William checked the address on the piece of paper and looked at the building in front of him; fifty-four twenty-six west Orion. He stopped in front of a security speaker system and pressed the call button. "Yes?" Came a quiet, female voice. "Umm, yeah, yes, hi, hello, uh, my name is William, William Bertrand, I have an appointment with Miss Lavande?" A lo...
Carol awakened to find Bob already out of bed. Yesterday had proved the most horrific yet most exciting day in her short-lived romance with Bob. If romance was what one could call what had been happening. She and Bob worked as executives in the same company until she'd been caught trying to skim some of the profit from one of their business activities. Bob h...
THE STORY SO FAR: Twice divorced, unemployed computer technician Victor Haig is searching for a real soul mate when he rescues Nina Raymond from two louts who either mistook her for a hooker or an easy opportunity. Nina (20) admits to 37-year old Vic she's sexually inexperienced. He learns the young woman has been abused sexually by the few men in her life i...
I want to thank my sweet inspiration blackrandl1958 for the kick in the butt I needed to write this story, and for her usual expert editing. ***** My legs were like lead weights as I tried to have something resembling a kick; I kept my head down and powered to the finish line of the Ocean State Marathon in Newport, Rhode Island. It was only as I crossed...
"WOAAHHH! HAAAAAAAAAHHHH!" I was falling. Why was I falling?! Back first, I plunged towards the unknown. The sky was an almost cotton candy-like pink and the clouds moved in all directions however they wanted, parting and colliding in irregular patterns. I could've sworn just a moment ago, I was falling asleep in my bed. But if this was a dream, it was one...
Sarah worked diligently through the afternoon and into the evening trying to get a more complete picture as to what these changes were going to do and evaluating how they were going to fit together. The additional documentation that Benny provided appeared to also be top notch. While she hadn't gone over everything with a fine-toothed comb yet, it seemed tha...
Shaya was desperate to go with us when I explained to her what Martina and I were going to do. "I want to help!" she said. "That poor girl's out on her own and who knows what trouble she'll get into? She's not like us." "I know that. That's why I'm going after her. Martina has contacts and experience at this sort of thing, which is why she's coming along,...
You'd think if you had a superpower you'd know about it, wouldn't you? I mean, what's the point otherwise? But apparently that was my situation. Looking back on it, I can see how I missed it. Life choices and all that, I guess. And, as it turned out, I'm not really sure I'm happy to know about it now. * * * I've always tried to be a nice guy. I'm only huma...
When I tell people where I grew up, and they know anything about the city, they assume that I was born into an underprivileged family, and that I am in some way tainted by my upbringing. Yes, Denmark is a very socially liberal country, but people still have their prejudice. It's true that I grew up in one of the larger cities of Denmark, in an area some woul...
Marcia was 27 years old and working as a secretary for a lawyer in town. This is Saturday afternoon she is at the mall shopping in Learners. She picked up a few items to try on. One of the sales ladies came to see her and opened a changing room for her. She tried on all the clothes, about 450 dollars worth she had on a 140 dollar suit. She liked it so much,...