'Angus, for Christ's sake! Can you get the file I asked for?' 'That is the Miller file, Mister Broderick,' Angus said pointedly. 'Not the Miller file! The Milton file! I asked for the Milton file, now get it. You did bring it, didn't you?' Mister Broderick looked keenly at Angus as if he suspected him of purposely thwarting his plans. 'Of course, Mister...
My wife and I worked hard to prepare for retirement. We saved and scrimped what we could in the early years. But family and kids take precedence so we didn't save much during that time. We worked two jobs each to pay off our house and send both our son and daughter through college. Once both kids were out on their own, we turned our efforts to building a nes...
Chapter 56 -- The Real Estate Lady Even before I met my young niece Giang last week, Nguyet had sent me a message from her email account at the real estate company where she worked. She pretended that she had seen on social media that I was living in our small town, and now she wanted to show --and sell—me a house ‚proactively', as she had written. She prai...
Leigh Wingate was a woman obsessed - a woman plunging headlong into a new exciting double-life with eager (although not-quite-reckless) abandon. The last few months had left her giddy as a schoolgirl, caught up in a mad whirlwind, although slightly uneasy about what was happening so fast all around her. In her more sober moments, Leigh told herself that this...
This is the continuation from part 1. You may need to read part 1 for this to make complete sense. ***** Have you ever woken up feeling like you are being watched? As I stirred from my slumber I felt like that. I opened my eyes and could see the most beautiful pair of green eyes looking at me. The eyes looked so friendly, so happy. The smile that went wi...
"Serendipity" is the only explanation for how four guys with cheating wives ended up in the same high-end bar in a suburb of Washington, D. C. in the same afternoon at the same time. Maybe some higher power was taking pity on them because they had lived primarily innocent lives and didn't deserve the shitty circumstances that they were mired in. Thirty year...
Pete's Recovery Pete sat in the small park alongside the Current River. His mind was nearly blank. He was listening to the laughing screaming children as they ran back and forth playing. Conversations around him provided a quieter background to the noise of the playing children. He watched the children run and play and smiled at their antics. Their laughter...
The following is a continuation of two stories, "Justice Ch. 01: Amos and Andrea" and "The Camp Ch. 03: The Coward." To understand the full context of what is taking place here, I suggest you read those two stories first. Many thanks to those who offered comments and constructive criticism on my previous stories. For those who want to say this or that would...
Lina was surprised at how quickly the large house became as familiar to her as her own. Roaming through the rooms when she wasn't doing work or spending time with Kane kept her occupied. There were beautiful paintings and decorations and even a small indoor greenhouse to explore. Strangely enough, there was a desk in one corner between two tables full of som...
The state police inquest took more than two weeks, the main reason being Sosoni's less than basic vocabulary. Experts and professors from Boise State descended on McCall to examine her. Nothing I could do about it. I did not, in fact, have cameras all over my house as I suggested to Headley, but every bit of evidence pointed to our innocence. My three homic...