Sophie's Effect

ad seemed she would never stop. Now the wells of her creativity had dried up and she was constantly finding herself

illusion and some writers did recognize it as an issue but the entire town of Hadiraf blamed Sophia for her decline. Her pho

llo

ed to write a new book not to edit Angels of Tar

an you please just

seven years, you really

zy", Sophia

even years, you need to get over I

he could still picture the both of them, standing by the river, their favorite spot in the world, just the two of them. They were shouting that day; I

irst until her crying was the

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ria with his best friend and roommate Chopra eating breakfast. Hi

to anything I'm saying a

sighed. "Can we just talk abou

. "Sophia Matthews is

red, "well she

now you both have history but Sophia is a great w

ort me after all the support I gave her, my dad funded her

re going to be in Hadiraf for some days, why not use some t

parents' bungalow was pretty much the same except that his mother's garden had died off. He stood outside, wistful, taking in the fresh air and listening to the wind as it seem

walked into the house. Sighting him,

u Indie dear

ed you

came in, pulled a chair and sat down. Indiana instinctive

ia lately?" He

s head in the ne

ms, you know that right? She, ehm, she

hed, "she pushed me away". And wit

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esidence. Everything seemed to have been corroded by time. The town still felt faintly familiar but th

, falling over her beautiful oval skin like satin. He became lost in the sight of her, st

ickup truck and her dad see

t this Sophia?" He

r a while, get my groove back, find m

unwilling to obey his heart. Then she turned and saw him and for some precious minutes, time stood still, tears welled up in her eyes but she did not cry. Then s

Sophia",

her keys in her bag then realising she had it in her hands, she jammed it into the l

her. "Can you j

r hands off of me, don't you bloody dare", she b

m her down. "Listen to me Sophia...

now it, is falling apart and I have to stop it". With those words, she entered the car, star