ONE. A pair of fingers snapped in front of Katy's face and she came back to reality with a jump. Shit, she'd been daydreaming, again, her eyes were open and she was facing forwards but she hadn't taken in anything for, well, who knew how long? Katy looked around to remind herself where she was. Right. University. In the big lecture theatre with a couple of...
After a decade of marriage you would assume that a couple would know each other inside and out, but the over the next few days that assumption would be blown out of the water. They had been planning for months their tenth wedding anniversary and the focus on romance and family had driven the organisation of the celebrations. There was to be a hotel lounge p...
He slowly lent against the door, dressed from top to bottom in a smart black suit. He watched her cross the room busy in her office, watching her at work, he decided he wanted her now. He sent a message for her that he was waiting in reception and sure enough she came out to meet him 5 minutes later. She was dressed in a conservative Knee length Black skirt...
"Goodbye! Don't worry about me too much. I can do it all by myself! I'm an adult now!" With these words Marina once again gives her parents a hearty farewell. Her mother even has tears in her eyes when she gets into the car. The father waves to her once more encouragingly from the open driver's window. With a heavy heart, Marina watches her parents...
1. "What would you like for your birthday?" I asked her. We sat in a quiet corner of the restaurant, half way through our meal. We came to The Bull often. It was our favourite restaurant. The food was always marvellous and they had an impeccable wine list. But it was more than this. The Bull was an old manor house with exposed beams, thick walls and uneven...
As they pulled up outside her house Sarah saw the curtains across the road move. "Mrs Smith knows I am home," she said, "Don't look, just get out and casually walk with me up to the door, no display of affection, we have just been to a business function. I knew she would be looking to see what time I came home." David got out of the car and came round to ope...
Caribbean Awakening Part 3 Jess awoke at just after 7 in the evening, after a lovely couple of hours' slumber. She looked over at Paul who was stirring as well. "Did you have a good fishing trip honey?" she asked Paul. "Yeah it was great. Met my match with that Tuna though. Shit, that took all my energy to get that one in. One of the guys snarled a Marlin...
Leslie organised the meeting with Stuart, Lewis and the school. Deeming it a 'matter of importance' their principal had made time the following day for a discussion. Leslie, however, was to be the only parent to attend. Stuart had declined to have either of his join and Leslie agreed to this. Leslie had complained to the school previously but this was to be...
************************************************* Copyright Oggbashan January 2013 The author asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work. This is a work of fiction. The events described here are imaginary; the settings and characters are fictitious and are not intended to represent specific places or living persons. This story is...
There was an air of despondency about the place. Times were hard, and much as it pained the boss, he had had to let some of them go. It wasn't easy, but with the way things were, it was trim down or go bust. Susan sat at her desk. She would be sad to leave, but then again it wasn't the end of the world for her. At least they didn't depend on her money to li...