previews for my book that I am writing: dear Frances

Dear Frances,

I have come to know you very well but am still not quite acquainted with your strange ways. I am writing you because I want to know what you have been keeping from me these past nine months. Please, please let me know if anything happens and please remember to write back.

Your friend,

Charlotte S. Cole

As eighteen year-old Charlotte drove down Main Street, she spotted a nice restaurant.

'That looks nice.' She thought.

The sign on the restaurant said: Maltie's special, watercress sandwiches, chicken noodle soup, malt shakes, and a free newspaper.

She walked into the restaurant and ordered the special. As she read the newspaper, she spotted a heading on the front page. "Frances G. Omali Buys Maltie's Restaurant." Another heading. "Maltie's Restaurant Closed Down, Now Named, Frances' Restaurant." Charlotte gasped. The restaurant would close down any minute now. She finished her lunch quickly, paid the bill, and started her car to go to Frances' house.

Ten minutes later, she walked to Frances' front door and rang the doorbell.

"Hello." Answered Frances' maid, Lottie.

"Hi." Said Charlotte.

"Tell Frances that her friend is here."

"Yes ma'am."

"Thank you very much Lottie."

Lottie answered sometime later and said that her mistress was having her tea and didn't mind if Charlotte came in and had it with her.

"Besides," said Lottie. "She has been expecting you for a while ever since she got that letter."

"Thank you again Lottie." Replied Charlotte.

Charlotte walked into Frances' parlor where Frances' butler, Jeeves, was pouring tea.

"Hello Charlotte." Welcomed Frances with a warm smile.

"Hello Frances." Replied Charlotte sitting down in a comfy armchair.

" I have come to see if you understood my letter Frances, if you do understand what I mean." Said Charlotte.

"Yes, I received the letter a few days ago and it has occurred to me that you already know what I have kept secret from you."

"Yes, I already know what it is. I have seen it in the newspaper and am expecting that you will be leaving soon."

"Uh huh, in fact, i am leaving right now. My, am I late! Dear oh dear, what am I to do! I am going to be late! Jeeves! Lottie! Come here this instant!"

"Well I guess that I am to be leaving now. Good bye Charlotte!"

"Yes, goodbye! I am glad that we had a nice tea and now I shall be leaving also. Good bye!"

Charlotte went home happy, but not satisfied with the answer she got from her friend. She prepared a small supper for herself and got ready for bed. Then, she read a small portion of her book "Under a Midnight Sky"and then went to bed.

The next morning, she got up and thought that she should go out for breakfast that day. So she got dressed and then saw that it was raining outside. 'I had better put my jacket on and carry the umbrella then.' She thought. She got ready to go, started her bright red Jeep, and then drove off.

Charlotte flipped her long, sandy blond hair out of her face and tied it back in its usual ponytail revealing her olive brown skin. Her Dark brown eyes twinkled in the light of Donna's Grocery and Appliances.

"Wow is it rainy today!" Charlotte exclaimed. "I am going to need to buy some hot cocoa and popcorn, sit down on the couch, and be a couch potato until it stops raining."

Well, it didn't stop raining and she fell asleep watching Doctor Who. But, at least the mystery was solved and done and now she had plenty of time to relax.