The Scholar 1: Entrance The art school was before me. I took a step, then faltered. It was so...official looking. Could I do this? Go back to school after all these years & so many failures? Maybe it would cost too much. Maybe it had one of those ridiculous peer-reviewed grading systems. Maybe... No. Stop & breathe. When I'd entered the photo contest & won...
For the past two years I’ve been running a hotel bar called CC’s. Lately it’s become the place to be, and despite the added headaches, I think it’s great. Halloween was a big night for us. The party was packed before ten, early for any club to be busy. Everyone was drinking, dancing and checking out the costumes. It was a real madhouse. Around midnight a w...
It was another boring Sunday night on the help desk at work. Not too many calls come in on Sundays. Not many people work Sunday nights. So being the new employee they figured it would be a good night to have me work. Just a few calls. I could get my feet wet and there'd be someone to help me out if I was stuck. One problem. It was REALLY quiet tonight. No c...
I won't bore you with the gruesome details about my marriage. Needless to say it didn't take long before our marriage was over. We just remained roommates for a while. By this time Kevin didn't care who I saw or slept with. I knew he had a girlfriend and like I had mentioned before, I didn't care. By now I even became a regular caller of a chat line. I talke...
Over dinner one night with a group of friends, we decided to take a trip to Las Vegas over the next long weekend. We had all met on line playing a political simulation game. Jay and Denise were married and Jay played the game with us. I had met Mark through the game and moved across country to be closer to him when I was offered my dream job in his area....
***Names have been changed to fictitious to protect my playmates*** My good friend Tara has asked me earlier in the week to come by on Friday for a night out. She and I had dated but nothing ever really became of it, I guess just poor timing between relationships for us both. So going over I thought nothing of it more than a normal night out maybe to dinner...
I had one hell of a week at work. I thought for sure that I was going to be fired on several occasions, but I managed to survive and on my last day of my week, I was blessed with a fairly easy evening. But before that easy night, Trainer had called to let me know that he was coming over and take me out to lunch. There was a sense of urgency that I never he...
Carol struggled with the Christmas tree that Miss. Collins paid her ten dollars to tie it on top of the car for her. Carol was so happy for it meant she would be able to eat a hot meal tonight. She lifted the six-foot tree over her head when suddenly she felt a sharp pain in her chest and left arm that knocked her to the ground, her eyes rolled into the back...
"Steven, you have to do something about Maria." Those were the words that greeted me when I got home from a hard day's work. Not something I wanted to hear. Let me introduce the cast of characters. I'm Steven, a lovable young man, handsome, intelligent, fit, gainfully employed, financially well off, and a lawyer. The person lodging their complaint with m...
Kim woke up on the living room floor. She got up, and walked into the kitchen. Her Daddy was sitting at the table with a worried look on his face. She noticed the letter next to his coffee cup. "What's the matter, Daddy? Is something wrong?" He looked up at his daughter, not saying a word, he handed the letter to her. Kim opened it the rest of the way and...