Epilogue Snapshots of moments in Will and Lucy's Lives. ———— Work Party: Lucy age 19, Will age 36 ———— It's the annual Precinct Police Party and this year it's at our place. In a time-honoured Australian tradition, Kate throws a barbecue and pool party for the event. We spend the morning making food, storing drinks and getting the house ready for a...
Chapter Thirty-Three: Rejection and Acceptance When I woke, I was in Alistair's tent. For the second time. I mostly could tell it was his tent on account of the fact that he was lying in it, right beside me. There's not a lot of room in a bedroll, really, so I was plastered to his side while he was on his back, arms up and hands behind his head. He jumped...
Chapter Twenty-Nine: Love and War In the morning I was, unsurprisingly, exhausted. Morrigan and I packed up, just in case, but stayed put. I ended up dozing by the fire, not sleeping deeply enough to repeat the dreams from the night before. I had just shut my eyes, it seemed, when Morrigan was shaking me, one hand clamped over my mouth. I opened my eyes and...
Chapter Forty-Three: Best Laid Plans "So, I had something to ask you." His tone was strange, but I couldn't place it. I stepped across the room, gathering up the pile of clothes I'd left at the foot of the bed when I'd unpacked earlier. "Keep talking. I'm going to change my clothes. Why don't you change out here?" I ducked into the curtained area, forcing...
Chapter Four Frankie Comes Home For Lunch Carmela Robles fumbled through her key ring as she struggled to hold four plastic bags of groceries with one hand, until she finally found the correct key to her apartment's front door. Impatiently, the olive skinned twenty-three year old jabbed the key into the reluctantly yielding deadbolt, turning the knob merci...
Chapter 59 Joan's Tales – Part 4 Joan had stayed late at the university to spend some time catching up on the latest marketing trends. Hers was an interesting course and each semester there were new angles to the marketing sector that she wanted to include in her lectures. Marketing dynamics had always fascinated her, especially when it came to the visual...
"No way!" Anna laughed, peering over her shoulder at the computer screen. "It is, look." Dorien gestured at the screen, her face bright in its blue glow. This was unreal. So unreal that she started to feel a little unsettled. Behind her, on the sofa, she heard Debbie giggling, high pitched, hilarious. "Who is it?" Anna said. "Don't know. There's some us...
BETHS' SUMMER BREAK Part 7 – Cider With Josie While Gina is away, Josie, one of her oldest friends contacts Beth. Josie wants to play games and Beth is eager to participate. Over the course of an incident filled day she learns something to her advantage and finds out what is behind the locked door in Gina's bedroom. All characters portrayed are fictional...
Months had gone by since I woke up in my mother's body. I still wasn't sure what had happened to her, but I could only assume the mysterious visitor who came to visit me that fateful night honored his agreement and gave mom the happy life I wished her to have. As for me, I was dealing with this new life, completely different from the one I had. I used to be...
Chapter 12 I awoke to the sound of my alarm. Only it didn't sound like my alarm but something was definitely beeping at me. I was confused. Had Jess got a new clock? I tried to look over to see what time it was but I couldn't turn my head and the speed of the beeping picked up. It was at this time that the pain in my body kicked in and I groaned loudly and...