She sat anxiously awaiting the ring of her doorbell that may change her life forever.

She sat at the edge of her favorite turquoise recliner and read her favorite book titled, “we all looked up.”

Her palms were sweaty and her heart pounded against her chest. She knew this was her last chance to escape Hudson valley.

She ran her fingers through her long wavy brown hair. Her eyes glided across the room and met the gaze of her large German shepherd named Revelations.

His amber eyes glimmered with affection for his owner. He is an X- police dog. And she is an X- officer. She loved her job. But after a while she realized there was never any crime in the small town of Hudson valley.

So she set her sights high, she was born and raised in this small town. She never left. Never traveled. Never saw the world like she so desperately wanted to.

She sat so focused on her book. She was always so intrigued by books, and the creativity and brain power it would take to wright them.

It had became completely quiet when she heard the ring from her doorbell. Her eyes lit up with excitement, and her heart fluttered around like a butterfly in her chest.

She quickly stood up, she ran about half way to her front door but she tripped over a shoe.

“Dang it! Who left that there!? Ugh!” She snapped at the air.

She made it to the door and opened it excitedly.

“Hey! Howdy! Hello!” She slapped herself internationally as the words came from her lips.

“Uh, hey?… can you just sign here for the package.” The mail man said in a daze.

“Oh! Uh. Eh. Yea! I. Uh….” She had forgotten her name. *internal scream*

She remembered her name and signed the best she could with her shaking hands.

“Eh, thanks.. have a um.. have a good-“

She slammed the door in his face and ran to the kitchen table.

She punched the box over and over until she broke the tape. She was in a daze too.

She finally got it open and inside was a golden ticket.

Her dreams were finally coming true after all these years! She pulled it out of the box and gazed at it intimately as the gold shimmered in the sunlight that flooded in from her window.

It was bitter sweet. She was leaving the place where she spent her whole life. But she spent it wishing she was somewhere else. Would traveling be everything she hoped? Or was it all bitter, and no sweet?

(Not sure if y’all want a part 2, if you do let me know. Have a blessed day!)