When I started with the company Roger was the top salesman, he had the best clients, the best bonus and the best company car. Within three months I had eclipsed him. It stood to reason, I was fifteen years younger than his forty, I was hungrier, I was more ambitious. I was just plain better than he was. He didn't like it and resented me and I knew he plotted...
He caught my eye as soon as he entered the classroom. Most of the other students were women and seemed to be comfortable with each other and their dogs. It was a night-class dog grooming class. He—his name turned out to be Cal—stuck out like a sore thumb. For one thing he was somewhat of a bruiser. He was good looking enough—in fact very good looking in a bo...
They pulled up in front of the flat and Andy quickly got out of the car, knocking on the window as the poor man had fallen asleep. Exhaustion had taken hold of him after his dreadful experience, and the sudden loud noise made him jump out of his skin. His eyes snapped opened and warily moved as the door was already open for him and he was helped out of the...
Chapter Seven: The Silent Servant, Ferdinand Ferdinand could tell that something was disturbing the ambassador as soon as he'd come back into the room. He knew what the man and his son had been arguing about. It wasn't because their voices had been loud; it was because he had been just outside the not-fully-closed door, listening to them. It was his busines...
It was cold dark and rainy. I walked along the highway shoulder in the heavy rain, soaked to the bone. My thumb was out as cars and trucks blew past me at high rates of speed. It was like that for hours. Rain and darkness. I was just about to give up when a large semi trailer pulled over to the side a few yards a head of me. The hazard lights went on as I a...
In my room, we sat side by side with our backs against the headboard. He had his laptop on his lap, typing up an outline to our paper. We picked the Watergate Scandal to write our report on. We both found it interesting, as well as having a fair bit of prior knowledge going in. Several hours later, we took a break. Like boys of all ages are want to do, we sh...
I awoke the morning after my night of being raped by the two bikers for the second time, feeling sore and tense. The night's events still played in my mind. I called my parents and asked about getting a new place, but their answer was what I had expected considering I wouldn't go into any details on why I needed to move from one expensive apartment complex a...
"You really wanted it this morning, didn't you?" Leonard said. He laughed as he rose off Dan on the bed. "And, woowie, look at that hole." He grabbed a hand mirror off the dresser and held it between Dan's bent and spread legs, his buttocks elevated on a bolster, so the younger guy by a good twenty-five years could see the effects of how Leonard had worked h...
"-so there may or may not be a video of me going around where I'm moaning in the back of a car, but the thing is- I don't know if I care? I mean...How would anyone know it was me, right? Like- I don't even think I sound the way I usually do when I'm In The Moment." So far, Barnaby had spent the morning rambling to Jensen about the night before. He'd woken...
There weren't many people at the Race & Sports Book Bar at Bellagio so I was able to get a seat facing the entrance to the Poker Room. I slid a hundred-dollar bill into the video poker machine in front of me and played one hand before the bartender greeted me. I ordered a gin & tonic, played a couple more hands until the drink arrived, then sat back, nurse...