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The woman in the white linen jacket

18/3/2013

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The writing challenges posted here are set by Allaboutwriting, an invaluable and multifaceted resource in Johannesburg for aspirant writers. This challenge was to describe a man meeting a woman for the very first time.

Here is my entry.
He pushed through the throng of people at the bar, making a beeline for the woman in the white linen jacket. He timed it perfectly and just as she reached across the counter to take her cocktail, he nudged her shoulder. Ever so slightly. Her glass wobbled and the paper umbrella toppled over in slow motion before disappearing into the shadows underneath the counter. She swore over the pounding bass beat and looked around instinctively, her eyes searching for someone to blame and a tart rebuke hovering on her lips.
This was the moment he was supposed to say the code phrase. But when she looked at him, her grey eyes flashing with anger, his detailed briefing fled from his mind. She paused for a moment longer than necessary, urging him to remember but he'd clean forgot. Then suddenly, his earpiece buzzed with annoyance. "You're a bloody useless spy Jason. Get the hell out of there!"

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