Anita sat back in her chair and relaxed for the first time that day. She was the Manager of a Branch Office in the financial services industry and had chaired several staff meetings in preparation for a two-week absence. She would be returning to her hometown to relocate her widowed father into a seniors' home, an ordeal that she did not relish. She was for...
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Chapter 31 Michael the Millionaire Michael lived a simple life, but winning that much money would make anyone want to go shopping and buy things that he did not need and could do without and he was no different. Now, that he learned how much the jackpot amount that he had won and, now, that he decided to keep the lottery ticket and cash it in, he, suddenly,...
"Writing out bills?" "Going over my finances." Margo lays her chin on her knuckles while peering at her computer monitor. "I really want to turn the central air on, I'm tired of sweating in places I never imagined I could perspire. I'm just so afraid to with this old house, when Darryl was alive the power bills were astronomical. Even with the $1,800.00 yo...
This one's a little different from my usual offerings – hope you enjoy. ***** How did I get to this point in my life? Waiting for my wife to come home; I have news that will shock her when she hears it. As I sit here some old song keeps playing in my head, I'll have to look it up when I get a chance, don't know where I heard it. If you want to be happy fo...
To the Reader, This is a group of short stories written by myself on the Author's Thread. I hope you enjoy my growth as I have enjoyed growing through learning. Thank you to the Webmaster for allowing me to publish these stories here. Wildsweetone. * * * * * 289 words The curtains rose gently as the breeze wafted through the window. Unseeing, she gaze...
Ms. Brennan was the most peculiar combination of frigid ice queen and shameless cocktease Andy had ever met in his life. On the one hand, she wore the shortest little skirts and the tallest high heels (the kind that drove Andy crazy, with the thin straps around the ankles) to the bank each and every day, always left the top three buttons of her tight blouse...
Nicole Benning was visibly nervous but excited as she looked at herself in the mirror one last time and decided her look was good. She hoped he would be pleased. The 30-year-old was pretty but in a Plain Jane type of way with chinky green eyes and a butterscotch complexion. She had her long dark hair pulled back in a ponytail. Some schoolteacher eyeglasses c...
The sun rose over the City of Cap-Haitien, located on the northern coast of Haiti, and found Alain Edmond already awake. Standing on top of the villa which had been in his family for generations, the young man looked at the metropolis sprawling from the hilltop neighborhood of Bel-Air. This was where he grew up, and he hadn't seen his home in almost two deca...
Do you believe in mind control? Francis spent a lot of money taking mind control classes at the university until scientists recently stated mind control was a joke. You can't make anyone do anything they don't want to. Actually Francis wasn't enrolled in a physical university. It was distant learning, on line with the Trans Pacific Western University. Not ac...