Kenny O'Brien was just finishing his second year of college, and his mom had been hounding him for a while to come home on a weekend and look for a summer job. He was enjoying his last few weeks of freedom before going home to chores and rules, so he kept putting it off. Finally his mom lost her patience and use some connections to get him a waitering job at...
Note from the author: I chose to re-write chapter 2 because I decided to take the story in a different direction than the one I originally intended. Plus, some of these new choices simply made it easier for me to explain some of Paul's actions. To be frank, after going back over the original chapter 2, I thought it sucked a big one, and though I suppose tha...
I didn't get to know him as Derek until I found myself saying; 'Hey I don't even know your name yet' So this is one of those stories where events somehow took over! And doing market research is not something I ever really wanted to do. It was a temporary student job but it meant staying several days in a place and doing these survey forms. The were really b...
**Authors Note: I would like to thank both Tom Collins and Carson Shepherd for their invaluable assistance in the preparation of this story. . Many thanks go as well to rozezwild **Copyright 2006 by jgywnn. ** * To Tom, it was the usual company Christmas party. Everyone was dressed well, but no one went all out. Like Tom, most were in dressy clothes but c...
All characters are at least 18 years old.. *********** I saw him while I was pumping my gas, and he immediately got my attention. For one thing, we don't get all that many walking in my neck of the woods, because there's a whole lot of nothing around for miles and miles. Secondly, he was walking in one of our patented torrential rainstorms, and with the wi...
"You must be Mr. Markham. I'm afraid you're almost too late," the elderly lady said at the cottage door in the sparsely populated outskirts of Lelystad, itself on the outskirts of Amsterdam. "And there will be no chance of getting material for your article, I'm sorry to say. Perhaps you might as well have the taxi wait." "I'm sorry, should I not bother to c...
"Hi and good morning, I'm Lucca from the IT department." I said as I shook the big wig's hand. "I got an email that there was an issue with this meeting room's equipment?" "Yes, I need to give this presentation that I have saved on my laptop. I have it connected to the cord for it show up on the TV, but the screen is staying blank." I suppressed a groan as...
*Wow! Thank you so much for the kind words and support. I've decided to rearrange some things and this story will conclude with Chapter 17. Please keep your feedback coming!* Chapter 15: Bait a Hook "What are you feeding an army?" Rob asked as I closed the lid on a large cooler. "Maybe." I smirked and bent over to lift the heavy cooler. "Let me get an...
*Sorry for the delay. Thank you for your comments. I appreciate all of the feedback.* Chapter 14: Indelible I took my seat in the swivel chair that was bolted to the desk. I was taking my penultimate exam and pressed my palms into my eyes and rubbed gently, trying to relieve some tension. Stacks of answer sheets were being circulated and I grabbed one bef...
All senior year I was in love with Justin Belisario. He was the class president, quarterback of the football team, and one of the best-looking guys in school. Me, I was a nobody--a skinny wimp. I ran cross-country, the refuge for boys who couldn't get on the cool sports teams. It was just my luck that we were in the same gym class. Back then after working...