeard Jon's avatar

...lighter.

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Sharron Bassano's avatar

Lighter! Hah! Maybe so!

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Feasts and Fables's avatar

overshadowed

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Sharron Bassano's avatar

Ooooo Very clever, FandF!

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Feasts and Fables's avatar

Thank you ☺️

I enjoyed the prompt

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Kate Henry's avatar

relieved

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Sharron Bassano's avatar

Yes. That would probably be my reaction, too....but, then, it depends...

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T. D. Wolf's avatar

Darker?

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Sharron Bassano's avatar

Darker! Yes!

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T. D. Wolf's avatar

This is like a Rorschach test for your readers!

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Sharron Bassano's avatar

Yes it is. I am waiting for exactly the right word.

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Linda Brown's avatar

...relief.

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Sharron Bassano's avatar

Yes. That seems to be the answer for a lot of readers. I think some of us feel a little claustrophobic about being shadowed...?

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Karen Kenworthy's avatar

rearranged

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Sharron Bassano's avatar

Oh yes! Definitely a good one. Thanks Karen.

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Jim Melvin's avatar

empty.

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Sharron Bassano's avatar

Yes. I like this one a lot. It seemed like maybe that shadow took up a lot of space and when he left, he may have left a vacuum of sorts...

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James Ron's avatar

A really neat idea, Sharron! "...I feel a little 'home-less'".

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Sharron Bassano's avatar

Home-less! Hah! Or as we say here in Santa Cruz... unhoused. Thanks!

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Wade's avatar

Relieved….. I don’t want a man in my bed. LOL

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Sharron Bassano's avatar

Ha ha ha ha ha!

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Rebecca Holden's avatar

...relieved.

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Sharron Bassano's avatar

Yes! A lot of women expressed relief at having him gone. I wonder what you are imagining... ha ha ha

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Meg Oolders's avatar

disenchanted.

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Sharron Bassano's avatar

Right you are! Neither glad he's gone, nor sad. It follows the ambiguity of the whole story. Thanks for jumping in, Meg.

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Denise Cote's avatar

shallow

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Sharron Bassano's avatar

Oh yes, shallow. There might be an interesting story there!

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David Perlmutter's avatar

Sad.

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Sharron Bassano's avatar

Sure! Let's give the shadow~man some credit. He may have had some real assets.

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