It’s still raining. Yay! There’s something about rainy days that make me want to curl up and write a good book. Or listen to one. 😉 Today’s #ThursdayThreads prompt asks a very serious question. **“So what do I do next?”** This time last week, there were several of the ladies who could have–and probably should have asked that question about their relationships. As Mick and Shannon were on my mind, she got the call. And since I featured both of them last Saturday and Sunday on my FB author page, you can see why Mick is a doofus and Shannon is facing a decision. For context, I’m not sure how this crew ended up together for a “girl’s night in” but they did and as we all know, the conversaton turned to men and relationships. LOL

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Shannon looked up when no one spoke. “So what do I do next?” 
Fiona looked at Bridget, who looked at Sophie. In turn, Sophie looked at Maura, who threw up her hands. “Don’t look at me. I’m no expert.” She recognized the incredulity on their faces. “I’m serious. I’ve never had more than a handful of dates with any one guy.” 

“But what about Ronan?” The other women all asked the same question simultaneously.  

“What about Ronan? We aren’t dating.” She rolled her eyes with an inelegant snort to emphasis her words. “We’re not even friends.” She held up a finger, glaring the four into silence. In her best courtroom summation voice, she launched into the internal debate she’d been having all evening. “Ronan is what a psychologist would call an alpha male. He is also a control freak.” And a criminal mastermind, but she didn’t speak that part aloud. “He appeared in my life, decided I belonged to him, and here I sit. I had no input and he did not ask my opinion or my permission to take over my life.” She focused on Shannon. “From my observations, Mick is Ronan’s mini-me. He also is, for all intents and purposes, an alpha male. If this was a wolf pack, he would be the beta male. As we all know, he is Ronan’s right hand, as well as his brother. He does not appear to be a man who cannot make up his mind.” 

That statement got a round of nods and murmuring agreement but Maura did not pick up on the telling glances passed between the other women. 

“Look, I don’t want to be brutal here, Shannon, because I know you think you love him, but if it were me? I’d walk away.” 

There it was. The stark truth staring Shannon in the eye. 

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What’s a girl to do? I’m not giving any hints away because there are scenes (some of which are not yet written) leading up to this scene that would be spoilers. *bwahaha* For some reason, Mick is the stubborn one in the bunch. All the other guys are quite happy to jump right in and take over their ladies’ lives. As Maura is learning, much to her chagrin. And Shannon is coming from a place of knowledge given hers is a Wolf family. Trust me, there are some awesome scenes with these two–some written, some just scribbled notes on the white board at present. Writers, take the prompt and run if it helps. Readers, what are you doing next? Me? I’m moving on to the next chapter. Happy Hump Day!