Going Home Sherry turned and threw her arms around he husband Dean. "Honey, thank you so much. I know that we will be 'So' happy." Dean kissed her neck, and echoed her feelings, "I think so too baby." On the other side of the door, Troy smiled and began his walk, up the street, to his home. His mind was a whirl, with all of this new information. He had re...
Penelope and Billie help me get dressed into my dress uniform for my retirement ceremony. As always, I am wearing the pants and not the skirt with it. My ribbons are measured, the metal and buttons are polished, and my shoes are shined. I pull by hair into a tight bun and adjust it so my cap can remain firmly on. Chief of Police gave me the go ahead to dress...
Chapter 1: The Trip I dropped Janice off at the airport in plenty of time for her flight to Oakland. This was her annual summer pilgrimage to the San Francisco Bay area to see family and friends. Two weeks in the Bay Area for her, while I stayed behind in sunny Spokane. Since we bought ten acres four years ago, one of us had to stay with the property during...
Chapter 1 Dana was late getting home from work on Wednesday evening. Troy, her husband, waited on her for dinner, but by 7 PM, when she wasn't there, he gave up and ate some warmed up leftovers. He was getting worried. Troy had called her cell phone a few times and texted her, but she didn't answer. He tried to call her office, but since it was past five o'...
Alan Meadows yawned and looked at the morning sky and rubbed his flat gut affectionately. The breakfast of mixed grains and skimmed milk following by one piece of buttered toast topped by a skimming of peanut butter (for taste) was better for his health than bacon, eggs and two pieces of fried bread. Oh yeah? "Yeah," he grunted from the deck of his boat...
I stopped over at Rosie's Diner, finally getting a quick bite to eat to satisfy the pain in my ass known as my stomach. Along with his hot looking waitress, Annie, Rosie was the best fry cook in town. Rumor has it he could flip three burgers at the same time with his eyes closed. I have yet to see that trick. I showed them both the holo disc of Prudence; to...
April 2004, Allen Richards was sitting in his apartment going over his daughter's wedding plans. His ex-wife and daughter along with a wedding planner had planned a very elaborate wedding. He followed the plan known as "Triple S" (sit down, shut-up and shell out). As a devoted father, he was happy to do it. Allen grew up in rural South Carolina. He was the...
The near-silence of the tree-shaded streets was shattered by the most sorrowful song Cindy had ever heard. "Why you still insist on listening to country music is beyond me,' she said. 'Either the woman is cheating, leaving or dying....' she had remarked, once, 'or his dog and truck died." Soon, the heavily lemon-scent of eucalyptus trees, their branches lad...
That evening, as I was eating my dinner, I got a call from Henry. He let me know that his sister-in-law was going to be ok, a few broken bones but nothing that was life threatening. Then he apologized for leaving me alone in his house. I told him that it was fine and that I fully understood the situation and that it was not a problem. I assured him that I mi...
Every Tuesday morning at nine minutes past ten Kay says to her husband, "I'm off to town Tom." Tom always replies, "Have a nice time dear," then he laughs and says, "Give him my best wishes." Kay smiles and replies, "I will dear," and then leaving the house she makes her way to the bus stop and catches the nine fifteen bus into the CBD. Had Tom known it...