Category 24 Plot Prompt 3 | Day 3

Her right hip was hurting. She opened her eyes momentarily as she adjusted her lotus position and took the opportunity to sneak a peek at the handsome 40-year-old (he had to be be 40) across the room. Old enough to…...

This is the biography of my main character Lauren Guthrie from the novel that I'm working on called Summer at the Cobblestone Cafe

The sequel to my novel has a few new POV characters, so I'm exploring the "cast" during this challenge. This is one of the new characters that showed up in the horrendous and out of control 1st draft I began during the last NaN😭. Pantsing works for my short stories; I need a bit more planning for a novel! This scene will occur later in the story, after Nia gets embroiled in the case to catch a serial killer. The murders are a subplot, but do tie to the main plot by journey's end.

  Days after the storm, my thoughts were in chaos.  My head was still spinning. “Alex Murphy is gorgeous. Don’t you think so?” “Undoubtedly,” I replied and frowned down at the bucket of pink and blue hydrangeas, at my feet.…...

Cornered by "mean girls" circa 1976 at the roller rink.