Fiction: Group 3
Grandma continued the story and Aggie took notes. At the end of the call, Aggie decided to continue her
story the next day “Tomorrow is Saturday, I have a lot of time” she thought as she slipped into bed. The
next morning…
“Hi, we are the MBC N- ““Not now, my son could be seriously hurt, at this time do you really think I
can answer your questions?” David’s mom screeched “Oh! Your son is missing, how old is he?” “I don’t
mean to interfere, but now is not the time…Sasha” Ashley’s mom said impatiently and hurried away with
Ashley and David’s mom “Ashley! CAREFUL” here mother yelled as lightning bolt struck near her.
Suddenly Ashley felt some heat near her and turned around to see the entire cathedral on fire
“Good morning Aggie!” “Morning Mom, what is grandma’s name?” “Cecilia, why?”
“Just asking” “What’s
this?” she asked picking up the paper “Oh, that, it’s a story I’m writing for a competition, the Hong Kong
Young Writers Award- Oh, I have an idea” Aggie said and went back to writing
“MAMA BE CAREFUL!!” Ashley yelled, “THE CATHEDRAL IS ON FIRE!” she continued. Ashley
was suddenly lifted into the air by her dad “Ashley! You’re ok!” “Papa!! I can’t go home without David”
“David is fine, there are cars coming in, get in one and tell the driver to drive you to grandma’s house ok?”
Her dad firmly instructed “ok” Ashley agreed sadly
“GRANDMA!” cried Ashley in between tears “Ashley?!” her grandma asked and welcomed her in a hug
Back at the cathedral, Ashley’s family and David’s family were still looking for David.
David’s mom saw
two people carrying a stretcher and a body lying on it. “Let’s go there! it might be David!” She yelled,
everyone started running towards the stretcher “David!” Ashley’s mom cried “Ma’am you know this
person?” “He was supposed to marry my daughter today” “Sir, is he alive?” David’s mom cut in “Sorry
Ma’am, but we think he might have gone already, we are taking him to the nearest hospital to confirm what
we think, and if he is alive, to give to give the correct treatment needed” the other doctor said
Ashley was lying on the couch sadly sipping some chicken soup when the phone rang. Ashley’s grandma
picked it up and handed the phone to Ashley after a minute or so
“Hello?” Ashley asked
“Ashley, we found David” her mom said through the other line
“REALLY!!! May I speak to him?!” She asked excitedly
“Ashley...David. Um… Doctors found him. They believe he is in a coma, but expecting him to wake up in
a while
Ashley was speechless, and suddenly burst into tears. “Oh, Ashley, what are you going to do?” her grandma
comforted her after the devastating phone call. “I-I- don’t know, the-the-the storm might have killed
him and I will never find someone who will love me like him” “Dear, dear, let’s not be sill and calm down
first, how about you sleep now and we talk about this is in the morning?”
After breakfast the next morning, Aggie had come back to work on her piece again, “What else can I add?
Ashley can wake up in the morning and sorts out what she will do with her grandma?- I know!!”
Ashley woke up in the morning with her face all red and wet. She had cried herself to sleep because she was
too sad about David. Her thoughts from David turned to school. “I need to call the school; I can’t find a
substitute right now.” She went down to eat breakfast and she thought she might go out for a while to calm
down. Just as she was heading out the door, the phone rang “Ashley, We’re at the hospital, the doctors say
David might live!!” She called a friend to ask for a ride to back to Macau. Ashley felt she could re-collect
her thoughts and see what damage had been done. While crossing the river again Ashley asked “Lia, do you
know anything about the Pearl River Delta?” “Well, I think people want to build it into a megacity of some
sort, I don’t know much. I focus on where I am going when I row, not really on the history of what I am
rowing on. I believe though that the river cause bad luck though, which is why I hate rowing through it”
Suddenly, Lia caught sight of St. Pauls Cathedral. “It’s all gone, but the front!!” She screamed. Ashley
jerked, making the boat rock. Lia and Ashley both fell in to the water
