True Blue

Florrie is a bag lady with a secret

Whe Ellie becomes her friend, she discovers some of her stories are true.

Ellie meets Florrie, who lives rough on the streets of London. Ellie buys her cups of tea and, in return, Florrie tells her wonderful stories about her travels with her deceased husband, Bill. Some of the stories are hard to believe but Ellie enjoys listening to them. They become friends. Then Florrie stops coming to the pizza place where Ellie works. A few weeks later, Ellie is called to the Headteacher's office where another friend of Florrie's is waiting for her. This friend, Mrs Donovan, has a package from Florrie for her. When Ellie opens the package, she gets a shock.

˃˃˃ A 2,700 word short story

˃˃˃ This story also appears in the book Baker's Dozen by the same author.

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