* Set in New Zealand * Gradually friends and family left the house following the post-funeral function until only Harry's youngest daughter Anita remained. "Dad I'll stay the night. You can't be in this house alone, not tonight of all nights. "Off you go love. I won't shoot myself. I'll have a few quiet drinks and think about some of the times I had with...
"Sweetheart sweetheart are you fast asleep? Good. 'Cause that's the only time that I can really speak to you. And there is something that I've locked away A memory that is too painful To withstand the light of day." Pink Floyd, "The Heroes Return" Gila Pack House New Mexico Alpha Robert Hastings walked back into his office flanked by his Betas, havin...
February 2012: I sit in my chair watching a blank television screen while sipping on a Captain Morgan and Pepsi. The first three, I slammed. I just returned from the Vet after putting to sleep our seventeen year old Shetland Sheepdog. How do you gage if a year is going to be good or not? Every year since I was a child, I sang that stupid song on New Year's....
Chapter 5 What's In A Name? I let the girls know about the Tri-Cities booking and they were very pleased with it. I gave them the dates and Fran marked them on the calendar that she was using to map out our engagements. I liked her sense of organization. I had a feeling it was going to be very important in the future. I met with Stan and Bud at Stan's home...
This story is a direct continuation from Michelle's New Boyfriend Ch 2, part 6. Thank you to Stephen Brown for helping with editing. ***** Monday morning, I was very anxious to hear from Jacqui and what she was going to find out about the manager's position she'd been offered in Helena, Montana. The night before, I'd told Michelle about the evening with...
CHAPTER 1 Radio talkback host James Froggatt ran the 1:00 am to 5:00 am 'Sleepless in Orion Show' transmitted by an obscure radio station in Indiana, well north of Indianapolis. After finishing that shift on this day he understandably yawned his way through the early morning emergency meeting called by station manager Doug Hart. Personnel were asked to take...
Author's Note: I have continued with this series because of the positive e-mails and comments received from the first two chapters. However I sense there is an effort to sabotage the story based on the low scores Chapter Two received. I tracked the scores and the first several voters had the story rated a 5. Then a series of votes drove that score below 4. I...
Chapter 29 - Aftermath Donna came to Dave's office door, "Your wife is on Line One." Dave laughed, "Which one?" "Oh, yeah. Alice." Dave picked up the phone and hit the right button to connect. "Hi darling. What's up?" Alice was laughing, "You ruined our temporary nanny." "Whoa! How'd I do that? I made love to her." "Ah, that's the problem. You not onl...
Rudi Wolf. We'd finished our lunch, and mum said it was warm enough to play outside. Lulu and I helped Mo with his coat and went out to watch Charlie, Tilda and Tia working on the house. Ru and Dylan were mixing mortar, and Charlie was pulling it up in a bucket with a rope. Tilda and Tia were working on the roof timbers. Bad men had come and blown up the...
Once upon a time in a land, far, far away lived a young woman by the name of Isabella. She lived happily in the Kingdom with her mother and father. Her mother was a seamstress and her father was a jewelry craftsman. Her parents complimented each others designs with creating custom dresses and jewelry which there would ever be, one of a kind. While growing up...