Fiction: Diva

The choices for today are: (1) dayum, (2) delete, (3) diva. None of the words got enough votes to be chosen so I picked diva.

Fiction: Diva
The diva knew it won't be long before she was replaced but she still gave her all on each performance. It was not her way to be lazy or take the easy way. Time wasn't on her side but at least she knew not to waste time trying to please others. No one was ever allowed to dictate her life.
    Her understudy, Valerie, also her assistant, was getting antsy and had been poisoning the diva's tea and much of the food she ate. But she was the diva, nothing could kill her but a bad performance or so she kept saying to her agent.
    To cut off Valerie's support, the diva fired her personal chef, trainer, housekeeper, maid and a few guards. That stupid girl thought she could cheat her way to stardom. What a joke she had became. The diva knew hard work and perseverance was the only way otherwise all you got were hollow fames and a lifetime supplies of unfaithfuls. Yes, the diva knew just how to do it right.
    Last week, on the last day of her greatest performance of her life, the diva gave it everything she got. As Valerie was escorted out of the theater by the police, the diva gave her one long glance. The diva was merciless. If death was what it was needed to stop this arrogant girl from getting her way, death it was.
    A few days afterward when she had to identify the body of her husband, the diva didn't feel any guilt or sadness, only pity. If Valerie had only wanted stardom, the diva would not have got in her way but she became greedy. She tried to take what wasn't hers. And that fool husband gave himself away.
    Today, the diva sat on the roof of her yacht and looked out toward the horizon. She took a sip of her ice tea. The weather was cool and the water was calm. Alone, she almost enjoyed the silence. Being the diva was her life but now it was the time to end her reign. And if no one saw her exit, they will still see her after. No diva ever leave the stage without a final bow.

For tomorrow, the letter E, the choices are (1) education, (2) easy, (3) erase. Choose which word I might ramble about or tell a story.

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