Sure enough, the gaggle of young women was seen approaching at ten minutes past three. Ralph and Frank always found it interesting how the girls walked in twos or in fours. It was almost a military formation, as the first of them were a sort of buffer to the girls that strode in the middle, and so were the last few. Always, one short and pretty blonde and on...
True to his word, he called a few days later. We talked for a little while, catching up on what had been going on over the past few days. He and the scouting team had finalized their plans, and it looked like production would begin in a few months, which meant that he’d be back in Texas for awhile. He had talked to a few people about looking at my manuscrip...
Renee had never been one of those girls who dreamed of babies and small children running around -- all she ever pictured for her future was a successful career and a beautiful studio apartment in a high rise loft in downtown Denver with a beautiful view of the mountains. She had all of that, a successful career as an accountant for a CPA firm with a bright f...
It was a nice Valentine's Day as the married couple finished their walk on one of the few days in Houston that wasn't over hundred degrees with hundred percent humidity, but then again they wouldn't be able to have the house they do if it was nice weather year round. The sun was setting after a peaceful Valentine's Day spending it with the Grandparents but n...
Unfortunately for Lord Ulrich neither brie nor Princess zara traveled away from the Duke's home without an escort. This would prove problematic when trying to capture either of the two ladies. He was biding his time though. He would have one of them if it was the last thing he did. The hired mercenaries were growing restless as the time dragged on. He would...
So Meliel the Elf was a wizard. She really wasn't sure how to feel about that. "But I don't know how to play this stupid game," she said. "You must go to the city of Rulesberg," said the wise old elves. "There you will meet the One Who Knows the Goddamn Rules. Perhaps he will take you as an apprentice." "But I'm only level one and know like three spells....
I came home early from a business trip and found a strange car in my driveway. Now, I've read enough of these stories to know what that means. It's a cliché for a reason. Rather than just barge through the front door with guns blazing, I figured I'd do a little detective work. I parked my car down the road and backtracked to the rear of our house. I crouched...
Ivy nearly passed out the moment she laid her head down. Her brain was too tired of absorbing all that it had taken in. Plot and counterplot and revelation, all demanding to be made sense of. It was too much for her. Too much for anyone. And resolving to be Batman's—Bruce's—it was like a ten-ton load off her back. No more frenetic scheming and then preempti...
Chapter VI -Birthday-Party at Ironforge- Lucy kept her eyes closed and inhaled the scent of the brine deeply. She sat on the railing of a ship, sailing through the waters of the great ocean from Rut'theran to Stormwind harbor. The sea was calm that morning; and so the ship was tossed only a little. But the cute gnomish girl felt safe anyway in the arms of...
Chuck needed to learn the art of seduction and despite everything that computer in his brain could help him do, it could not turn him into the arrogant, suave, confident guy that was sometimes required on these missions. So when Carina came to town for a visit to see her best friend and find out how her new relationship with Chuck, or as Carina put it, "ongo...