Wednesday had me back at work with Lori Ann. Wow, had my life changed since I last saw her. We got checked in and the other guards left. "How was your weekend?" She asked. Our weekends are on Monday & Tuesday. "Pretty good. Some ups and downs. But, with some surprises." "Not for me. I either work, sleep, or have the kids to watch. There is never a momen...
Chapter 16 I was relieved that my visitors were always a few days or at least a week apart so I had a chance to recuperate. I put the GPS in the Suv and continued on my adventure to meet and name my neighbors. I thought I would go over to where I thought Grace lived and see if indeed she was living there or just visiting. The house was just a mile or so ou...
This story is really about Lorelei whom I now call Lori, but a little background is in order to fully understand the principles in this sordid tale. My name is Trey, named that because I was my parent's third son, seventh and last child, but third son. I have two children that the world would call steps, but to me they are mine, Benjamin and Rebecca (who mos...
I was sitting at a table in one of the many restaurants on this ship, looking at Sydney Harbour as the ship slowly moved towards the open sea. I was reflecting on the rush I had to travel one thousand kilometres from Melbourne to Sydney in time for the midday departure of this cruise. First, the rush by taxi to the Greyhound Terminal for the overnight bus to...
"I saw Cynthia Larsen at the grocery store today. She told me Jack came home to run the family business while his brother, Jeff, recovers from his accident," stated Brenda Johnson to her daughter, Laura. "Jack?" asked Laura, as she suddenly decided to place a can of peas as deeply into the pantry as possible. "Yes, Jack. You remember him, don't you? He's y...
Enjoying her discomfort, Michael began to look through the Wal-Mart bags to find a thong, her shampoo and conditioner, soap and other bathroom things she might need to take a shower, he sat these on the table. Next he looked in the bag from Madame's and grabbed the cream colored top that he had picked out, these went on the table too. Lastly he looked throug...
"Mr. Beckett? Do you have a minute, sir?" The minor league manager had been staring out the window for a good ten minutes, and his players had all noticed. So had the two assistant coaches. One of them mentioned it to the other and suggested they go see what was wrong. "Nope. Not goin' in there," his fellow assistant said. "He'll work it out." "I hope so....
Micheal Scott McKinley sat on his bunk absently reading a seven year old wrinkled and dusty copy of a dated National Geographic from the prison library. An article about a failed attempt by several mountaineers to scale Mount Everest had vaguely caught his eye. Being an adrenaline junkie his whole life, McKinley had sill not gotten use to the stale, monoto...
(Author's Note: The idea for this story was suggested to me by my number one fan, Kevin, a great guy with the most unique imagination. I hope all my readers enjoy this story as much as I have enjoyed writing it!) Chapter 1 The Smith family had lived in Point Lookout, North Carolina a good long time. Some residents can attest that the family had settled the...
It felt like days had passed since Mr. Hughes, Dr. Trainor, and Samir had left after she'd been examined. Apparently, she was healing rather well, and with any luck, the doctor had told her, she would be able to be up and about in just a few more days. It wasn't her incision keeping her down, he'd assured her, it was the hypotension that she was affected by...