Pt. VIII: The Scoop Kim Wright appeared next on Jack's short list of appointments to make. He called the private number Sam Hanson wrote on the back of her business card. Jack knew it was an old card because Sam had told him Kim was no longer an investigative reporter with the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the largest paper in Nevada. The two agreed to meet fo...
Final Chapter There wasn’t much conversation after the incident on the beach. They had an early dinner and headed back to the hotel. Ian told Lori to dress in the other outfit he bought her and she and Tom should meet him in the lobby. Husband and wife headed to their room. Lori went to the bathroom to dress and Tom sat down on the bed reflecting on the pa...
I got a job at a casino as a blackjack dealer, because after years of dealing drugs, dealing cards just seemed to make sense. A few months earlier I had been busted at a friend's house when the police raided him for growing pot in the basement. I didn't even know he was growing it. Shows what a great friend he was. The police busted me too because I had a cr...
The Angel of Death sped on midnight wings as the dying rays of the setting sun disappeared upon the horizon behind her. Catching an updraft she was lifted effortlessly high above the city, giving her a better vantage point to locate her prey. The rooftops of the sprawling desert city were all beginning to look the same, but no matter, the man she was after w...
Dirt damp from the slight drizzle that had turned the whole day gray, and made the night seem darker than black, molded to our heroin's bare feet as she ran. Warmth stagnates in the air, the sultry summer heat making it hard to breathe with every push forward. Every lunge vibrated through her long pale legs, the power in them tested after running flat out f...
I answered an ad on offer up to buy a laptop. I never expected anything like this. It was three days after Christmas. I was answering an ad in offer up for a laptop. Saw one that was for sale close by my house, so I made arrangements to see it and hopefully but it. As I made my way to the meeting place I saw a young blonde girl walking with a backpack and wa...
Jara holds little interest to the rest of the kingdom it's within and outside of maps held by the nobility no mention of it ever reaches past the borders. This is where you grew up, thatch roofs and rough stone walls are a sign of wealth here, most people live in roughly woven tents pitched against the cliff walls that hide your childhood home. Traditional a...
Chapter VI. Destiny was driving her old, beat up, red Volvo fast along the Coastal Highway south of West Pam Beach, Florida. The hot, humid, salty air pouring in from her open window had caused another sneezing fit. Damn allergies, she thought as she opened her eyes. She felt dizzy and confused for a second. She lost her bearings. What am I doing? She puzzl...
Part One: Backing Chad was coming down the sidewalk in his neighborhood in Brooklyn, NY. He witnessed a guy backing his car into another person's car quarter panel doing substantial damage. When the guy looked out of his car window to see if anyone had noticed, he saw Chad glaring at him. The guy, Darrel, got out of his car, trying to think of a way out o...
Chapter 13 It Ain't Over 'Till It's Over "How's Ros," I asked Sally quietly. She was sitting in a chair in the waiting room of the Roosevelt Heights Private Hospital. "She's out of it, Rick. It's going to be a while before she's back with us. She's pretty loaded up with drugs ... not just heroin. They're doing a tox screen to see just what's there. We shou...