Chapter 3: Evie and Rebecca. London, England, 1883. The sun dipped towards the horizon and briefly the damp rooftops of London appeared to be glowing gold. The sky seemed to be on fire, burning brilliant red, pink and orange. All across the city people hurried home from work, crowding the streets in a mass of humanity. As the sun dipped below the horizon an...
I couldn't think straight the rest of the day. I was trying to decide if I had great or horrible luck. I guess they could balance each other out. But truth be told, I'll only consider myself unlucky if we end up getting caught. Which is the way I have kind of always lived my life. Most of my success has been from luck. Even the bad things that have happened...
As normal, she arrived at the office approximately one hour later than most of the staff. Today she wore a black dress with a modest bust line. The dress was cinched around her waist with a think pink belt, which was complimented by her pink heels, and accented by her lipstick. The dress went to just beneath the knee, exposing white stockings underneath. Her...
I moved to the big city to become a model. And I know what you're thinking, this sounds like the beginning of a bad porno where the young innocent girl sleeps with agents to get a deal, but you're wrong. Originally I'm from Massachusetts, not far from Boston, where I lived with my parents and younger sister until I moved to New York when I was twenty. I got...
Mr. Jefferson was a prestigious English professor at Creedmoore University; one of the best, one might add. He was even at alumni at the school along with his sister and a few others of his friends in town. Being the rip age of 43, Mr. Alexander Jefferson had thigh wire-rimmed glasses, slicked back salt and pepper hair but a cleanly shaven face. He was a sin...
So on my next stint back at work on the mine site Alex called me regularly. She was determined to organise a date for us when I returned. Talking to her at least gave me some human interaction. The guys on site were friendly and were great work mates. Some who lived in Melbourne had become real mates and we went out occasionally. They were all married which...
"What in the world is going on with you? Don't you have the decency to at least show up to a funeral of someone the queen holds dear?" Muriel spoke loudly as she barged into his office, highly upset that Benedict had not been there. "Keep your voice down woman, you are speaking to the chancellor." He rose as he spoke, immediately going to the door and shutt...
An eerie silence surrounded the old cemetery. The wind did not even dare to blow through the dead branches of the trees. The night was still, no clouds obscuring the light from the full moon up above. It seemed this night would be perfect for their plan. They sat down in a circle of four, all shrouded in black, in an empty patch of land not too far from the...
It was Saturday night, the weather was nice, and Lisa knocked on Amelia's door. It had been an uneventful week, and the girls hadn't seen much of each other since finding Amelia in her compromising position. Lisa had been chatting often with her through text messages, though. "Lisa! Come in! Isn't this exciting?" said Amelia, ushering Lisa inside, "So when...
Clueless, absolutely clueless, I was. Didn't even have an inkling and I would have continued to have lived in ignorance if it hadn't been for that blasted leaking factory roof. I loved that sodding woman, my wife Pat, and I would have given my life for her in a heartbeat if I had to. And to have our life together ended in such a cliché, well the heartbreak...