Chapter 10: Redemption Redemption, if that's what it was, came not all at once, but in a slow, agonizing drift as the seconds, minutes, and hours drifted by like leaves on the surface of a slow moving river. Every minute that passed seemed to increase the odds of survival, but the passage of one minute to the next did not guarantee it. For the first hour...
Carol Simony, CEO of the Choplet-LaSalle Corporation and the richest woman in the USA, strode out of the Manila office building and across the sidewalk inside a wedge formed by her bodyguards; she ignored the cries of protest from the pedestrians who were jostled out of the way by her phalanx of thugs. So sure was she that her limo would be waiting that she...
From the time I got Lori's letter and learned what she had done, I had thought many times about what I would say to her if I ever saw her again. I had longed for the opportunity to vent my rage, to call her names and demand answers to all the questions she'd left behind. But when it actually happened, I was dumbfounded. I had never expected to see her again,...
Mark made it to the Paradise City dive shop just in time for his SCUBA class to begin. The front of the shop was cheerful and quirky, the walls lined with shelves full of diving gear and posters of colorful fish and boats. Mark spotted a list of offshore dive trips, which the shop owners led every day using one of their two boats docked at the harbor. Gath...
I wrapped my arms around Lara and kissed her deeply. I've had a lot of lovers over the centuries, and not all of them knew how to kiss. Mortal or immortal, some females just never acquire the knack. But Lara knew how to kiss. Lara probed my mouth with her tongue and we both made soft moaning sounds as my body seemed to fill with electric sparks of sexual ex...
Parts 1 - 8 available through my profile. Please feel free to leave feedback and comments. ***** Part 9 - The last few days of the holiday. As normal, Dan woke up before Hayley, so after opening all of the curtains, he decided to go for breakfast in the restaurant whilst she slept, but not before digging out his note from the other day instructing her to...
The ten-year old girl charged through the door into the kitchen with her eight year old brother two steps behind. She suddenly put on brakes, and her brother bumped into her back, complaining petulantly about his sister's sudden stop. The girl looked up at her mother and said happily, "Mommy, you look so pretty." Jason trailed his two children into the ki...
"So is this something else on your bucket list, Spencer?" "I've never been a fan of that term, but yes, it is something I've wanted to do for a very long time. When Jeff was alive we talked about it several times, but with both of us working and him deploying so often, it just never happened, you know?" "I understand. And sorry about my insensitive choice...
Chapter 1 Groggy and disoriented, Brian came slowly out of his deep sleep. His eyelids seemed to be shackled with weights as he forced them open and looked at the clock on the night table... 7:30 A.M. Turning over, he saw that the bed next to him was empty and thought that Sara was in the shower already. He lay quietly in the comfort and warmth of his bed...
Midnight at the Villa Diodati A Tale of Gothic Romance and Horror by Chloe Tzang © 2019 Chloe Tzang. All rights reserved. The author asserts a moral right to be identified as the author of this story. This story or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the author except for the...