Chapter 1 It was mid morning when Len nosed his barge up on the beach and stepped ashore on the warm white sand. He took his rifle and his cane knife then carefully looked around his eyes peeled for crocodiles and wild pig. Satisfied it was safe he let Bluey his old blue cattle dog off the lead and started out over the sand towards the big tree on the edge...
This chapter resumes soon after the previous ends. 1 The drive up the sunny Outer Banks to retrieve surprise houseguest Constance turned out to be almost two hours, as the hotel at which the Treasury Agents stayed was way up the shore. 'Houseguest' was somewhat of a misnomer. This athletic, petite woman, during what began as a routine surveillance assignme...
1 Bigots The firm was not without its bigots. Though Sydd had gotten there by talent alone—her first case was sexual and gender discrimination...she brought in the client—a wmn, just like herself: educated, professional, sophisticated; discriminated against, and highly put out—she won big—really big—and the 'big daddies' couldn't just let her walk....so an...
I rose, and went to work. My secretary Lindsay came in with some phone messages and updates on meetings for today. After Janet's departure from our team, Casey stayed with me, but Margaret went with Janet. I replaced her with another young associate named Lauren, and added a few more to the staff. Lauren was nice looking with a pleasant petite shape. She alw...
Clearing the company books is the one time of year that Robert really loves his job as an accountant for SAMS Spa. Sure, once a year for a couple of nights a week, he has to work late, but he doesn't mind. He's got nothing to go home to anyway except an empty house, his wife of 24 years having died of cancer four years ago. Besides, he enjoys his job. It's...
"Oh, shit," Lisa huffed quietly as she stood next to Mitch, gazing at the vexillum, a flag-like banner, hanging on the wall in front of them and boldly displaying the emblem of the Roman Empire. Mitch, still leaning close to her, whispered, "Told you it was going to be interesting." He then nodded at the guard behind the desk before them, acknowledging his...
(If you haven't already, please read Dani's New Life – Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4a, Part 4b and Part 5. This will make much more sense if you do...) It had turned into a very interesting morning for the beautiful, blonde Corporate Counsel. Dani had been impressed when she heard Alan's staff give their presentations at the Sales Conference/Product Launch...
My girlfriend, Trinh, and I have been together for a little over two years now. We met and started dating during our sophomore year in college; we took each other's virginity a few months into the relationship. While the logistics of having sex with Trinh hasn't always been easy -- we don't live together and each of us has roommates -- the sex itself has usu...
"We need some help here, Jack---a strike package and an extraction team---now!" "The fast movers are eight minutes out---the helos almost thirty, Hal, ah, Mr. President" "They'll be dead or worse in five. We're going in; we're switching to Tac two." "Mr. President..." The four star combatant commander knew that protest was futile. He'd known the POTUS si...
There are many curses still lingering from the ancient world, in an era when mankind understood that the universe was meant to be understood not as a matter of reason, but through the articles of faith – which is to say, not understood very well at all. It was an era of gods and goddesses, inimitable blessings and unfathomable horrors, artifacts and monsters...