Babylon Revisited: A Short Story

Babylon Revisited He went back to his table. His whisky glass was empty, but he shook his head when Alix looked at it questioningly. There wasn’t much he could do now except send Honoria some things; he would send her a lot of things tomorrow. He thought rather angrily that this was just money—he had given so many people money. . . . It had been days since Marion and Lincoln pulled the wool over Charlie’s eyes that he would not be taking Honoria. Charlie knew that his chances of getting Honoria were becoming less and less likely. It was one thing Charlie could think of that would change Marion’s mind. “I’ve got it”, Charlie exclaimed as he sat in the empty room contemplating his next move. Realizing what he had to do, Charlie headed over to the Peter’s residents in hope of charming Marion away with his exciting news of continuing rehab to better himself. Although Charlie knew he was capable of everything that had to be done to care for Honoria, he knew explaining himself would do no help and actions would be the only way to win over Marion’s closed mind. “Greetings Charlie” Lincoln called out with excitement as Charlie walked in, “What has”, “CHARLIE” Marion yelled out in aggravation as she entered the front parlor. “What …show more content…
When I began brainstorming I had many options to pick from making it difficult to narrow down into one choice. After reading through the stories “Babylon Revisited” struck my attention and I decided to write an alternate ending to it. When I read the story the first time, I was not expecting it to end as it did. I had a feeling that Charlie would end up with Honoria despite Marians detest to it, but the story ended quite opposite. Reading the story I wanted to show more of Charlie’s efforts in getting Honoria, my story definitely takes you on a journey with Charlie as he figures out what is next to