Close your eyes and imagine a beautiful, lush green oasis: a Caribbean island at the height of its affluence. Zendea is a beautiful tropical island. It looks perfect on the outside but it's the underground action that really keeps it afloat. When Rosa's head hunter arranged for a special meeting, hinting that a unique employer was interested in her talents,...
Chapter 16: Power Corrupts On the following morning, the Williams couple flew home. During their flight, Destiny revealed they would be leaving for their honeymoon the following evening. The happy couple spent two weeks sunbathing and relaxing in Rio. They enjoyed the finest restaurants and clubs while Tyler kept his wife thoroughly satisfied in every way....
Chapter XXX John awoke early and ate a large breakfast. The doctor came in to make a final check of his vital signs. John hit the pavement running when the doctor signed the release form. He knew where he had to go and what he had to do. First John went home. He played with Aristotle for a good, long time. Dumb dog didn’t know when to quit. Then he went i...
Chapter 18: Returning to Roots The trip from their tropical paradise to the heat of the Omo Valley was a long and bumpy ride. Roads deteriorated from paved to gravel. The temperature continued to rise. In every direction, Destiny saw nothing but sand. There were no homes, no businesses, and no sign of human life. "How much further?" "Another hour. You do...
Author's note: All characters and companies mentioned in this story have no existence outside the imagination of the author, unless they are in the public forum, and have no relation whatsoever to anyone or anything bearing the same name or names. Events portrayed in this story are pure invention, outside of historical events, and have not been based on any...
Chapter 13: Utah - "Love me For Better" "Hello" came the sleepy voice at the other end of the line. "I'm sorry. I know it's late but I just listened to a message from a Tyler McGee. He called using your phone." The man at the other end replied after clearing his voice. "Yep, I think that's the name of the young man in my barn. Didn't catch the last name b...
As the third month of the gym's existence came to an end, I was proudly putting up a sign that showed all clients' total weight loss which equaled 447 pounds. Lori, for example, went from her 5'5", 164 pounds and 36-32-41 to 135 pounds, 33-28-36 which was by far the best result out of everyone. She worked her ass off for it and I asked her to write a testimo...
Chapter 6: Destiny - The Making of a Goddess Tyler pulled into the driveway around 5:30 that evening. Because an unfamiliar car was parked by the garage door instead of Destiny's BMW, Tyler's curiosity was piqued. "Dez?" He called once inside. She appeared from around the corner. Her eyes were blurry, her makeup a mess and she generally looked terrible....
Chapter 9: Changes Nya pulled into the parking lot of her old high school. She hadn't been back here but twice in the last ten years and that was only because she wanted to see friends at the homecoming football game the two years following graduation. She had too many negative feelings associated with North. It was too close to home and too close to where...
Chapter 12: Nya Nya returned home in her car. The sun still could be seen in the western sky. It felt as if she had been up for hours. But, to her credit, her task had been completed. Her mission accomplished. She knew she should be feeling joy knowing he was finally hers but instead, she felt stressed. Perspiration covered her body. She couldn't remember...