Ending

Ellen had gone. She had left Carrie sitting on a bench at the edge of the park as dusk came. Carrie reflected on her mother's final words to her before she left.

' I thought you were the worst thing that could have happened to me. You were the best thing in my life.'  

Carrie sighed. Oh how easily she could have said the same thing back to Ellen.

Absent mindedly, she fingered the tiny gold apple that hung round her neck. It was a promise from Josh that one day she would see the big one with him. New York. He had given it to her the day he left the apartment. He  would, she knew, come back . Meanwhile as she watched the shadows creep slowly over the carpet of grass, enveloping the neat flower beds, and the nodding tulips hanging their heads for the night, she realised with a relief that overwhelmed her, that the birds had ceased their relentless chirping.

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I had already written this ending as I know where I am going with this novel. I feel very positive about it, So what if it spends the rest of it's life stored on my hard drive. - At least I can say I wrote one!!

( best copy it onto a memory stick though----just to be safe!)

Thank you Gary. When I look back over this year I am very proud of what we have all achieved in this group. You are a great tutor! ...... .and what a great bunch of fellow authors I have had the privilege of meeting each Thursday evening.