Returning home from the gym at 7:15, Jenni Giles found a note from her PA Rhonda that she was out on a long run to sweat off some of the previous evening's gluttony and would be back about 8:00. Jenni had showered at the gym changed clothing. Sipping coffee she began adding responsibilities to each person on her staff list. Twenty minutes later she took a...
Chapter 11 Neighborhood Bank The subterranean basement of Neighborhood Bank, three floors below ground level, where the armored car drivers took the freight elevator down to deposit monies received from the Federal Reserve Bank, served as a bomb shelter during both World Wars. The employees, who worked with piped in music and filtered air, believed that Hor...
CHAPTER 1 Eddie Carter had been working for Gilmore Home Decorators in Crawley, England, for three weeks and during that time had been painting commercial premises - a paint store, gymnasium, bicycle shop and bakery. The Australian preferred painting homes where there was always the chance of the woman of the house providing coffee and freshly-buttered sco...
SO FAR: Divorcee Merrick Jamieson (35) visiting New York comes into contact with the moll of the mysterious Spiro. The spirited Kirsty Fallon has reason to fear if she so much looks at another man but after a brief association with Merrick, Kirsty (25) finds she has become attracted and follows the photo-journalist to his homeland and begins working with him...
The tales of a Dirty old man - Chapter 4 I describe myself as a wannabe Dirty old man, not because I am one, but because as my best friend Karen keeps telling me, there is no higher accolade and so I should aim to be one. This is the fourth chapter in this series - I would strongly advise you to read the previous chapters in order before this one This st...
Author's note: Although ratings are nice, nothing beats a comment or two about what you liked or disliked about a story. Please take a moment to leave one. Thank you. * Summer 1970 Kirby McAllister let out a heavy breath as he rolled the last of the heavy metal garbage cans back into the apartment house's fenced-in storage area, making sure that the matc...
Chapter 2: Who? A Promise Was Kept September 2015 Jace and I boarded the flight when it was called, and settled in for the evening flight to LA. The flight attendants had my profile so they kept the drinks coming. After we were at cruising altitude Jace filled me in on more than a decade of his "Life is Hell with Cindy." I knew that Cindy's family had so...
The Far Side of the Sun December Heidi Stillwell winced as the shrill throbbing cadence of her alarm clock penetrated the early morning fog, causing her to bolt upright even as she became aware of a deep pain resonating somewhere behind her right eye. She tried to rub five hours of sleep from her eyes, tried to connect with the realities of the day ahead,...
_____________ 13 ____________ "Randy, I'd like you to meet Andrea, Andrea, this is Randy," I said. "Hello, Randy, it's a pleasure," Andrea said smiling and shaking hands with Randy. "Likewise, Andrea" Randy replied, returning the smile. We now began walking with Randy into the equipment yard, while Andrea and I sipped our coffees. "Randy, I really feel...
Chapter 12 "I want to be bigger, but I don't want to lose any sensitivity," Jen explained to Stacie, her younger sister. Stacie nodded thoughtfully, thinking back to something she read while in nursing school. "I think that's possible. But you won't be able to go too big." "How big do you think I can go?" Stacie shrugged. "What are you now, around 32A or...