Leni brushed the large bay horse and hummed to herself. The dirt and loose hair drifted in the breeze, unfortunately right into her face. She blew her breath out in a sigh and wiped her brow with the dingy apron that hung around her slender waist. Some of the dirt stuck to her forehead but she didn't care. She tucked a stray strand of her red hair back into...
Monday, June 22nd, 2020 Kristen Bell stood at the front of Room 69D; dressed in a snug-fitting grey pant suit, golden hair cropped just above her shoulders, as she addressed her second year students. "Morning, class. I hope you all had a good weekend. From the pictures of Bailee's Instagram, it certainly looks like you did." The girls exchanged naughty gr...
Standing at the bus stop on a mild autumn evening, 18-year-old Jane felt a growing sense of excitement. If everything went to plan tonight, she'd have something to tell Shona about when her raven haired, Irish friend returned from school hockey trip to France. Ever since Shona had returned from spending the half-term holiday at home in Ireland, telling Jane...
'Buck House' = Buckingham Palace (The hovel H M the Queen inhabits in London) Chapter Twenty Sunday 3 January 71 A week may be a long time in politics as Harold Wilson opined, but that week between Christmas and New Year was longer by far. On Sunday the 3rd of January I sat in my armchair in my empty flat, or at least it felt empty even though Colette w...
Twas in another lifetime, one of toil and blood When blackness was a virtue, and the road was full of mud I came in from the wilderness, a creature void of form. "Come in," she said, "I'll give you, shelter from the storm" Bob Dylan ~~~~~~ Hi, my name is Michael James Henson, Mike to my friends. I'm six feet, three inches tall and weigh two hundred and t...
biscuit = (US) cookie Chapter Six I don't know if anyone else has had this experience, but after the Easter weekend when we had announced our engagement to the families and I had told Zena on the Tuesday, things felt different somehow at work. Before Penny met me I had dates, but always had to work hard to impress, and I think I said before, they did not...
Readers, I sincerely apologize for how long it took me to update this series. After starting it almost two years ago, I've decided to wrap it up with this chapter. I hope you will enjoy it and will look forward to all of my new stories and series to come. ~ RaLa *** Hours had passed since Larissa was surprised by Noah's presence at her graduation party...
Hey Everyone! Sorry for the ridiculously long wait, this will be the last installment! I hope everyone enjoys it...this story has taken me much longer than I anticipated. But I've got ideas for other stories in the works, so I'm ready to conclude Aidan and Lili and begin anew J IrishSmile --------------------------------- Aidan woke to the sound of someo...
December 2019 "Let's go-oooo..." Anya Taylor-Joy told me in a sing-song voice as she leaned her head to the side. "What for?" I asked, only pausing long enough to say it. Then I went right back to kissing her along the neck. "Because the party has already started," Anya said while looking up at the ceiling, desperately trying to resist the urge to get bac...
WARNING in this part, the word 'tomatoes' will be pronounced in the British way. Steel yourselves. Yes we know it is illogical, but we just don't care! Potatoes are quite safe. ***** Chapter Fourteen Wednesday 9 December 1970 I was leaving a conference room in the Royal Bolton Hospital on the following Wednesday in December, after I had been called in t...