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Friday Fictioneers prompt for February 12, 2016 courtesy of The Reclining Gentleman
No-one Noticed
People were always telling Mrs Gardner what beautiful daughters she had.
Angeline was stunning, tall and blonde.
‘She’ll break a few hearts,’ people would say.
‘Oh, and look at the redheaded twins,’ they would declare.
Little Gemma responded with a vivacious smile while they fussed over her bouncing curls. Her more serious twin stood quietly by.
Years later reporters and psychologists pored over an idyllic childhood, searching for clues as to what drove the notorious redhead to such a horrific act.
As she was led into the courtroom Donna Gardner stared at the shell-shocked townspeople and smiled. She finally had their attention.
©Siobhán McNamara
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It must be hard to be ignored (or have the perception of being ignored), especially when you’re not only a sister but a twin too. She seems to have gone to very great lengths for attention, though!
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She certainly has! Something was bubbling away under the surface for a long time …
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Well, I hope she enjoys the attention. I suspect she might not be meeting too many people for a while. Nicely done.
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Thanks Sandra. They won’t forget her in a hurry!
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So well done. The backstory would be really worth reading.
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Thanks Patrick, and yes, she might be an interesting character to develop!
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It’s hard to be ‘invisible’! Great job!
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It sure is, especially when your mirror image gets loads of attention. Thanks for reading
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I love how your characters became the blonde and the redheads. Oh, you are so clever! What a sad end to it all. It’s too bad they didn’t have an intervention or something. I, personally, think it would be hard to be a twin. Very entertaining story.
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Thank you Amy. I agree, it must be hard to be a twin, especially if there is a major personality difference
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I guess she’s a wallflower no longer. 🙂
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She has well and truly blossomed!
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I loved the blonde and redheads, too, and look how Donna pushes herself up in the background. 🙂 Great story, being outshined is painful, her solution was efficient. She’ll shine–for a moment.
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She’s making the most of her ’15 minutes of fame’ now that she had finally achieved it!
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Yikes, all for a bit of attention?
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Oh yes, never underestimate the quiet ones!
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she was a later bloomer, i guess.
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And all the more dramatic for it!
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Dear Siobhan,
Good to see you back and what a story! So did she murder Gemma? Hope she enjoys the limelight in prison. Well done.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thanks Rochelle, she wreaked a lot of havoc, I think poor Gemma was but one of the casualties ….
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There’s a lesson in your story. People talk about the ‘middle child’ syndrome, but I think it must be hard for lots of quiet, ordinary children who have popular siblings. Well told and an enjoyable read.
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Thank you Margaret, I have four girls and it never ceases to amaze me how different they are from each other.
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Jealousy… that most evil of emotions…
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It can be so destructive
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Well that’s scary.
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Yep, never underestimate the quiet ones…
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Oh! I love the twist of this… and understand all too well not getting enough attention and what it can do to you… vengeance, jealousy… a deadly pair!
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It sure is a lethal combination.
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Aye, that it is 🙂
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Oh no!! Wow. What a twist that was. Great job, Siobhan! 😀
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Thank you, glad you enjoyed it 🙂
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I really do!:)
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