Kate and I were discussing the many challenges families now face with the advent of DNA testing. After reading a recent news story of one family's surprising results, we came up with the following tale. As always, all characters are figments of our imagination and have no connection to any living or dead persons. "Let sleeping dogs lie" Ancient Proverb/Ori...
So apologies for misleading everyone with the last story, but there will actually be another chapter after this one; I assumed everything would be wrapped up this time but I followed the characters down a tangent I wasn't expecting. Hopefully you all don't mind. Thanks as always for the stars, comments, and support. Chip Key Nickname: value, favor, colo...
"What we talked about last night, you know I can never do that, right?" Karen was sitting on the edge of the bed. I was awake, barely. It had been an eventful night. "What?" I asked her, confused. My mind wasn't working so good yet. "Bring a client home... or anywhere else. I can never do that. Anyone I work with, either." It was coming back to me. I'd go...
There's not much dialogue in this one. It's mostly introspective storytelling and a tale of revenge. >>> >>> >>> My name is Jake Baxter. It's been a year now since the world as I knew it blew up in my face. I suppose that's not a fair thing to say. The world didn't just blow up; I blew it up myself. I pulled it down around me and...
It was a quiet Saturday morning, and as usual, Josh was up early to brew some coffee and spend some time on the computer catching up on the news of the world. Even though it was the weekend he had grown to enjoy waking up earlier than the rest of the family just to have some time to himself. He was especially happy it was finally September as the three kids...
"Nearly done....hold the position...five, four, three, two, one...and rest." I raised myself slowly to my knees, breathing heavily, grateful that the class was almost over. I had no idea how Jessica made everything look so easy. Her body simply flowed, fluidly and gracefully, from one pose to the next while mine not only needed a few seconds to find its bal...
It was an early Fall weekend, damp and chilly. Low clouds were covering Manhattan, obscuring some of the taller buildings. I was in my 16th floor apartment after a Sunday morning workout, scanning the headlines over a cup of coffee, when a piercing scream came through the walls. My apartment is an end unit, so I figured it had to be coming from either dire...
As Phil and I drove with four friends down the open highway I reflected back on how he and I, Amy Thomas nee Williams, got together. At many points in time I thought that it would never happen, but here we were married five years and me six months pregnant. ************* I met Phil Thomas shortly after I graduated college. I met him on a bicycle club trip...
The rest of the week passed quickly. Every day Stephanie diligently followed the training set out for her by her Master. Her flexibility improved daily thanks to the yoga sessions, she actually managed to elicit a smile from the formidable Mistress C in her deportment sessions and her etiquette teacher patiently guided her through the intricate currents of t...
WARNING TO READERS - This is a long, rambling, multi-part story and VERY British The individual chapters will make more sense if read in sequence. This version is slightly amended as some orphan paragraphs and lost amendments have come to light since it was originally posted. Chapter 1 Jamie's Story (Revised) I first became aware of 'The Touch' when I...