"You don't get to argue Peaches, you're coming." I stood my ground, hands on my hips and a defiant grin threatening to split my face in two. "I can't, I have to work." He started to argue but he cut himself off at my chuckle. "You took time off for the Shady tour, beside's, Jack doesn't want to see you for another eight weeks." Game, set, match. "Oh, fine...
Daniel sat on the 13:15 train to Oyster Creek, sour-faced and miserable. The low, grey clouds, the encroaching cold and the settling gloom all conspired to lend the evening a foreboding look. Not that the rest of the day had gone well. Arriving in Portland International Airport at eleven in the morning had done nothing to clear up the jetlag from his thirtee...
"I can't believe that I'm in America," I thought to myself as I was exiting the plane from the long and boring trip. The last thing that I had seen before I went to sleep was the crystal clear blue beaches of FIJI. Now I was in America on holiday, and I was hoping to meet up with some friends I had made online. During my trip abroad, there was one special an...
This is the next chapter of my Online Playmate story which covers the first part of Mark's visit to Australia. And thanks again for the wonderful comments. That is why I have split this into two chapters -- there were a lot of requests waiting for me, when I got home today, wanting to know what we've been up to. It all takes time to write and then edit it,...
Note: I would like to thank Atenai and CuriousKnight for their feedbacks on my very first two stories. Their honest inputs and encouragements have enabled me to take note of the weak points in my first two submissions, so I can improve my subsequent submissions. Even though, they don't review this particular story, I do believe that this story has benefited...
Chapter 1 Altitude and solitude I've traveled around the world and my feet have barely touched the ground. I stared down at my journal, trying to remember having written that. I must have dozed off for a minute. I had a taste of Paris air this morning before I was shuffled between the subway, the airport and its tunnels, and then the plane for most of the...
Note- Any resemblance to actual events are complete coincidence. This is entire fiction. xxx Jennifer Lopez should have been beaming like a Cheshire cat as she sat in one of the padded leather chairs in the Business Class departure lounge of Thai Airways at LAX. Finally enjoying some much needed vacation time of her own, the wealthy and beautiful actress...
(Synopsis: Russet Thompson is an architect and designer sent to spend several days touring the Harem of a eastern Pasha to get ideas for a new attraction at Ultima Resorts. Sir Adrian Calendar, the Prince's personal secretary, shows her around, including the Playroom, where one of the odalisques (harem girls) is being disciplined. Russet finds it both uncomf...
I Uncle Bart I can remember Uncle Bart there at wharf side. Two stevedores were fighting, just pounding each other with their fists. They were standing off and round housing one another and you could hear the blows landing. My uncle walked in between them and grabbed each with one meaty paw, separating them. He talked to them each in turn, head swiveling fr...
Elisa McKeanna-- Chief Legal Officer 7:51 am It was supposed to be a standard day in the office when Elisa showed up to work. She led the corporate legal team and was scheduled to conduct a job interview for a potential hire later that morning. At 8 am, she was called into the boss's office. It was normal to be summoned for impromptu legal services. With a...