Chapter 19 77. Brilliance Runs (in the family) Delicious ran from the science section, down the stairwell, and out of the spacecraft screaming, "I am smarter than my kids! My kids are not smarter than I am. I am smarter than my kids, my kids are not smarter than I am. Thank you God for giving me a husband who has been able to keep me sane, because I am rea...
What is trust? Does trust exist if it does not go both ways? I have continued to ask myself that question as I was about to do something that violates another person trust. I glanced up at the clock as I sat in the living room area in Sebastian's apartment. I was overwhelmed with nervousness at what I was about to do. I didn't have much time, so I needed to...
The morning came with a smattering of sunlight across Martin's face. He groaned in his sheets, his eyes peeking open as he sat up and rubbed sleep from his eyes. Martin was naked from the waist up, and as he stretched he heard a voice murmur from a distance. "Hm." Yasu was at the door, standing in the light like the silhouette of a warrior, her stance strong...
When the man's face came into stronger light, Steve spoke in a challenging manner. "You'd better holster that gun, or use it." "I don't need a gun to take you down, Hammer," replied the man as he tucked the handgun into his waistband. "How's Kate? Is she okay? I'm ashamed to admit that I was a little slow back there. Is she hurt?" By this time Gwen was nex...
I'm a commuter, a straphanger. Every day 40 minutes on a commuter train into NYC. It can be a mundane life. Walk to the platform, wait for the train, sit in pretty much the same seat everyday, and go to work. Then after work do it all again in the other direction. But every now and again it can be exciting and fun. It can start with a story from a girlfrien...
Author's Note Ann Berrybush and the other characters in this story are not original. They originate from the Ann Berrybush stories posted on Yahoo Groups, of which there are now hundreds of stories by numerous authors. In most of the stories, the hapless, repressed schoolmarm Miss Berrybush is stripped in slapstick fashion, usually by her student nemeses, A...
The weeks turned into months. Dan was wearing tracksuits almost exclusively now, since he was losing weight and his waist size decreasing. He'd started out at a forty-four, and now, nine weeks in, he was now a forty. He was pretty proud of that. He was still large and had a belly, but he also now had shoulder muscles, the first time in his life. His biceps a...
Chapter 4 22. Operation Day It was a little after 5:00 o'clock in the morning and the lights went on in Payne Temple's room. She neither saw nor heard anything because she was sound asleep, at least for the moment. The nurses went about their business, setting up the intravenous bags, injectable medications, razors, and sterilization items and then, they w...
The following is an alternate version of the story: "The Fifth Day" and "The Fifth Day - Laying the Ghost" by VanCliffe. I had trouble understanding the reason for the Fifth Day in the original story (my problem). So, I wrote this ending which seems to fit the story in a different manner. It would be advisable for the reader to have first read "The Fifth Day...
***This is the final chapter. I hope it hasn't been too hard to follow. With everything in place for Kate and Jürgen, I can now take the reader to the ending in one hopefully enjoyable go. This was never meant to be a long romancy thing. Rather, It's more of a little tale where two people find a lot for themselves in a very short time, so I've kept it a litt...