「ザキさん、こんなクソ寒い夜中になんの用ですか」 空気も凍るような寒さの夜、理由も告げずに俺を稽古場へ呼び出した小劇団の先輩、崎山に不満を隠さず声を掛けた。そこは、稽古場というより廃倉庫といったほうがしっくりくるボロ屋で、風が吹かないだけ外よりマシという状況だった。貧乏劇団ゆえ暖房器具など置いてすらない。 「おう、すまねぇな、森田。ちょっと見せたいもんがあってな」 「金貸してくれってのは無しですよ」 「そんなんじゃねぇよ。芝居の話だ、芝居の」 崎山はもう四十も半ば、芽の出ない役者だ。売れない理由は、今時となっては珍しい「飲む」「打つ」「買う」と三拍子を見事に揃えた素行の悪さが、業界中に知れ渡っているせいだった。どこぞの脚本家の奥さんに横恋慕して旦那に殺されかけただの、賭場で負けて裸で電車に乗って留置所に入れられ...
2:47 pm - Baby, I'm so horny right now I can barely stand it... 3:05 pm - Are you? This sounds fun. 3:06 pm - Don't make it worse! I can't wait for tonight if you tease me. It's already unbearable. 3:08 pm - Didn't say I was gonna make it worse... at least without making sure it was fixed in the end. 3:08 pm - As I said! I'm miserable already. 3:17 pm...
This is the last chapter of this story. Thank you all for your encouragement and feedback. I hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I did writing it. <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 Jesus stroked her hair, his voice musing. "So what kind of punishment would be ap...
The following was an actual conversation I had with a former girlfriend. The names have been changed for obvious reasons. 11-17-2008 ANDREW: 2:05 Just an afternoon reminder that I love you... ERIN: 2:07 I love you to, Babe! Kissez ANDREW: 2:09 You know, "kisses" sounds amost like "caresses", that's why they go together so well ANDREW: 2:10 BSWK (Big Sl...
Chapter 10 Opportunity They took a bathroom break. Carmen got a diet soda out of the vending machine near the lobby, and Shane got a soda and a bag of Fritos. Lauren got a bottle of cold water from the refrigerator in the break room. Without preamble, she passed out photocopies. "Every homicide case has a timeline prepared. What happened when. Marybeth start...
SashaBunny [12:47 A.M.]: *cuddles up with you and nuzzles her head against your chest* FallenAngel [12:47 A.M.]: *stroking your hair* hi, you SashaBunny [12:48 A.M.]: hi. FallenAngel [12:48 A.M.]: you're purty. SashaBunny [12:48 A.M.]: *blush* FallenAngel [12:48 A.M.]: *kisses your blush* SashaBunny [12:48 A.M.]: *grin* you're nice. I like you. Fal...
Chapter 21 Pulling the TriggerCarmen picked up Shane on Monday morning at Alice's old apartment on North Harper Avenue, and when they arrived at the conference room, coffees from The Planet in hand, they were surprised to see Marybeth Duffy sitting next to Lauren. They both had their laptops open. "Good morning, park your butts in your chairs, let's get goi...
Part IV Chapter 25 ____________________________________ Bullitt's Israeli handlers, the 'Kildares,' showed up at the Hyatt a little after four in the morning, and they came to the hide-out room as the bearers of bad news. "Callahan, you really stirred up a shit-storm last night. Not only are Escobar's people out looking for you, the Threlkis mob is too....
This story, as the name suggests, is about codes and variations of codes. It has nothing to do with Elgar and his music. I thought of including the translations of the coded messages within the body of the story, but decided that this would take away the fun of solving them, so for those code breakers among you, enjoy. * It had been a rough trip, the guy...
Matt Nameless ate cereal when his wife Carol Coleman entered the room. He looked up & smiled to see her looking all-professional in a black skirt suit. "Looking good," he said. "Will it do, do you think?" she asked, straightening her black jacket. Her luxuriant blonde hair was short with left side bangs. He was shirtless & wore gray sweatpants. "Totall...