Have You Ever

This is in response to This Week’s Writer’s Workshop Prompts – July 16, 2026, hosted by John Holton.

I chose option #5: Start each line of a post with “have you ever…”

Have you ever…

Have you ever lived in a town that knew more about you than you did?

Have you ever trusted people who carried truths they never shared?

Have you ever felt protected without knowing why?

Have you ever sensed a story sitting just beneath someone’s silence?

Have you ever walked through a place that remembered your childhood better than you could?

Have you ever wondered what loyalty looks like when it’s tangled with fear?

Have you ever looked at someone you’ve known forever and realized they’ve been guarding something?

Have you ever felt the weight of a secret before hearing it?

Have you ever stayed in one place your whole life and still found hidden corners?

Have you ever learned that love can hold back the truth?

Have you ever discovered that the truth was waiting in plain sight?

Have you ever opened a door and understood everything at once?

This piece is a glimpse into Door 17, the next book in The Watering Hole Series, arriving January 2027. Every question above finds its answer in Cassidy’s story, in the town that shaped her, and in the people who kept more from her than she ever realized.

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