The Long Goodbye

"Our forever never existed."

Hospital walls permeated with the smell of disinfectant and death.Three years of beep-swish, beep-swish as the life support machine swells your lungs with air.‘Miss Belrose?’ Male voice, blue scrubs, form in hand. ‘I know you’ve read this before, but I...

Myrna – Chapter 9 – Holding Hands

"Charlie continues his fight"

Sunday morning was bright and sunny.  The horrible days of Charlie’s hospitalization we three weeks ago.  He still felt a bit sluggish, but he thought that was just part of it.  He heard Alicia in their kitchen getting their coffee...

The Clearing

"Two lovers spend a night under the stars"

The clearing:The Mitsubishi Outlander crawled to a slow halt in the Gumtree forest, in sight of a natural clearing large enough to make camp before the rapidly approaching night enveloped the land in its inky darkness.  The couple had bickered...

“That was some damn good pie,” she said.She was leaning against the trunk of the Pontiac Townes had been caressing and cussing into running condition a couple hours a day over the past few weeks.  It was still a little...

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Oli And Rebecca – Book 2 Part 2

"A new playmate comes to stay... what will the impact be on Oli?"

Part 5:  Things Get A Little More ComplicatedWe reconvened in the drawing room.  The atmosphere was extremely heavy; no one spoke.  I guess that no one wanted to be the one that started a mass brawl.  Carter arrived pushing the...

Oli And Rebecca – Book 2 Part 1

"Oli and Rebecca get some additions to the family, starting with Oli's Mom."

Part 4 – A new addition to the family:If there is one thing that I admire about Becky more than any of her other characteristics, it’s that she is kind.  Not just showing empathy or being ‘politically correct’, she is...