[Pt. 01 should be read first.] Chapter XI Another baby? A few days after Giovanni's first birthday, which they had celebrated just as a small family occasion, after he had been put to bed, Olivia asked the men to join her in her room. She said, "You boys have been amazingly kind and supportive over the last year. You have been all that a father should be...
Coming in Part 15 Clearing up the snow DJ and Jamie get a real surprise for Christmas Christmas Day, DJ plays with little kids (Jamie's cousins) Matt discovers his new voice Gloria gets her ring adjusted DJ gets a promotion Lots of emotions in this one folks. DJ Part 15 Merry Christmas Everybody! It's Christmas Day, at 6:00 AM and the alarm went off...
Chapter 29 Financial irregularities Jonathan was so concerned about Tim's revelations that he immediately arranged to drive to Womble the following Saturday to talk to Dom. He told Dom that it was important to ask Tim to find out if there had been anything suspicious or any unexpected happenings in connection with the Ovenden family finances. A few days l...
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+{Noah's Starship}+ -+-[December]-+- ~By Emri~ "I didn't want upset you until I know for sure, my baby. My parents just get approval today to travel. It is how my country works. I thought was best to no say a thing until I know it happen for sure," Navid said as he stared at me from across the bed with sad eyes. He'd just pulled a giant suitcase out of th...
The room was spinning. So many faces crowded around him, voices buzzed and his head was pounding. It was all so much but he didn't complain, he couldn't, his throat was so raw it hurt to talk, hell it hurt to breathe. The nurse had come in and with the help of Rick, had raised the head of the bed and propped him up against the pillows. They were trying to m...
I couldn't tell you if I was relieved to see Tom go away to school or depressed. I mean, what we did together, it was really special for me. But somewhere in the back of my head, even though I wished it weren't so, I knew he couldn't come live with me. I knew we'd have to part someday, and I guess it had really struck me when Nate came back to town. I almost...
Chapter Twenty-Six - The Tin Man Who Didn't Want A Heart It was a great thing he had Taz now, as he had a reason to go out of the house, and also to go jogging. Getting back to playing sports with buddies was not yet on his list of priorities, as he was still trying to get his life in order, and adjust to the post-Aron era, as he had come to call his life n...
The Ranch "I'm no cowboy," Eliot reminded his roommate. Behind the wheel of his black Hummer H1, Harlan said, "Neither am I." "But your dad—" "He's a wannabe cowboy." "Who just happens to own a 1,583-acre ranch in Texas." "Land is more like it. The former owner raised turkeys and hogs, but Dad sold the birds and hogs and had the hog barns demolished af...
[This story is mostly fiction, but it's based on a real event in my life. It was such a hot experience that I thought ya'll would like it—and let me tell you, if I could, I'd hook up with these guys again! Be sure to comment/vote] * When I was twenty and still in college, I spent a summer house-sitting for a professor. It was a cheap way to stay in town wh...