Philip shifted nervously in his seat as the Board meeting dragged on. As the General Counsel, he had been through many such meetings before, but he was dreading the last item on the agenda this time. On paper, it was an innocuous update by the head of a new employee group called Talent Advocating for Change that included a presentation suggesting the standar...
Jack watched as Theresa walks by. He smiles nervously at Theresa as she waves an acknowledgement at him as she passes by. Jack has been in lust-love with her ever since she interviewed here at the company. He practically tripped over several office workers trying to get a better view of her when she walked in for her interview. Stumbling away, he nearly impa...
Betty was ready for my appearance on Monday morning and, as I came into the office, she got to her feet waving a piece of paper at me. "John, all hell has broken loose!" "Why? What has happened?" "Paula has just issued a new directive to every executive of the company that is going to cause a lot of trouble. Here, read this." What Betty handed me was an...
Ned awoke from his deep sleep feeling refreshed and ready to face another day of duty at the Total Woman Academy senior facility. Yesterday, he had solved Destiny's dilemma but along with the previous days of facilitating Brooke maximum impact at the fund raiser, he was worn out. He wandered the grounds which were unusually alive with excitement. There was...
Hot House Crustacea: Conclusion (Inspired by Seduced On The Bridge by Little White Mouse) Epilogue One "And this is how you found it?" asked the Chief Executive of Shipping and Transport, scanning the report. "Yes Ma'am," replied 4230, the first respondent. "Interesting," S&T said, "Continue for the record please." "Right. 4782 experienced an accident...
Within the human mind there is what I call, for lack of a better word, the inner circle. This is where we store all of our fantasies, fetishes, hidden desires, passions, fears and secrets. I'm sure there is a technical word for it but I refer to it as the inner circle. When two people fall in love they begin very cautiously to share their inner circle with...
THE SETTING is New Zealand, errors and grammar are copyright to the author. * CHAPTER 1 Bored stiff and facing another weekend home alone and not being asked to parties because it was known she was currently without a guy, Chelsea Rhodes was passing the reception desk late Friday when a tall guy in a blue shirt and yellow jeans for goodness sake was being...
Samuel here. I've been called many things. From sadistic misanthrope to freak. From cruel and unusual bastard to literary genius. Well, many people can't agree on what to make of me. I'm the writer whose stories show men and women at their best and worst. There are bad men and bad women in this world. The media and society at large thinks of women as saints...
Once my children were old enough so I could do things outside of the home, I volunteered at their grade school to be a part time art appreciation instructor. I also became very active in a local women's group eventually getting elected as their president. I was fully emerged in the whole idea of motherhood as well as being an active participant in our commu...
It was late Sunday morning, London time, and London was falling away as the Alphia Corporation Gulfstream 6 winged all six members of the Alphia Corporation negotiation team swiftly westward back toward the States. Sam was seated in one of the four leather armchairs scattered cleverly around a long end table to allow for an intimate conversation and still a...