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Blue Like Elvis

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by Diane Moody


  Romeo and Juliet . . . She already knew the lines. She’d played Juliet years ago in high school. Everyone had said she was born for the part, what with her name being Julie and all. Maybe they were right. Maybe this was her divine appointment. She would practice every waking moment for the next week. She could do it! She would dazzle them, win the part of Juliet, and—

  Startled by the familiar ring of her cell phone, she sprinted to her room to answer it.

  “Hello?”

  “Julie! Where are you? You have to get here. Now!”

  “Georgia, what’s wrong? Are you crying?” Even holding the phone away from her ear, she could still hear her coworker’s blubbering sobs. “Georgia, get a hold of yourself! Just calm down and tell me what’s wrong.” She envisioned Georgia’s ample bosom no doubt smashed against her desk as she grabbed tissues and sobbed into the headset.

  “Oh Julie! It’s just so horrible!”

  “What? What are you talking about?”

  A burst of phlegmy coughs spilled through the airwaves as Georgia Schwimmer tried to regain her composure. “Julie, the police are here,” she continued in an urgent whisper. “You have to come now. They want everyone here. NOW.”

  “The police?”

  “Just hurry!” Georgia croaked then broke the connection.

  Julie tossed the phone on her bed and rushed into her closet. For all she knew, Georgia probably blew up her Ding Dongs in the microwave again and called 911.

  “And they call me the drama queen . . .”

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  From Author Diane Moody

  Of Windmills and War

  The Runaway Pastor’s Wife

  Blue Christmas

  Blue Like Elvis

  The Demise – A Mystery

  Confessions of a Prayer Slacker

  Tea with Emma

  The Teacup Novellas (Book One)

  Strike the Match

  The Teacup Novellas (Book Two)

  Home to Walnut Creek

  The Teacup Novellas (Book Three)

  At Legend’s End

  The Teacup Novellas (Book Four)

  The Christmas Peril

  The Teacup Novellas (Book Five)

  The Teacup Novellas – The Collection

  (All five Teacup Novellas)

  Hale Hale the Gang’s All Here

  A Family Cookbook

  A Christmas Bundle of 3

  Two Blue Novels

  From Author McMillian Moody

  Ordained Irreverence

  Elmo Jenkins (Book One)

  Some Things Never Change

  Elmo Jenkins (Book Two)

  The Old Man and the Tea

  Elmo Jenkins (Book Three)

  A Tale of Two Elmos

  Elmo Jenkins (Book Four)

  The Elmo Jenkins Trilogy

  (The first three novels s in one volume)

  Also available in paperback

  The Elmo Jenkins Red Boxed Set

  (Includes all four novels)

  Evicting Erlene

  An Elmo Jenkins Novelette

  Hangin’ with Father Ted

  An Elmo Jenkins Novelette

  Tempting Harry

  An Elmo Jenkins Novelette

  Guarding Eddie

  An Elmo Jenkins Novelette

  The Elmo Jenkins Novelettes

  All four novelettes in one volume

  (Also available in paperback)

 

 

 


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