Glancing at the time on her watch, she waits for the train to arrive. It feels strange that the last time she was here, there were throngs of people and now, it’s nearly empty. Where is everybody? She wonders.
That morning, her parents tried to convince her once more to stay, “There are opportunities here,” her mother said. “Why do you insist on heading north?”
“There are more opportunities there than here in Guangzhou, ma.”
At last, the train pulls into the station, giving the station one last look, hoping to see her parents, she boards the train to Shanghai.
(100 words)
This is Another Story 
It’s still Thursday here. 🙂🙃
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It’s just the name of the challenge, doesn’t mean I have to post on Fridays.
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I thought “say what?” Ha ha. Got me!
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and a side note, most people in this Friday Fiction challenge used to post on Wednesdays – haha
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What a modern train. We here in the US look with ‘awe’
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I think leaving home feels the same across cultures. If we didn’t think life would get better, why would we ever leave the nest? Tracey
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I agree.
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look beautifull
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Thank you.
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It can be hard to leave, but there’s a world out there and some of us feel the pull of it more strongly than others!
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I do think it takes courage.
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good for her. if nothing works out, she can always go back home 🙂
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very true.
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I think this is played out in many families. Very well told.
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I agree, this scenario is quite common.
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I could really feel the slight tension in the person heading north, with all the opportunity it holds, while also feeling that grounded connection to family (while waiting for a transport that was a grounded connection….hmm)
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Thank you. I tried to emphasize that tension when I was writing the story.
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