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A re-telling of part of the story from the perspective of Jacq Chapter 6 BBBrrrriiiinnngggg … bbbbrrrriiiinnngggg. The phone rang. I put down the newspaper I was reading; a story on the success of pop-boy bands compared to rebellious punk bands, and picked up the phone. It was Chris Burns’ mother and I’d been expecting this call all day. A high-pitched voice spoke as I prepared myself with the things Dan had told me the night before. “Hello… Yes I’m enquiring about this University gathering tomorrow night that involves my son Chris.” “A… yes, you must be Chris’ Mother. “ I said, a little to enthusiastically. “Correct and you are?” “Jacq will do fine thanks Mrs. Burns” “ Well I was rather hoping to speak to Margot’s sister” “Well then you’ve come to the right person, I’m Madge’s sister”, already I was sounding a bit suspicious. “Oh, I just expected someone a little older that’s all” I twisted the phone cord between my fingers. I could see that this was going to take a while. And I know how protective some parents can be, looking after Dan on the odd occasion and having Madge as a sister. Madge and I are very different I suppose, she never really understood me and that’s probably because of the age difference and all that, me being more ‘new age’, and her, I guess, still being slightly old-fashioned. We never really discussed things or talked enough for one of us to get to know the other one better. “Never mind, Ja…Jacqueline, this may sound a little over protective, but I’m just calling to check that the proper super-visionary precautions are being taken in regards to the gathering on Saturday”, the words ‘super-vision’ and ‘gathering’ were spoken a little too emphatically. They seemed to echo in my mind and I couldn’t get rid of them. “Sure Mrs. Burns, it’s just a casual gathering between me and my fellow uni mat… ah colleagues, yeah colleagues.” I’d put on the familiar Madge when she’s being Margot voice. It hoped this worked, the Madge connection, the colleague line and the Margot voice. “Well that’s good to know, that someone responsible is holding a civilized get-together in this day and age. I assume that Daniel will attend with my Chris, just to look out for him if anything happens.
Approximate Word count = 1560
Approximate Pages = 6.2
(250 words per page double spaced)
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