On a cul-de-sac, toward the base of Squaw Peak along the Wasatch front, there's a hatchback pulling out from a drive-way. There were dozens in the Orem-Provo area: with technology firms, university professors, and financial businessmen that claimed these development communities. They were young models of American families: two small kids, a dog, a Roth IRA,...
That night was the beginning of my relationship with Crystal. We began to see each other once a week. When my wife wondered where I was off to so often, I ended my relationship with Karen. I was also seeing her one night a week at an apartment Doug (my partner in our practice) and I had rented just to entertain women. Although was getting much more use of it...
The voice is female, a hint of Scots in the accent, husky, amused, confident. This is what it says ... "So, getting back to when I got started, it was when I got this job in a posh boys' boarding school, in my 20s. I won't tell you the name but you would know it. It was all cold showers and Latin and Combined Cadet Force. You know the kind of thing. A lot o...
My name is Janet and I'm so mad I can't think straight. I'm so mad at my husband Mike that I don't know what to do -- but a plan is coming to me very quickly. But, before that, let me back up and give you some details. First, I'm 39 but have been told that I look 29. My hair is dyed dirty blond and I'm what some people would say is petite just 5 feet exactl...
Skiing obviously wasn't my thing. Having just spent the last four hours being poked and prodded by the Mont Blanc medical team to assess for life threatening damage, breaks and fractures only to be told that my injuries consisted of what turned out to be a number of painful but not "important enough to bother and waste the valuable time of the busy medics w...
Elunara stretched as she made her way down the stairs. "You slept awful late." Susan grinned as she stuffed a spoonful into Tilly's mouth. "Yeah, Jordan and I got a little... creative. He's probably cursing the bruises. I'll have to go down and give him a healing shot. Right after I do my in house medical checks." Elunara shook her head. "I sound like a he...
The green line blipped at regular intervals on the electrocardiogram next to her bed. It was the only sound in the otherwise quiet room, which was how she knew it was there. She couldn't turn her head to see it, only hear it. Something tragic had happened to her, making her afraid and she wanted to wake up. This bed was pretty comfortable for a hospital, sh...
12 Thursday. Spike's at his desk and figured that Angel's been keeping this Buffy a mystery. He dialed Angel's number and got through with the doctor. "Hey Spike, what's up?" "Nothing much, here. I was wondering when are you planning for me to meet your Buffy. Do you think I'll scare her away?" "Of course not. It just slipped my mind. Why do you have...
Once upon a time, in a far away land... I've always wanted to start a story like that. When I was 19 I moved out my parents home to live in a small country town a couple of hundred kilometres away. I did it for work and stayed with an old football friend of my fathers. He was a bit younger than my Dad and lived in a 3-bedroom house with his wife. I guessed t...
Wayne set his paint brush down and rubbed the back of his neck, pressing fingers into his skin to work out the tightened muscles from craning his neck down for the past hour and a half. Sighing he looked at the model he was working on and satisfied he was done for this night he watered his brush and set it aside and closed the bottle of paint and set his Spa...