Hick Dearest,
Eleanor's letter to Lorena
Today's challenge is to use the word ‘startle’ in a 100–word story written in the historical fiction genre.
Hick dearest,
In the gentlest tone, you called me Ellie that first day in 1932. Later, you brushed my arm with a tenderness I’d never experienced.
I long to sit with you and watch the sunrise but find solace knowing our time will come.
I missed you at the State Dinner. You would’ve loved Amelia! She has offered to teach me to fly!
While Lucy was at FDR’s side, I was stuck with a stodgy diplomat. It would’ve been such fun to toss startled looks your way when my mother-in-law said something utterly impossible.
Missing you deeply,
Ellie
Eleanor Roosevelt and Lorena Hickok formed a relationship shortly before FDR won the election. He had his secretary, Eleanor had her friend, Lorena. Most people who have read all of the correspondence between the two believe it to have been a lesbian relationship.
If you’d like to read more about it, I suggest Roger Streitmatter’s book Empty Without You: The Intimate Letters of Eleanor Roosevelt and Lorena Hickok, available on Amazon.
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