“Quiet she’s walking this way,” Patricia whispered.
Francesca approached cautiously.
They huddled together excluding her.
Shelia chastised Patricia’s meanness. “Invite her!”
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“Hey, Francesca, want to come to my party?”, Patricia asked, while handing her a paper.
An invite? She couldn’t believe it.
“Sure,” she said. “I’ll ask my Mom”.
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“Please, Mom”. “Patricia is the popular girl.”
“Fine, one hour only.”
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The instructions read: ‘Go 2 blocks passed the deli on Elm Street.’ Desperate, Francesca asked a passing older woman.
“No dear, there’s no Cherry Lane around here”.
A heavy rain began to fall, the perfect cover for a fools tears.
2019©Isadora DeLaVega
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Genre: Flash Fiction
Word Count: 100
Photo Prompt: J.Hardy Carroll
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***** Bullying is the use of force, threat, exclusion or coercion to abuse, or intimidate aggressively toward others. The behavior is often repeated and habitual in an event to overpower another.
***** Although I attended a Catholic parochial school which should have made bullying null and void, it did not. As the only Latino child in an all anglo school, my ethnic difference provided a great deal for students to use against me. Bullying comes in many colors and ethnic backgrounds; perhaps, one day it will be erradicated.
