Wednesday's Words on a Friday

 

The original Words for Wednesday was begun by Delores and eventually taken over by a moveable feast of participants when Delores had computer troubles. Sadly, Delores has now closed her blog forever due to other problems.

The aim of the words is to encourage us to write. A story, a poem, whatever comes to mind.

If you are posting an entry on your own blog, please let us know so we can come along to read it and add a few encouraging words.

This month the words/prompts are supplied by Susan Kane and can be found here

This week's words/prompts are: 

1. steam 2. overview 3. bury 4. foundation 5. survey 6. reveal 

and/or: 

1. headline 2. fling 3. hand 4. emerald 5. safe 6. vein

also including Charlotte's colour of the month which is salmon pink for March

Here is my story:

The steam from the spa was dense enough that I could barely see my boss, Charles Kritzvek, which was fine with me. The less I saw of that overfed blubberhead the better I felt. 

“Don’t bother with details just give me the overview for now” he said, sliding lower into the water. I read from my notes, “the survey has revealed the foundation you had laid is not safe, being neither strong nor stable enough to support a twelve story apartment block.” 

“What!” he screeched, flinging his bright salmon pink body skyward. I closed my eyes tight and turned my face away, but not before noticing the hand closest to me now wore a giant emerald ring on the pinky finger. I wondered when he had bought that. 

He reached for a towel and waved away some steam as I turned back. He glared at me and I noticed a vein beginning to throb at his temple. 

“Get me that contractor!” he thundered, “and that soil test report. And the concrete supplier!” he yelled to my retreating back. “If any one of them has been cutting corners to grab extra profit for himself I will bury him so deep in paperwork and lawsuits, he’ll never work again. I remember now the concrete supplier was arguing about the depth necessary for the pilings, if he shorted them I’ll make sure he makes the headline of every newspaper!”