Tam and Toni had been laughing in the bedroom at the guys sitting out there, wondering what was going on. "Did you see the look on their faces when you walked in," Tam laughed. "Yes," Toni replied. A.J., looked as if he were going to fall out of his chair. "Well, he only thought he knew was going on tonight. He didn't realize, I am the one running this show,...
When they had finished dinning, Sophie and Domenic went wandering through the casino. People from all walks of life were playing at the gaming tables, tourists mingling with locals, all excited by the atmosphere and the thrill of the risk. There was a frantic Australian game of "two up" being played, a gambling game in which two coins are tossed in the air a...
"You have a great voice" she said with a smile. Stark smiled back a little taken aback. He took his coffee off the counter. "Thankyou...uh, you don't have a name tag on" She was something. He could tell she was a "knockout" even though she wore flannels and a smock that was coffee stained and had ice cream drips down the front from making too many smoothi...
People say it's drab in court. It's all oak and marble and some little guy sitting on a big bench with a long black robe. The lawyers drone on and on and on about codes and statutes and their stupid little motions they think are so important. And then there's me. In the big-ass courtroom, with all those guys in their black and gray suits, I sometimes feel li...
The darkness fell around them like a large black blanket as they walked down the lonely street of the small town. The sounds of the children playing had vanished, and all that remained was the quiet sound of their feet slapping against the wet road. The clouds had broken earlier and both Nathan and Wendy were soaked. They had ignored the steady rain and cont...
The oil was warming in a bowl of hot water. I had blended it myself - vitamin E oil in which I had soaked vanilla beans and added an eyedropper of ylang-ylang. The two foam mats were laid out on the floor making a double bed and the sheet was spread over them. The room was my studio, wooden floors, stained glass windows, and a bookshelf containing Japanese...
A jingle of the keys in the lock on the front door, and Lexi was home at last, her green eyes dilating just a bit to adjust to the complete darkness within the living room. Everyone was asleep, just as she had suspected. Mom was rather successful in her career, but it demanded a lot out of her in turn, and Steph never was a night owl, Lexi's sister rather en...
[AUTHORS NOTE: This is the conclusion of a series and will thus make a whole lot more sense and, I hope, be more rewarding, if you read the first five parts before reading this final entry] Stein's Girl: 6 - Quietus Samuel stumbled into the room, still holding up his pants. Angelique followed right behind and she did not give him much time to collect his t...
The ringing of the phone wakes me, and I fumble with it until I finally get it open. No one there....oops it was a text message that read, "girl, get your lazy ass out of bed...my house 30 minutes." The sender is well known to me and a smile spreads slowly as I look at the clock. Climbing out of bed and stretching, the phone rings again, text message..."do...
She sits across the table from him. The smoke is thick in the room, those surrounding the table are hovered close, watching, waiting, fascinated by the drama of the moment. His expression hasn't changed in the last 20 minutes. She notes his arrogance. His eyes reveal that he is sure of his victory. Behind his expression there is the underlying, smoldering lu...