Monday always began with a meeting, and this Monday morning was no different from any other. We were all sitting around the long wooden table in the conference room, listening to one voice after another explaining how good their department was. Everyone was showing graphs over the growth of our company, but somehow it all seemed so distant from the reality w...
We made it back from France with an additional person in our retinue and 3 days before the start of the next term. It had been an interesting holiday for everyone. The fledgling jewelry enterprise that Jane and I were funding was really taking off. There was, also, huge interest in the US for Bea and Nils' line of jewelry after Bea's paintings had garnered s...
Note: Thanks for the kind responses to the first part. Here is the second part to the origins of The Seducer. Last part to follow next week. For James, the moment seemed frozen in time. Every movement was painfully slow and exaggerated. He could see each individual tear form in Allison's eyes and watched helplessly as they made their slow descent down her c...
You step off a private jet that had picked you up at your local airport in your hand is a notice that you had received by mail that you are invited to a big named casino in Las Vegas you ponder the notification after all you didn't enter any contests that you know of. Well, you haven't had a vacation in a long time so why not go and have some fun. "Chri...
Part 1: An Impossible Situation I was still waking up in what we were arbitrarily calling the morning when Clarissa and Augusta came to visit me, which was unfortunate, because I'd taken to sleeping naked -- the House was happy to keep my room warm enough, we still didn't have much choice in clothes, and I didn't feel inclined to sleep in a shapeless robe-go...
Gwen had lived in the valleys of Wales all of her life. She was now 51 and had lived alone ever since her mother died 6 years earlier. She was naturally a shy lady that hardly ever socialized apart from her attendance at her Chapel and the odd church outing. Working in a solicitor's office was quiet and predictable which suited her nature. Gwen's love life...
To my editor, Katherine, my thanks for pointing out the mistakes and straightening out the tangles. To her, the credit. The mistakes are all mine. This tale includes characters that readers of my work will remember from 'Change of Plan'. This episode starts towards the end of the following week. Now read on... * * * * * * Anne Evans looked across at her d...
Hello! Sorry I've been gone for so long. Y'all know how life goes. A special thanks to my super amazing editor. Feel Free to leave constructive feedback if you please. Thank you for reading and I hope you enjoy it! * My toes are going numb. Erin Wright stared down at her thin boots, soaked through by the snow. She wiggled her numbing toes, willing them...
Paul Overton looked at the instruments and shook his head. The engine temperature looked a high again, and he leaned forward and tapped the gauge with his finger. The little needle crept upward, hovered just short of the red. "Shit! Goddamned piece of shit!" He slowed and stopped at the red light, looked at an old woman trundling by in the crosswalk, and wo...
Alex watched as his girlfriend clicked up the driveway to their home in her towering platform heels. Their cottage was secluded amongst the trees in northern Oregon, tucked into one of the many wooded areas of this state. The little bits of light peeking through the trees shone off her latex skirt, the same one her boss had forced as part of her uniform. Thi...