This is the second and final installment of this series. It can be read as a standalone story. Enjoy! This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, merchandise, companies, events and incidents are either the products of the author's imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual...
It was another hectic day for Samantha as she went about her rounds at Dr. Rosenthal’s offices. The doctor was one of California’s most popular, and hence busiest, plastic surgeons. Today the doctor wasn’t in, out playing golf with some celebrity, and had left his nurses with a heavy workload. Samantha was a fairly attractive and bright 21 year old woman. S...
Chapter one Sheryl and I have been watching each other's backs since she were five and i seven; we vowed to be there for each other till the end of days. We grew up in an orphanage under the watchful eyes of the head mistress Rachel. We faced everything life could throw at us together. We left for the navy after graduating high school. Navy seal training wa...
I found myself in a strange city 2000 miles away from home. I am a travel nurse, doing my part to offset the nursing shortage in California. The job pays very well and living in a city like San Francisco only blocks from Fisherman’s Wharf makes every day off a vacation. There is a downside to this lifestyle. Coming into the 5th week of a “4 week” contract, w...
It all started about 3 months ago when I was in my car accident. I was in a cast from nearly head to toe for 8 weeks and in the hospital all that time. My doctor assured me that with adequate physical therapy, I would have no long-term effects. That is where I met Katheryn. Kat, as I called her, was a 26 year old physical therapist, young and full of life. S...
We are nearing the end, just two more parts to go. To those of you who have read previous parts, thanks, to those that haven't I suggest you do. * Part 16 Chapter 1 The training went well. It was nowhere near as worrying, embarrassing or intrusive as Sammi, certainly and Emma, deep down, as well had thought it might be. As the course tutor explained, mos...
It was Elaine's first night working as a nurse. She had been in New York only a few weeks, having moved from Georgia soon after her college graduation. She had been eager for the city and the freedom it offered, but she yet to make any real friends for herself. On this first night, Elaine looked fresh and prepared, her blond hair brushed straight and eyes al...
Claudia Thompson had by choice become something of a loner. From her early years as a top fashion model, through her married years as a well known socialite until her husband Richard had died some 7 years earlier she had never been free to pursue her hobby of painting. She was also very rich; she had inherited a very large number of stocks, bonds and shares...
Amber stepped into her apartment after a long day of classes. She could hear Mandy in the next room, and a constant, quiet sound. As Amber turned the corner, she saw Mandy painting their kitchen a soft blue. It was called Baby Blue, and they'd both agreed on it at the paint store when they'd shopped there nearly a week ago. Since it was their senior year a...
"Exquis," I thought, as my eyes wandered the small but smartly attired apartment. Seeing how another lives is always illuminating. At first blush, it was clear Paige lived an orderly life. "I can only wish," I thought, reflecting on the relative disarray of my own. "You like to cook," I observed, anxiously glancing about at the kitchen's legion of culinary...