Here is the next installment. ***** After reuniting with family at their grandparents, Rory and Camirra rode to their mother's home. Gunther and Christy were staying with Dawn and Derrick for the first night, and then they would stay with Nick and Jasmine before returning home. Marvin invited Brandon and Brian to stay with him. He did so to keep Darius fro...
Jake never wanted to touch someone so much in his life. Here he was in his second month of social distancing, doing his civic duty by staying home, trying to help bend the curve. He knew it was the right thing to do and in truth he didn't begrudge the sacrifice at all. At least he had a home to be confined to. Whatever it took to save lives. What he didn't...
Leslie Chang sold a final batch of berries to a customer before taking down her tent stand. The other merchants in the city of Norvar did the same thing as the sun was slowly setting in the sky. After loading her supplies onto a wagon, she climbed into the cab and grabbed the reins, whipping the horses into action. As the wagon picked up speed, she waved goo...
We left off (sorry for the delay!) with Kimmy facing the challenge of calling home to let her parents know she wasn't going to be home... Let your parents know you will not be coming home tonight." i felt nervous- how to tell them, what to tell them. But i was not going home. Shaking, sitting to calm my voice and my hands, Dougie sat next to me. Dougie han...
The car inched forward slowly, hardly moving a foot before the car in front stopped. The lights were green but the traffic just wasn't moving. She strained her neck, trying to look beyond the cars in front to see what the holdup was caused by. Stephanie sighed as she sat drumming her fingers impatiently on the steering wheel. She couldn't see very far in f...
Allyson hadn't been this happy in her whole life. She was about to become the brand new wife of Mr. John Bennett, or more appropriately John Bennett Esquire. At twenty-three years old she was an almost newlywed living in a brand new home in new town in the northwest. Allyson was a fresh graduate from a small liberal arts college back east where her hard work...
I was born and bred in small town Australia. Not quite the outback, but not far from it. The town had a High School, so was a reasonable size, but was fairly isolated. As with many such rural towns it was conservative, with much emphasis on hard work, clean living and sport. I was fine with the sport, but struggled with the first two. I'd wanted to get out o...
This goes along with Chapter 1, so if you haven't read it, you should probably go back and read it. I promise you will enjoy it... if you are into the kind of things I am. If not leave comments and let me know what you think? Slam! The door shut behind me and startled me out of my daze as I walked out of the store. What just happened? I didn't expect for t...
Chapter 3 - The Witch of Ravenstone This story was previously posted on a site that is no longer fully functional. * * * The young woman slipped from the cart as it slowed in front of the inn. The sign on the door read, "Preston's." She felt her purse, "A little light," she told herself, then noticed a smaller sign on the front door. "Help Wanted - inq...
Older hospital volunteer shares his passion for helping with a young nurse. Cassie smiled at Henry as soon as the elevator doors opened. With his red nose, face makeup, and colorful Halloween costume, she watched him clomp down the hall in his big, red clown shoes that pointed to the opposite sides of the corridor. Her smile turned into a laugh, when he hon...