Part II. From Part I: I returned from Afghanistan, having been shot in the shoulder and having two surgeries to repair it. I got out of the Army to help my mother who had bladder cancer and ran into the high school girl on whom I had had a crush. I found out she was a single mother of a young daughter and tried to ask her out, only to have her accuse me of...
Chapter 16 It was late morning when I awoke, around 10:00, on a Tuesday in early August, the morning after Mom left for her business trip abroad and Aunt Denise arrived for an extended stay. I lay there thinking back to the events of the night before; I had stayed up late watching a movie with Denise, but my recollection of the film was hazy at best. I lost...
I stood looking out the door of my new digs, It was a sliding door and the glass portion was open. I heard giggling and turned and saw three little girls walking hand in hand out on to the pool deck. The middle and largest one wore a short terry robe and had towels over her shoulders. Older sister, about 14 or 15 taking her little sisters out to play. They s...
I had several requests for more of this story, which was always my intent. You know writers though. Ideas spawn ideas, and suddenly, you've got fifteen stories in various stages of incubation. Okay, more like twenty, but who's counting. I apologize for making you wait. Thanks for reading, and please cast your votes when you're done. Send me some feedba...
I wandered in to work on Tuesday morning pondering what surprises the day might hold in store for me. I was still disappointed at the thought that I would probably no longer see Kitty after last night, my first and favourite client and greatest success when it came to getting her to produce milk. After only four sessions she was producing a steady stream tha...
Authors note: Hello everyone. Thank you everyone for the positive feedback and comments they mean the world to me and have brightened my days. Thank you once again to Paul who continues to be my second set of eyes. ~ellie. ***** Lucca walked into his office just before six and was surprised to see Cat already there and waiting for him with coffee in her h...
The room erupted with the news that the Scrabble Sniper was dead. I sat back in shock, wondering how our enemies had taken her out so quickly. Sending a person into a hospital and killing a guarded prisoner, that wasn't supposed to be an easy thing. Whoever they were, they had resources and reach. I stayed quiet, just trying to process things, but my body wa...
This piece began as a New Ending for a story by another writer. I made several attempts to get permission for my new ending from the original author. Since I wasn't getting an answer, I proceeded to do most of the writing for my new ending. Then, I found out that the original author had been trying to reach me through the site. We finally did get in touch...
Inola Collins. I opened my eyes in the grey dawn light and looked across at the body of my brother, Waya, sprawled across three-quarters of the bed. I climbed out of our warm haven and stirred the ashes in the big fireplace of the main room of the cabin. I fed little pieces of wood to the glowing embers and soon had a small blaze going. I fed in larger log...
Chairman Gruber arrived in a rented SUV, surrounded by Council Enforcers. He had flown in from Germany overnight on the Council jet and was in a foul mood. "Everyone here," he asked. The parking lot at the Silver Creek Cliff Wayside Park was full of SUV's and dangerous-looking men. "Almost," Alpha Forrest said. "We're just waiting for Alpha Daniel and the D...