Hello Dear Readers! It’s time for the weekly Trifecta Writing Challenge where editors from around the world work day and night to come up with third definitions for us challengers to ponder and sweat over until we produce 333 words that are grouped together in such a way as to become a story! The Trifecta word this week is dwell:
Deputy Darwood Blick and the Chocolate Chip Cookies
“No Darwood, you’ve spelled my stepmother’s name wrong again. It’s not Rosamunda, it’s Rosamoonya. Like the moon . . . ” I corrected.
Deputy Darwood Blick pushed up his over-sized sheriff’s hat and erased profusely.
“It’s my first report, Mrs. Drathers, and I don’t wanna mess it up. I’m in charge while my dad’s on the Sheriff Jamboree Carnival Cruise. They’re on their way to Mexico this very minute! Can you believe it? Anyways,” Darwood giggled, “it’s just me keepin’ the peace til Dad gets back.
“Yes Darwood, everybody knows that your dad, Sheriff Blick, is out of town. It’s a small place, and word gets around pretty quickly . . . something you need to keep in mind — especially if you intend to become a full-fledged sheriff like your dad.
“Yes, ma’am.” Darwood said, and I detected a little hurt in his voice.
“Don’t dwell on it Darwood. Let’s get down to business. Rosamoonya’s over there on the couch, and, as I said, she died after choking on a piece of cheese. I think all we need is for you to sign the death certificate stating as much.”
“Uh . . . well . . . Mrs. Drathers, I think I’m supposed to look around.”
Darwood poked at Rosamoonya’s body, then picked up the piece of cheese with one bite out of it next to the couch. “Is this the cheese she choked on?”
“Yes,” I said (maybe a little too quickly). That’s when Darwood saw the red marks on her neck and asked, “well . . . uh . . . why is her neck so red?”
“It’s a rash,” I explained “She’s allergic to cheese.”
“Uh . . . well . . .” Darwood was becoming flustered so I told him to go help himself to the freshly baked chocolate chip cookies while I finished filling out the death certificate for him.
“These are yummy! Can I take some home?”
“Of course Darwood, dear, ” I replied. “Of course!”
Deputy Darwood Blick never could resist a chocolate chip cookie!
Until next time . . . I love you
I always love your names, but I think Darwood Blick is one of my favorites!
Terrific as always!
Thank you Deanabo!
You are a sick, twisted, funny puppy, Linda. I wonder how Gregory would view your narrator’s apparent lack of consideration for human life and/or mothers-in-law… Hmmmm.
Haha! So true Undercover! I fear there are a lot of personalities bubbling around up there that try to stay out of each others way. But there could be a smackdown on the horizon!
I want ring-side tix!
Oh I love that cool phrase. I’ll see if I can work it into a conversation with my kids today. They’ll think their ol ma still has it in her!
Oh poor, ignorant Darwood. He almost had it.
Haha! I think there will have to be more adventures in store of Deputy Darwood Blicks. Thanks for coming by Jennifer!
I just love your short stories and dialogue too! You always find the best pictures to go along with them (or you draw the best pictures).
Ah thank you honey. You are such a sweet daughter to not only like my stories but even like my drawings!! Gosh I did a good job raising you.
Whassamattayu, did Rosa moon ya?… Fun, and a new genre for you, dipping into murder mysteries….
Oh murders are great fun to write. I may have to go back and take up where I left off on a mystery novel I started years ago. Ah! But how does one manage one’s time for a project like that? I haven’t got the hang of managing my time well enough ye — but then, I’m only a wittle 61 year old.
I’m grinning from ear-to-ear here. I love how fully you’ve been able to develop Darwood in such a short piece. And that his father is on a Carnival Cruise to Mexico is just a laugh riot. Now I’m hungry for chocolate chip cookies! See! You’ve engaged all my senses. Such a fun read.
Oh Jayne! So happy to hear that! For some reason Darwood showed up in living color in my brain, Peanuts.Your comment that he was developed is a really valuable piece of information. It’s so hard to see your own work clearly. Thanks for coming by!
hahaha i was smiling all the way — still smiling, actually ^^ how very convenient for her that the real sheriff’s on the carnival cruise.. haha — or does he like chocolate chip cookies too lol ^^
So glad you enjoyed the story kz! There’s not much Darwood wouldn’t do for some freshly baked chocolate chip cookes! (Me either come to think of it! LOL!)
Do you laugh so much when you’re writing these that the neighbours think you’re crazy? Well, my neighbours think I’m crazy when I read them. Darwood Blick is one of the funniest names I’ve heard in a long time!
Oh Dianne! I am so glad to hear your neighbors think you’re crazy from laughing so much. I sometimes suspect my neighbors think I’m pretty weird. Readers comments will just crack me up and I’ll burst out laughing and I’m sure my neighbors elbow each other and say “There she goes again!” LOL!
Darwood Blick. Very nice. Your character names are hysterical.
So glad you liked it Michael!
If I can think of a name first, then the name usually tells me what the character is going to be like.
Sheriff Blick might still be on the Carnival Cruise that is stuck in the middle of the ocean. He won’t be happy with this investigation. Very funny.
Oh you are so right Katie! Unless the father is even more easily distracted than his son which might be a fun direction to take the story in.
Oh that tricky cheese (:
Don’t even underestimate the cheese Draug, but tell you something you don’t know, right? LOL!
The chocolate chip cookie diversion works every time! Though, come to think of it, it’s never worked for traffic tickets. Another great one!!
Oh, but still, it wouldn’t hurt to travel with a freshly baked batch on the seat next to you. That way if you get pulled over you could . . . Oh who am I kidding, I’d eat them all myself every time!
Oh I love your mysteries with humour….a cookie for heaven’s sake is all it took….Diane
Haha!! Not many people can resist a freshly baked chocolate chip cookie! I’m getting hungry for one just typing the words!
Chocolate chip cookies & murder-only you can cook up such a delicious mix Linda,lol!Loved it ofc:-)
Ah! Thank you Atreyee! Your comments always make me feel delighted!
It’s obviously your fault-cos u write so
Love what you write Linda:-)
Haha! Thanks so much!
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Hee!hee!My daughter finally typed out the story-realised no use waiting for Mom darling to do it-so will be sending it to u as soon as I dig out the comment in which u sent me yr mail id
Haha! It’s lindavernonhumor@hotmail.com.
I’m looking forward to reading it and good for her for taking typing matters into her own hands . . .or should I say fingers . . . 
Am sending it to u just now or I will forget,lol!
Done:-)
I wonder if Darwood is eating a cookie tainted with the same :”allergens” as the cheese.
He should have stuck to the 1970s casseroles. No one would ever suspect him of eating those!
Oh! Tainted chocolate chip cookies!! Even if Darwood knew, he probably wouldn’t be able to stop himself from eating them anyway!
LOL! Keep thinking of Endora calling Darrin ‘Derwood” on Bewitched. Darwood is a bit of a Derwood…
Oh I remember that joke on Bewitched. Yeah Derwood! HA! I remember an episode I Love Lucy where Lucy’s mother writes her a letter and refers to Ricky Ricardo as Mickey Richardson. And Darwood is a bit of a Derwood. They could be twins! Darwood and Derwood! HA!
With detective skills like that, he’s a shoo in for the next sheriff! /sarcasm
Cute story.
Thank you! He is a shoo in isn’t he? I think his dad might be Barney Fife!
I do not have a good feeling about that deputy’s future.
Oh me either Kymm!!
Ah, she’s a sneaky one. Planning such a thing for when the real Sheriff was gone. And Darwood, poor boy needs to focus. He was almost on to something until he found chocolate chip cookiesl
Ha! Yes. I think we should never underestimate the power of a chocolate chip cookie in just about any situation!
I think he forgot to take his retilin just between you and me Janna!