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    Served

    By Sophia Mah

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    Nineteen year-old college tennis star Gina Tsang dropped out of school to marry her sweetheart, baseball star Jonathan Lee, who was recently drafted into the professional league. Five years, multiple affairs by John and a black eye later, she returns to her love of tennis to recover a measure her of self-worth.

    This story is the second short based on my novel-in-progress THE THREE HALF-SISTERS OF THE ENLIGHTENED BETTY TAYLOR. The first short story, A Perfect Storm, was released January 2015.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSophia Mah
    Release dateApr 26, 2015
    ISBN9781311240491
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    Sophia Mah

    Mother of two energetic girls and wife to a creative Belgian astronomer. Caregiver of Gogo, either a black mutt with chocolate brown sidewalls or a chocolate brown mutt with a black racing stripe (depending on how you look at her). Engineer by training, writer by choice. Alumna of Hedgebrook Women Writers' Residency Program and Squaw Valley Writers' Workshop.

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      Served - Sophia Mah

      A PERFECT STORM

      by Sophia Mah

      Copyright 2015 by Sophia Mah

      Smashwords Edition

      Photo credit: Stan Moore

      The rectangle of pure sky blue framed by the peeling kitchen window frame was all it took for Lily to pour the remainder of her coffee in the sink and pack her painting kit. This was a playground morning. She locked the door of her studio apartment and, easel bouncing against her bottom, trotted down the stairs to the street. The glass lobby door sighed shut behind her, and Lily inhaled deeply. A light rain the previous night had purged the air, at least temporarily, of car exhaust and the tinge of grease from the diner over which she lived. She squinted into the morning sun and angled her hat brim to intercept the light.

      Good morning, world, she sang a snatch of song from a Levi’s ad from her childhood. Good morning to you, you-oo-oo-oo, hoo-oo-oo… Lily took the uphill climb to the park five blocks away at a brisk pace. I’m wearin’ my Levis, Lee-ee-ee-evis! Her favorite paint-spattered jeans and equally-artful sweatshirt and two tees underneath because early morning in San Francisco was always cold. Her fingers began to chill – she wished she’d thought to

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