Stories tagged with "impatient"
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Why Am I Not Surprised?

I awoke to the sounds of enthusiastic, and very loud, Italian exchanges. Tony’s family must be here. I slipped out of the roo…
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Never One for Patience

Sioni’s mother knew she was supposed to stay on the king’s estate and wait with her husband for Prince Alfred to return, but …
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Flying Lessons (7)

Fifteen years later, she is 37 now. And happy. Or at least she thinks she is, which is one and the same thing, when you reall…
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A Peruvian Tradition
I coddled the warm lump of fur in my arms, holding him so tenderly. I petted his head gingerly as small purring sounds came f…
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The Cat and the Canary Have a Battle of Wits

I am the master of all, the chessmaster, indeed, he thought as he observed the tiny obsidian pieces before him.
“Move anyt…
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The Weight of Wait
He drummed his long fingertips impatiently on his cherry wood desk and glanced furtively at the time that displayed on the bo…
