Six Sentence Sunday – Zeph’s question

Six Sentence Sunday, and since that’s the only thing I’ve got time to post at this point on my blog (and I like it, too!), here goes one last snippet from The Angel Genome.

After losing her son, Sam, Lucia has decided that moving on is the only way to keep sane. Which is why Zeph’s question hurts:

His eyes sobered, not a child’s eyes, more serious, more grown-up than they ought to be. He held onto her hand. “Mama?”

The word tore through her like a knife, left her gasping.

“No.” She pried his fingers off her hand and stood, shaking her head over and over, trying to control the urge to run.

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25 Comments

Gem Sivad on March 27, 2011 at 11:19 am

Very disturbing, implying so much in so few words.

Great six!

gem

Ella Drake on March 27, 2011 at 1:26 pm

This is very heart-wrenching. Great six.

Lisa Fox on March 27, 2011 at 1:43 pm

So very sad and wrenching. Excellent writing!

Arlene Webb on March 27, 2011 at 2:24 pm

You play on very strong emotions, and do it so well!!

Cate Masters on March 27, 2011 at 3:56 pm

The worst kind of pain, rendered poignantly. Touching six.

Sarah Grimm on March 27, 2011 at 4:56 pm

Poor Lucia. I can’t imagine her pain. You do a great job with it.

Heather Thurmeier on March 27, 2011 at 5:51 pm

Powerful sentences. Nice snippet.

Jessica Subject on March 27, 2011 at 5:56 pm

The more I read of this, the more I am intrigued. Going to have to check it out. 🙂

Lorien Velez on March 27, 2011 at 6:32 pm

Intriguing snippet. I was immediately drawn from the first sentence. Great job! 🙂

Sandra Sookoo on March 27, 2011 at 6:38 pm

Wow, powerful and heart wrenching!

Graylin Fox on March 27, 2011 at 7:10 pm

Beautiful and poignant. I love it.

Marsha A. Moore on March 27, 2011 at 7:16 pm

A mother’s desperate need to protect her child…intensely displayed.

A.R. Norris on March 27, 2011 at 8:17 pm

Oh…that broke my heart. The pain is so evident in this. Very good job!

Laurie A. Green on March 27, 2011 at 8:31 pm

Aw, so sad. I really feel for him. And her.

Great six.

Sara Brookes on March 27, 2011 at 10:19 pm

Oh, wow, that is powerful.

Lisa Kumar on March 27, 2011 at 10:21 pm

Great six! I could feel the heart-breaking emotion from her–and the boy’s hopefulness.

Lauri J Owen on March 27, 2011 at 10:43 pm

This snip really made me feel for both of them. Great six.

Jessica Knauss on March 28, 2011 at 12:02 am

HEre you manage to elicit a lot of emotion from words not written. Nicely done.

Lindsay on March 28, 2011 at 12:46 am

I can feel her pain

Eleri Stone on March 28, 2011 at 1:33 am

I don’t know who I have more sympathy for. Great six.

J.C. Martin on March 28, 2011 at 8:46 am

Poor Zeph! Poor Lucia! What a profound scene!

Pippa Jay on March 28, 2011 at 5:31 pm

Oh, how sad! 🙁

Devin Harnois on March 28, 2011 at 11:37 pm

Good emotion here. Sad stuff.

F. Roberta Walker on March 29, 2011 at 1:42 am

Gut-wrenchingly sad. The emotion really comes through in just those few simple lines – well done!

bluerose on March 30, 2011 at 3:43 am

aww… heart wrenching write!

Six Sentence Sunday – Zeph’s question

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