Rochelle, the host of Friday Fictioneers. Rochelle says:
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100 words or less
photo credit Jean L. Hays
Ellen whistled as she exited the bank. First stop was the local bakery, where she bought herself a large masala chai and a poppyseed muffin. It was a half-hour until she picked Billy up from school.
At 3pm , her grin was from ear to ear as Billy got into the old rust bucket.
“What’s going on, Mum?”
“You’ll see.”
They drove to the old market that had been in their family for fifty years. Hard times had forced Ellen’s parents to shut it down 10 years previous.
Tears in her eyes, Ellen said, “We’re reopening the market.”
Tao Talk 
Nice! Let’s hope it’s a new beginning and a successful endeavour!
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:)
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What a nice story.
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Thanks Fandango
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A happy ending is always refreshing after some of the dark stories. Nicely done.
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I’m just getting going with this prompt and am amazed by the wide variation in the stories!
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Now that is the kind of progress I want to read about! Excellent!
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:)
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Nice optimistic response- opposite to most of the stories this week!
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Thank you. You have to admit it is a pretty grim-looking place…
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