Clint pulled the half dozen blankets on his bed over himself even tighter in the hopes it would stop his shivering at least until the next round of sweating hit him. He'd had the flu before but never this bad. He probably should have stayed in bed all day, but there was no way he was missing his only daughter's graduation from college. Even in the heated aud...
The phone rang. It was Margaret. "Hi!" I think I'd forgotten I had a best friend. I think she'd been out of town or something. God, the last time I'd seen her had been on another planet! "Hi! "Yeah, I'm fine - good. I'm good. "...not much. Not much. How about you? "Un-hunh. Uh-hunh. Uh-hunh. Yeah, we should definitely do that. Definitely. Okay. Okay. '...
"Look guys, don't worry about her. I'll make everything right tomorrow. She put me through hell, letting me think she was having an affair with a man I hate. It was the worst three weeks of my life going through doubt, denial, resignation and rage. She deserves it, every part of suffering she's had to go through this week, to learn what kind of hell she put...
My feet step slowly up the spiraling stone steps to my chambers. Today had not gone well. The Vorn defeated our forces at Furun River Crossing. On top of that, our neighboring country rejected my plea for aid. My people are dying. I am running out of options. Two guards open the brass doors to my private chamber. Before I enter, I command, "Lock the doors....
Dry Valley Ch. 02 ~ Bucked-tooth Bailey "Ringggg.......ringgggg....." Bailey heard the shrill tone of the phone as she struggled through the front door with two brown bags of groceries. Just as she made her way to the shining counter-top of her small kitchen and picked up the phone, one of the bags toppled over spilling its contents to the floor. "At least...
This morning I had an appointment to get a filling replaced and a cavity that was just starting to appear, filled. I had been getting headaches for a while, so I had been to my doctor and he had given me some pills to take if the pain got too bad. He had also suggested that I see the dentist, as he figured that my teeth might be the source of the pain. The p...
The waiting room was cold, as was typical of a dentist's office, and the long low drone of the fluorescent lights overhead hypnotized most into a daze. The sterile linoleum room was graced with old magazines and pamphlets to pass the time, along with a small flatscreen television that cycled endlessly through the same commercial. Serenity watched it attenti...
Alicia struggled through the day. Jon had asked to pick Hope up from school today. Combined with coming home to find him asleep on her couch, and waking up to him, it was just too close to those could-bes that she had imagined since she looked into his eyes that first day. There was no doubt left in her mind - she loved him. The question was - how could sh...
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I took a sip of my second Guiness and turned off the tele. Well, I thought, I’m going home tomorrow, it’s now or never. I looked at the card Elizabeth had given to me before I left London and dialed the number. I was a little nervous, but ready. A male voice answered in Spanish-accented English, “Good evening, special services. May I help you?” “Good eveni...