The Last Straw She blinked, peering at her laptop screen and re-read the email. “The absolute fucking audacity. Just who does he think he is.” Her pulse hammered at her temples, threatening to crack her skull. Temper uncoiled itself, rearing its triangular venom head. Her jaw clenched. Her nostrils flared. The past reeled off picture after picture, drumming it on rollercoaster tracks through
COURT ROOM “BRAWL” Her heavy pilot bag thumped at her feet as she trailed a finger down the roll call list stuck on the wall next to the door of Court Room 60. As usual the Applications have been allocated in order of seniority of the representing Attorney for the Applicant. “You will get to the top of that list one day.” She found
Amouré Kleu, born in Graaff-Reinet, South Africa, enjoyed a dynamic career spanning journalism, law, and paralegal practice before retiring in 2019.
First published at age 15 in August 1974, Amouré in 2018 decided to study creative writing. She did the Unlocking Creativity course with The Writers’ studio in Sydney and found a spark that ignited her dream to write into a goal that she would write and publish a novel.
Having always had a very vivid imagination, she now finds herself in the enviable position of being able to pursue her endless passion for creative writing. She loves taking long beach walks at sunrise. She loves cooking and finds that it alleviates stress when she experiments creatively with different flavours, cuisines, and textures. – Amouré now lives on the Gold Coast of Australia.
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