Author's note: We have received lots of feedback from you, our readers, on our stories, and we appreciate all the helpful hints and the constructive criticism. Several of you have asked us to submit "The stories"…, you know, the ones that got all of this started. So, we decided to include them, from time to time as we tell our continuing story. Since Richard...
My pride took a nose dive as Mr. Chambers sent back my third draft. I'd been working on the proposal for almost a month now and every time I fixed something, my boss found new errors. I was almost sure it because I was a woman. Everyone else on the board loved it, but he got the final say and he kept sending it back. I'd been with the company for about four...
Chapter 3: Go With The Flow She said I'll throw myself away They're just photos after all I can't make you hang around I can't wash you off my skin.... Outside the frame, Is what you're leaving out You won't remember anyway... Queens of the Stone Age-Go With The Flow He sat in his car, absently tapping his thigh with his fingers, glancing at the building...
Author's note: This story is set in the fictional country of Upper Danubia. Those unfamiliar with Danubia might want to check out EC's excellent novels first since those are the original works my story is based on. My characters are original but nearly everything else was borrowed from EC's fiction (caligula97236). --------- Chapter 1: Information Bandits...
Esau called the office to check his messages, and then he left one for Lauren. When he heard her voice, a smile immediately crossed his face. It had only been a few hours, well almost a day, and he was already missing her. He couldn't help wondering once again if Lauren would have come with him. "Stop it. You are being silly. She works for you. Of course sh...
You have to love the ladies who work real estate for a living. They work hard, you know it is, visiting those beautiful houses on the shore, having a few cocktails for lunch. All kidding aside, working weekends gets old and these ladies do whatever it takes to make a deal happen. I found out first hand how much they work firsthand. My work truck had blown a...
Hi everyone, This is the final chapter of Petra. I hope you enjoy it. ****** "If you could be anywhere in the world right now, where would you be" The presenter asked. Petra sat listening to the presentation. She was excited that her coworker invited her to this special meeting at first, but now she was just uncomfortable. Everyone had an answer, but n...
My story was like a thousand others - a hundred thousand others - and it took place every day of the week. Get up in the morning and my lovely wife of twelve years would fix my breakfast, wish me a good day at work kiss me goodbye and send me on my way. Go to work, put in my eight to ten hours and then head home to the loving wife who had dinner ready and on...
A number of times since I had first met my lover Debbie, she had told me that she was anxious to find herself her own job. She said that her husbands income was insufficient and meant that she did not have the personal freedom that she yearned. I agreed that on occasions it had been difficult for her to get out to see me without taking risks, and I along wit...
Bank of America manager Laura Davidson was in her office, going over paperwork about a customers mortgage finance, when she got a call from one of her tellers at the window. "Hello Mrs. Davidson, I have a Mr. James here, he would like to talk to you about some fees and charges he's disputing", it was Breanne, a newer teller on the other end. It had alrea...