She held the notice in her hands, still wet with soapy water from the kitchen sink, and sobbed. The paper, a noisome shade of dill, began to fold, back down over itself like a broken leaf. Great shuddering sobs wracked her frame as Jen put her head in her hands and let her anguish flow out of her. This was the third time she'd received one of these -- these...
Lisa looked sadly at the financial statement she had drawn up. Income - £67 per week on her jobseekers allowance. From this she had to find her food and clothing, water, gas and electricity. It was impossible. She had never been very good at budgeting and now she was in a crisis. Why had she approached Wonga for money? It had all seemed so simple at the time...
The Downfall of Avarica (Balance and Fairness : The Principles of Shalirion) (from the generally prosperous years before the barbarian invasions from Animar) The Councils of Shalirion had long followed business principles which aimed to strengthen and support society, rather than to spoil it. Cromilil was no exception, and it had made the whole city prospe...
My name is Vanessa I am caucasian but I have a great tan, 21 years old, 5 feet and 2 inches tall I weigh 100 pounds. I have B size breast that are very perky overall I have a very petite body. I am currently attending college, its about a 15 minute drive from my house. So I still live at home with my parents to save money. In our house their is my mom and d...
Alice had not always known that her husband was a drunkard and gambler but the realisation came about quite quickly after their wedding; in the long year that they had been married he had often come home late from the inn drunk and penniless. She could only be glad they had not yet had children as there was scarcely enough food to feed the two of them as he...
"My husband won this trip playing high stakes poker in Vegas," Julia said. She was trying to make idle chit chat to take her mind off of what she was about to do. Her conversation buddy, the tall red head in the wrap around skirt never looked at her. She was shifting hangers in the closet of Julia's hotel suite looking for something appropriate for Julia t...
A bright Monday morning, Katya wakes up as usual to find her bed empty. Harold is most certainly at the office, at his desk doing boring paper work she would never understand. Katya and Harold were college sweethearts. Well actually she prefers to call it University sweethearts. They got married almost immediately after graduating and Harold got a job at the...
Not Daddy Christmas Copyright Oggbashan November 2016 The author asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work. This is a work of fiction. The events described here are imaginary; the settings and characters are fictitious and are not intended to represent specific places or living persons. +++ I saw Sonia as soon as I walked into...
The Five Conditions – First Time My heart almost stops as the tiles slam onto the table. Oh my god no I have lost again. My whole life could be good but my addiction to the tiles is going to spoil things. My name is Tui and I am an eighteen year old Vietnamese girl. My friends tell me that I am beautiful. I know that my fiancé thinks so. My long black hair...
She'd never meant for things to get so out of hand. But the day suddenly came when her bills were simply too far out of reach for her to pay. When the collection agency had come calling, they'd made it clear that she didn't really have any other options. Yes, it was a harsh repayment plan, but what could she do? Years as a graduate student had stripped her o...