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This week, I’m continuing with the sample chapters of my unfinished Nano. Gordon is surprised to be out to dinner with a beautiful girl and her alien sweetie, and he’s telling them a bit of his family history…
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“I went to a chef’s college in Paris once I graduated from secondary school,” I continued. “That’s where I met Tommy; he was one year ahead of me. I studied there for two years, and there was a charity cook-off the summer after that. Tommy and I both participated. He got runner-up, and I didn’t place nearly as well. Mom and I got into a big fight afterwards; she and Dad both came to watch the quarter-finals, but I’d washed out before they arrived. I stormed off to the airport with nothing but a computer tablet and credit chip, took the first flight I could get a seat on, signed up for university without even caring where I’d landed. A few weeks later, some movers showed up with all of my stuff from Paris.”
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The Kelworth Files 
Getting to university is a very smart way to run away.
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Interesting life this person has had so far. Great snippet!
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At least they sent his furniture to him, I guess… There’s something rather cold about only showing up for the quarter-finals, as if he wasn’t worth it if he didn’t get that far–nice detail, it suggests so much.
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Good point. I didn’t mean it to be completely cold, that there was some important business stuff that they had to get to and took it for granted that he’d rock to the quarter-finals and further. The curse of high expectations… Gordon was actually going up against juniors and higher in his sophomore year.
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Poor guy.
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Gordon has made some interesting life choices so far…seems a bit impulsive.
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University majoring in what?
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I can’t wait to see these aliens!
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Interesting backstory there.
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