Patience is NOT My Virtue

Shutter Bug
2 min readMar 23, 2022

9/100: Waiting. Waiting, Waiting

Tick, Tick, Tick.

How the sound works on my nerves! (OK it would if I actually had a clock that actually ticks! Modern day electronics have actually made that a thing of the past.)

I check the clock on my phone. Only 1 min has passed. Really???

I get up and pace. Back and forth.

Was that a sound outside? I run to the window, look out, nothing. I sigh.

Look at my phone, 2 min this time.

I pace some more. (least I’m getting my steps in.)

Come on, come on get here already!

Check my phone to make sure I have the date right. Yup.

I sigh……………what is taking so long!

A horn honks. I run to the window. Squeal as I see the vehicle in the drive.

I run to the door, throw it open! Race down the walk. Advance as the driver gets out.

I snag the package out of their hands. Scream thank you as I run back to the house. Slam the door. I clutch the package to my chest. It’s here! Finally!

With trembling fingers I frantically tear the package apart. There it is. With reverence I glide my fingers over the cover.

# 54 of the In Death by J.D. Robb! Abandoned in Death.

I grab the book. Settle on the couch. Open to cover, flip the pages to Chapter 1.

J.D. Robb Excerpt form Abandoned in Death

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Shutter Bug

Avid Photographer and Slightly Eccentric Shall We Say.