Chapter 23 "Brad you come in with the truck Sam we will take a bar to get things rolling." We arrived at the bank and I said, "I like to see the bank manager they asked if we had accounts I said, I do it got about 10.00 in it." "Well I am afraid Mr Thompson is very busy without an appointment he can't see you." "Fine can you handle a large deposits spread...
"You're making me self-conscious watching me eat," she tells me without looking up. "Sorry River." I look down at my food. As good as it was I have been only picking at it for the last few minutes. Distracted a bit maybe. "Why?" I look up from the plate to see her smiling at me. "Why what?" I ask grinning at her. "Why are you sorry? I didn't ask you to...
Olivia was a slightly older first cousin to Sandra's mother, and the black sheep of the family. Sandra did not know why and had assumed it had something to do with her being a lesbian - maybe not. Sandra was working on a family genealogy project and Olivia was the only person she still knew almost nothing about. They had never lived near each other nor visi...
Chapter One It had been fifteen years since the end of the great war between the north and south. I had fought along side my Pa and my brothers in the victorious fight against the rebels. After the fighting was done, I went back home for a year or so, but found that I liked the adventure of traveling and gambling. This led me to St. Louis, Missouri. I took...
Jean gave me a shot and I was rested and full of energy but my shoulders ached a bit. Joyce said let the wench ride you when she wakes up I don't want to put you back in that belt I leaned in and kissed my love. Jack had me go out to the green house the water was changed the crop was ready at least two bushels of potatoes and the marijuana plants were done....
The ballroom of the Belmont Hotel was packed, nearly wall to wall, with tables covered in pristine white linen, colorfully flowered centerpieces and elegant silver and china place settings. There were already well over two hundred guests, men wearing dark blue or grey suits with gold cufflinks, shiny black shoes and silk ties and women wearing expensive dres...
Rori's POVTwo Harbors, Minnesota, Richard B. Helgeson Airport I'd slept the whole flight, my body and mind exhausted from the events of the past few days. When I woke, I reached for my mate and found only air. I hated being away from him. The only good thing was that I was going to see my babies again. I moved the seat back up for landing, looking out over...
So as i read through comments and remarks I can only bow my head to those who dug this story. To those who didn't care for it I do apologize. As I have said, and is evident in life, "You can't please everyone. To those who I did please and to the new people reading this here is part two of a hopefully long tale of fun. Fighter is under construction for those...
It was a late Indian-summer week in Berlin. My colleague Philip met me at Tegel airport mid-afternoon. This visit was planned as mostly vacation, just a touch of work to make it properly chargeable to our grant. I would be staying in his ground-floor visitor's apartment rather than in some faceless hotel – reciprocity for similar hospitality on my part every...
This is a work of fiction. Persons, places and events are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. In particular, Donovan's in San Diego is a real place, but Geoffrey the gay restaurant manager is fictitious. Bart is not a real person, nor is Jodie, the last particularly unfortunately, considering the author is more than halfway in love...