His mother had warned him never to hitchhike. He should have listened to her. Of course, it had seemed like a good idea at the time. How the hell else was he going to get down to Salinas when his truck had a busted timing chain? It had seemed an even better idea when the woman had finally picked him up after he had stood beside the dark road for what seemed...
Hello there, Sorry this has taken a while I have been laid up with tonsilitis and writers block - not the best combination. Am glad you all hate Roni with such ferocity, she is a bitch isn't she!. Once again, thanks very much for your comments and please continue to do so - it's such a great way for me to learn. Thanks very much again and I hope you enjoy th...
His son takes his place when his elderly Dad takes his last tumble. My Dad took a fall last week. It was a bad one. He broke his hip. The doctor warned me saying that it was all downhill from here. My Dad's been falling a lot lately, but this may be his last fall. Having to face reality, it's so sad to think my Dad is so very old and is on his way out. Ye...
Mariah was noticing that Grant was sure looking around out of the car windows a lot. At one point he pointedly slouched down barely noticeable but he did slouch. Mariah suddenly slammed on the brakes throwing him forward. "What the hell did you do that for?" Grant said shocked. "What's the matter with you? I don't have to take you to my home tonight Grant....
Chapter 6: The kindness mindgame Present day When Mariah awoke, she was grateful that Master Jonas had covered her with a blanket while she slept. That seemed an unusual kindness in him. But then she remembered. Master Jonas was years ago. This was the new mindgame. Animal was sitting on the floor, leaning against the wall, a pad of paper on his knees....
Chapter 7: Wounds Present day Mariah held the crook of Master Gabriel's arm. She tried not to lean on it too heavily. She could feel his warmth radiating through his shirtsleeve. He smelled good. Clean, like rain. She had never particularly noticed the smell of a master before, except their breath when it was hot and rancid on her face. The old memory of...
Chapter 12: Stretched Present day When Jordyn finished showing Mariah the stretches, she brought saddles into the stall. She seemed to assume that Mariah would want to help her clean and condition them. Somewhat to her own surprise, Mariah did not refuse. In answer to Jordyn's question, Mariah struggled to describe where she had ridden with Gabriel ear...
After a series of letters guided her to build some kind of temporal cannon, Mariah finds herself elsewhen, and the world she has left behind thinks she is lost forever. The world she is in, is not a safe place to be, however. ... "A Causal loop." Ian determined with the help of some of the other physics team who were helping him. Mariah's body now lay on a...
San Francisco. Mariah walked out of the Bordello. She was getting sick and tired of that place. Sick and tired of working endlessly to satisfy the depraved desires of those people. How she loathed them. Since she began working at the Bordello, she had seen a side of humanity she had never thought was possible. The worst imaginable side. She was just anoth...
Amy stormed into her dorm room and threw her books on her desk. "Damnit, I'm freaking failing this class!" Her roommate Carey looked up at her, wide eyed, from her computer. "What class is it?" she asked, eyeing her rather angry friend. "Stupid Computer Science! I fucking hate it, but I need the stupid credit!" Amy snarled, her voice sharp. "The prof...