New aquisition

"A crime boss aquires a slave."

Sally poked her head into my office door and said, “The car’s here.” “Thank you, Sally,” I replied. While waiting for my new arrival, I poured myself a cup of coffee and reflected on how different this one would be...

Putting down my Roots

"Hooking up with an old married friend"

When I was around twenty-seven I used to hang with a group of friends. Some I was close to, some were friends of friends. I remember the wife of one of my buddy’s friends, her name was Laurie. She was...

Sweet like chocolate

"A year after her boyfriends death, will Nelly give in to a forceful stranger?"

Fifteen minutes. My bedside clock counts down faster than I want it to. Was it too late to cancel? Probably. You want this, I tell myself. No, you need this. I pull up my black stocking tights. I clip my...

Unjust Deserts

"Missing cash at the trendy new restaurant leads to embarrassing forfeits."

For the third time, and with even more care than the first two, Philip Jackson flicked the banknotes through his fingers and jotted the totals on his pad. He pushed the buttons on his pocket calculator, his brow furrowed. There...

Elevator

"A devious young executive blackmails an older woman."

Karen glanced at the clock, frowned, and realized she had probably missed the Director of Accounting by fifteen minutes. It was 6:45 in the evening, she was hungry and stressed, and this folder of papers was promised to be on...

Summer at the Neighbor’s Pool

"I spend part of my summer days before college at neighbors pool - we both get more that we expected"

My parents met T.J. and Lisa through a gourmet dinner club that they joined. The club met every couple of months at different houses and enjoyed a dinner cooked by the various members who were attending. They really enjoyed the...

How he learned his lesson. Pt 1

"When James crashes his finace's bachelorette party, she teaches him a lesson."

It was the night of his fiance's bachelorette party. James had been sent away to his parents house, where he sat impatiently. Watching movies, playing video games: he did whatever he could to take his mind off of it. James...