On January 2nd of the following year Ken received a notice in the mail saying that the trial of the two men who were suspected of stealing his car would be held the following week. He was not being called as a witness since he had not actually seen the theft, but that he was welcome to attend the trial to witness the outcome if he so desired. If the defendan...
Authors Note: Thank you to everyone left comments or sent me feedback about the resumption of the story. Thank you also to Margaret who gave this a quick proofread for me. I hope you enjoy this chapter. ~ellie ***** Peri woke up alone and wondered why Josh hadn't woken her when he had risen. She stretched her aching body smiling at the long night she had e...
To the readers: You may want to read the original story, "Was He Guilty?" before reading this story. I will mention a number of things from the first story. If you read the original story, it may make this story easier to understand. I felt that the story was left with to many unanswered questions. A big thank you to Estragon for editing this story. Chapter...
Chapter 5 -- Two Dukovs in Court Vladim Dukov was a Spokesman-for-the-Criminal. He son Vladik was a police officer. It was only a matter of time before Vladim would become the Spokesman for defendants arrested by his son. The same day his daughter's school uniform issue was "settled", at least in Vladim Dukov's mind, Vladik arrested two burglars. Over the...
Junie had barely come to live with her new owners when ugly reality intruded on their idyllic world. Her search for a Master had caught the attention of a serial killer and she had barely escaped being his next victim. He was caught and facing trial; but now Junie had to testify. The whole idea of leaving her new home was more than she could bear to think ab...
This is the fourth chapter of the parts expunged from the published Gulliver’s Travels. Chapter Four Griselda anoints me again. The fate of traitors discussed. Griselda kisses me. I am precipitated into a delicate position. My attendance at the trial arranged. I may inadvertently have given the impression at the end of the previous chapter that the day wa...
This is my first submission. I would like to thank xtchr for the very patient editing and the remarkable job he did catching my bad capitalization and punctuation. Unfortunately I added to this after he finished so a few mistakes may have sneaked in. He also gave me much needed encouragement. That said this is fiction. Yes I borrowed some from reality, but n...
Authors Note: Thank you to everyone left comments or sent me feedback about previous chapters of this story. Thank you to Margaret who proofread for me. I hope you enjoy this chapter. ~ellie ***** "For fucks sake," Nik raged at the constables who approached her cell. "If my Uncle is here to bail me out, he is in no danger from me." "Stand against the back...
Chapter 3: Calling Home Arthur really couldn't read the Danubian newspaper, but to pass the time before trial he started looking through the pictures. There were photographs of floods and fires as well as weather forecast graphics and comics like any other newspaper. But when Arthur found the front page it made him cringe, below the bold headline was a cri...
Once Lottie and Ms. Fury were done with their delightful torture of me, which was more like them wrenching their pleasure from me than pure torture, they released me from the stocks. I was given 10 minutes to use the bathroom and get ready for the next trial. Lottie stood in the bathroom with Her foot tapping as i used the toilet, then ran through a quick sh...