"The dilemmas develop. The trial makes sense but Julie is pulled into another story."
Laura closed her eyes, sat back into her chair, opened her eyes, looked at the ceiling, back to Julie and then to the floor."You’ve never thought about it before?" said Julie."No," Laura said. "No I haven’t. I kind of always...
"Who does what to whom?"
Julie let Laura pick a dress from her wardrobe, a move that enabled what Julie intended as a quick conversation. Laura refused an offer of clean underwear."Fair enough," said Julie, "it’ll all come off when we get to the studio....
"The truth begins to come out."
There is something inevitable about the way the male bladder works when stimulated by enough alcohol. Anthony stirred at about five am, needing to pee but still mostly asleep.Julie, in the spare room, was woken by his footsteps as he...
"One deception after another."
Julie said goodbye to Laura on the steps of the hotel and watched the motorbike roll away into the traffic. She picked up her phone and dialled home."Anthony darling, how did it go?""We won.""Great. I thought you must have. I just...
"Anthony wins the court case but then nothing goes to plan."
Julie woke early having slept awkwardly, waking through the night almost in sync with Anthony; though disturbed by different dreams in different rooms. She showered carefully, using the hand jet and taking care to avoid touching any of Marion's work...
"Meeting Ron and Ronnie"
It was an early morning trip to a football match on a cold day when I first met my soon-to-be good mate Ron. He and I were so different and our positions in life should reasonably have made us enemies....
"Julie gets ready for the grand deception, but needs a little relaxation on the way."
Once Julie was back at her hotel she phoned Anthony."Hi, Darling — sorry I missed your call earlier, I'm back at the hotel now, but I've got to go out again, have you got a minute to talk?""Sure, go ahead,"...
"A complex novel in which all the characters learn that if it can happen then it will happen."
Julie Goddard stepped out of the shower needing to be fresh. She sprayed a little of her favourite perfume and allowed herself a moment to settle. She took a swig of coffee and picked up a slip of paper from...
"Where Am I?"
Bombarded by sunlight, my eyes flutter suddenly open. Blue sky. Wet. Am I in the water? Ughhh. Salty… Seawater? Yuck… Where am I?The liquid I’m immersed in is cool, but not icy. I try to sit up as I think...
"The awakening within Annie begins her path to rediscovery."
As I hurried out the door of the physical therapy office, I pulled on my light rain coat and zipped it up. The weather was by no means dreary or brisk, but I was glad I had grabbed it on...