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Short Story Practice Topic: Devastation
Devastation
Evansville is a community with a population of 1,050 located in Pennsylvania. A picture-perfect small town, USA that's surrounded by lakes, forests and nature. U.S. Hwy 6 is the main drag that cuts through from both, east and west directions, then turns into Adams Street through the town limits. Evansville is occupied by a few gift shops, Gabby's coffeehouse is where the high school students hang out with their friends and study on their laptops, and they have the best lattes than any other coffee shop in Erie County. Directly across the street is Al's farm market, a small wooden building where the Bowler family sell locally grown fruits & vegetables fresh off their farm a few miles out of town. Next to them is the post office, then down another is the Lakeview cafe and pie shop. Then on the edge of town is the Red Apple convenience store & gas station. Adams Street is lined up with angled parking spaces, and the street is well-known for its community parades to march through.
May 31st, 2005
John Wilkes was a 30 year old father of twin daughters, Kayley & Hayley, age 6. He was picking up the girls from kindergarten that day while his wife, Cori was working as a secretary at the state representative office in the next town over. Cori was working later than normal so John picked up the kids that day. John pulled into the parking lot of Evansville elementary school, put his Silverado in park and shut off the engine. He then got out and walked to the front entrance where he'd met Kayley & Hayley both.
"Daddy, daddy" the sweet little voices shouted out as the two blonde ponytails girls in purple matching dresses ran out the door, both of them jumping into dad's arms to hug them.
"Well, hello there my two little princesses." John said to his baby girls. "How was school?" He asked, walking them to the parking lot with holding one in each arm.
"School was okay." Hayley said.
Then Kayley followed, "Yeah just okay, Dad. Where's mommy?"
"She had to stay at work a little longer but don't worry, she'll be home soon." John told the girls as he was putting them in the back cab and strapping them in. Then he jumped into the driver's seat and started the engine. He continued to have small talk with the girls as he was driving through town. The sky began to darken to shade of gray, but the townspeople were still out and about. Old man Joe was sitting on a bench in front of the bait & tackle shop smoking a fat cigar like he'd always done after...
Evansville is a community with a population of 1,050 located in Pennsylvania. A picture-perfect small town, USA that's surrounded by lakes, forests and nature. U.S. Hwy 6 is the main drag that cuts through from both, east and west directions, then turns into Adams Street through the town limits. Evansville is occupied by a few gift shops, Gabby's coffeehouse is where the high school students hang out with their friends and study on their laptops, and they have the best lattes than any other coffee shop in Erie County. Directly across the street is Al's farm market, a small wooden building where the Bowler family sell locally grown fruits & vegetables fresh off their farm a few miles out of town. Next to them is the post office, then down another is the Lakeview cafe and pie shop. Then on the edge of town is the Red Apple convenience store & gas station. Adams Street is lined up with angled parking spaces, and the street is well-known for its community parades to march through.
May 31st, 2005
John Wilkes was a 30 year old father of twin daughters, Kayley & Hayley, age 6. He was picking up the girls from kindergarten that day while his wife, Cori was working as a secretary at the state representative office in the next town over. Cori was working later than normal so John picked up the kids that day. John pulled into the parking lot of Evansville elementary school, put his Silverado in park and shut off the engine. He then got out and walked to the front entrance where he'd met Kayley & Hayley both.
"Daddy, daddy" the sweet little voices shouted out as the two blonde ponytails girls in purple matching dresses ran out the door, both of them jumping into dad's arms to hug them.
"Well, hello there my two little princesses." John said to his baby girls. "How was school?" He asked, walking them to the parking lot with holding one in each arm.
"School was okay." Hayley said.
Then Kayley followed, "Yeah just okay, Dad. Where's mommy?"
"She had to stay at work a little longer but don't worry, she'll be home soon." John told the girls as he was putting them in the back cab and strapping them in. Then he jumped into the driver's seat and started the engine. He continued to have small talk with the girls as he was driving through town. The sky began to darken to shade of gray, but the townspeople were still out and about. Old man Joe was sitting on a bench in front of the bait & tackle shop smoking a fat cigar like he'd always done after...
