#15: The Wedding Present Julie's choice was to get married on a gondola at the Venetian in Las Vegas. I was a little surprised she would choose to go back to Vegas after the years she spent as a working girl there, but as I thought about it I imagined she might have seen plenty of bridal parties there while she was working and felt some envy, not expecting...
The first month of fall on Cape Cod hosted by Debra, his only aunt and her husband Gene had come as one of those invitations only a newt would decline, so Danny Fellows quit his job as a financial consultant and headed for the US, figuring to stay in for six months -- spending the other five months wandering around. Entry was no problem because although he...
Hall Pass (38) Walt and Liz at the Club By: LewdLuke *** A half hour later, as I finished dressing I sensed Liz behind me. She said, "Close your eyes and turn around." I complied. She said, "Open." My new lover posed in front of me in a most beautiful dress. It was longer than the cocktail dresses Linda usually wore but there was a slit on the left side...
Torn between running for her life, or bravely facing him down, although wondering if she was crazy, Elise chose the latter. Holding her head high, doing her best to look calm, despite the fact that her legs were shaking pretty damn hard, she approached the bed, meeting her Master's gaze head on. No matter how unnerving, she had to admit, seeing him gloriousl...
Turbulence on landing was rough, especially for a private jet. My attention left the magazine I was browsing to look out at the Las Vegas landing strip. Dusk in the desert. The bright, twinkling lights glowed in the distance. How had I gotten talked into this one? "Jessa, ready to go?" my fiancee's voice broke into my thoughts. Looking into his chocolate b...
A famous psychologist of a later age would declare that there are no accidents. But is it true? Surely on that June evening in 1886, when Miss Julia Bannister's bedroom door was left slightly open as she dressed for dinner, surely that was just an accident. And it was surely an accident that her cousin by marriage, Lewis Wellman, happened to walk down the h...
Chapter 1: Opening Moves I: The crime scene was located in suburbia Virginia, in a nondescript middle-class cul de sac. I pulled up in my beige sedan as a team of agents with "FBI" on their windbreakers were loading up. They all gave me one look. None of them gave me a second. I try to be unworthy of second glances, both through my attire and a few magica...
Two female security guards hovered over me. They reminded me of amazons. Each of them was at least six feet tall and had a lean, yet athletic look about them. I was only five foot, nine and one-hundred and twenty pounds. They made me seem small and ineffectual by comparison. Each of them had an iron grip on my arm and refused to let go as they led me down...
I was sitting atop Lookout Rock when I saw the trail of dust indicating a vehicle coming up the road. As it approached I could make out the boxy design of a minivan. So far, so good. It turned from the road onto the private drive that led to our property. My heart beat faster and my mouth went dry. Yes, that was the one I'd been anticipating. I waited as the...
It was almost noon, Saturday, when Janice found herself standing outside Edward and Yvonne's house. She took a deep breath and rang the doorbell. By the time it was answered Janice was the very picture of composure, with an easy smile plastered on her face. Quite different from how she'd looked or felt a few days ago when she discovered she may have once sto...