CHAPTER NINE Back to Normal Lena had decided to call him Faustus. It meant lucky or fortunate. He was indeed that, and proved it many times over with his endless, near-disastrous antics. From nearly falling off the ledge of our picture window onto the rocky slope below, to narrowly escaping Shala's hoof as it swung at his head after he'd tripped her goin...
Alexander struggled up from the dark floating surrender of sweet unconsciousness. Images flashed through his mind as he fought back the sirens call to simply continue floating in the comforting black nothingness. Stumbling down the embankment. The feeling of helplessness. Stones biting into his knees as he wrestled with the unyielding door. Finally pulli...
If a breaking heart had a distinct sound, Olan knew he was hearing it now. The cry coming from Niko's throat could only be described as a bellow of rage and horror, much as a wounded lion crying its death knell. Olan was at a loss in the face of a pain so raw. He could only stand and watch as Niko shattered right in front of him. Walking around the front o...
Strong sexual content. Thanks for the suggestion someone gave me for this story. * Ben finished the board meeting and everyone stood around and talked for a while. Ben worked his way to his office and checked his computer for any messages that had come in during the meeting. He returned the call on the only one there and prepared to leave for the day. He...
I debated on the title but finally decided to just leave it as it first came to me. This is fiction. The towns named are real but that is all that is real. The events and people are all figments of my imagination. There is very little sex and no one under the age of eighteen is involved. Sorry if you are looking for a stroke story. I am not talented enough t...
LE-FEMME MEETS THE PARENTS I know that was it, I literally parked one block away from were my parents live. I put the top up and we got out. "Nice area here. Is this were you used to live?" "Yes." We started walking down the street, and we passed my parents apartment. "That's were my parents live." "Nice building. Aren't you going to stop by and say H...
REPORTING -- CRUNCH TIME Ten married ladies had left from Houston for a week's holiday in Las Vegas as members of the Houston Wives Club. Their eyes have been opened to so many different moralities, attitudes and sights that they are no longer really describable as innocent wives from highly protected environments letting their hair down and able to return...
Big thanks to my editor, goddess9991. Without her efforts, this would be illegible drivel. Marie and I were serving drinks at a post-wedding-rehearsal-dinner party our boss' restaurant had catered. It was a fun group, the wedding guests about a hundred-twenty strong and the crowd sticking around for the after-dinner party somewhere in the sixty or seventy r...
It had not only been one hell of a day, it'd been one of those days that make you think about changing careers. I wasn't sure that Jase Conrad Investigations had a long future, at least, not if I had many more days like this. Surely, somewhere in Nashville, Tennessee, there was a rich widow who needed a live-in someone to polish her pipes, so to speak. I've...
While sweeping the hallway, or emptying the trash cans, or making sure the bathrooms had paper towels and toilet paper, Orrin thought about Emily. So what if I'm the janitor and she's a lawyer's personal assistant, I'm just as good as anyone who works at Ainsworth and Thelin...she'll see. Orin was determined to get up the nerve to ask her out. He believed...