Tuesday morning, my alarm jolted me awake at 6 o'clock sharp, as usual for a Tuesday. Normally a quick riser, it took me a moment or two to orient myself. Scenes flashed through my mind in random order as I tried to determine my place is the cosmos: a vague recollection of struggling up from the living room floor to my bedroom, setting my alarm clock and c...
Kiran woke up the next day to a flurry of messages on his phone, both on the SMS and WhatsApp. While they had been romping around, there had been a few announcements. Their Prime Minister had announced a country wide lockdown. The new virus had entered India and was multiplying quickly. While the increase in numbers were high by itself, it was lower than exp...
This is a continuation of the story about Merna. Really need to read story in sequence to understand it. Rose and Merna start their life together in Merna's house. The next day, Sunday, I told Merna about the interaction between Jerome and Jeff. She seemed relieved, saying, "You know I was worried about him becoming violent but with Jerome and Tiny involve...
In the Spring of 2005 Erin and I bought the house next door. This left us in the position to rent out the house to anyone we believed would be stable renters. After doing some major repairs we began interviewing renters and decided on a couple who lived fairly simple lives and who also enjoyed the mountains immensely. I was hoping that perhaps I could find...
It was becoming dusk when my car slowed to an inevitable standstill. The air around us was muggy and warm, the faint sound of Reggae music drifting down from some tower block party. We had, ourselves, been heading for a party of certainly more salubrious design than the one that we could currently hear, but a wrong turn somewhere in the city had brought us t...
It'd been almost six weeks since I was purchased by David. He had shared with me what information he had gathered so far. I had met all the key players and it was just a matter of finding an in. I had resisted at first, but David aka Lieutenant Stephens, had pulled rank on me. I had to join the other prominent wives little social club. David thought it woul...
Gail shields her eyes from the hot Alabama summer sun, remaining calm but sometimes giving furtive glances over at her son and his friend moving all his worldly possessions in neat, cardboard boxes. They heft two over each shoulder, using the leverage from their legs to hoist the weight — both athletes and in the prime of their lives. Her son, Matthew, is em...
The neighborhood seemed neat, quiet, and well-established, a lot like Bette herself. The little apartment building fit the surroundings comfortably. I checked my directions one more time, and found her door, number three. I noted the silly coincidence -- this was to be the third time we'd been together. As I raised my hand to knock on the door, I noticed tha...
Elliot slammed the bedroom door behind him. Grabbing the banister and almost jumping down the stairs, he grabbed his jacket off the hallway rack and was out the door. Pausing only slightly at the front steps, he moved to his car and started the engine. Afraid to go and afraid to stay, he backed out of the driveway and headed toward downtown, not knowing wher...
Chapter 1: Truth This is the first in a series of three chapters. A Million Dollar Deal Ch 1: Truth A Million Dollar Deal Ch 2: Dare A Million Dollar Deal Ch 3: The Cake Enjoy! /Icingsugar She felt the sun in her face minutes before she actually woke up. When she slowly drifted out of sleep she would see the sunshine as an orange hue on the inside of her e...