Freddie's Short Story Fortune Cookie Long Time !

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“Fortune Cookie… Fortune Cookie Long time!” The teenagers look at Freddie thinking he really has some major problems and could use some medical help, psychological for sure. Walking away, they put a distance between them not wanting any trouble. Again, Freddie reads the paper when a heavyset Black boy wearing a Dodgers cap approaches the bus stop and stands directly by Freddie. Studying the boy for a minute, impressed with his blue LA hat Freddie jumps up in an enthusiastic state. “Go Dodgers, Yo Fernando Valenzuela Yo.” The boy laughs, knowing Fernando has long since been retired. Freddie runs around pretending to play shortstop and pitch, making believe, he is on a pitcher’s mound winding up as if to throw the ball, giving the boy the high-five. …show more content…

“Hey, Freddie Kruger… “Fuck you!” Both officers smirk. The stars line the walkway of Hollywood Boulevard immortalized in stone, to receive notoriety and live on in the minds of millions for countless generations to come. “That’s it Freddie, the Walk of fame.” Officer Stone tries to communicate the parity between the number of people who come here and the small percentage that succeeds. While the three of them survey the area, Freddie remembers his dream and breaks down in total disappointment, “Yeah, the Walk of fame, all right,” with a heartbreaking tone in his voice and a huge hole in his spirit, he expresses, that his visions of seeing his name on the pavement ended up with him sleeping on them. There is an awkward moment, and they can feel the disappointment of the broken man, so they do not say a word. As strange as it seems, at that precise moment, a man in a white sheet with a blue painted face run directly in front of the police vehicle and stops, bringing the automobile to a screeching halt, “The Lord is coming!” the man screams at the window of the patrol car. “The cops are coming!” Freddie responds. “You dumb ass.” He says, with a matter of fact attitude smirking at the

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