"Joseph’s past discretion’s come back to haunt him"
“How much did David Hamilton know of your affair with his wife?” I heard the question as soon as the last word of the statement had been completed. It pierced the silence like a gunshot. The female reporter sat on...
"Sunday morning, and storm clouds are gathering"
“Penny for them,” Sally said, her voice drawing me back into the room, as would a hypnotist clicking his fingers. We were now alone. She sat in a wicker chair in the corner facing me as a low murmur of...
"Joseph discovers that in this secret world of the privileged, money can buy anything or anybody"
Sunday morning My dad always called my mother a witch. You see, she has this sixth sense, ‘a feeling,’ she calls it. She instinctively knows when something, normally bad, is going to happen, and that is what I was experiencing at...
"As Nick is inducted into the fellowship, he is forced to watch his wife’s very public submittance"
Late eveningThe soft lapping of the water against the side of the boat and the rhythmic putt putt of the motor were failing to be a calming influence as I fought against the waves of claustrophobia. I’m not sure exactly...
"Joseph discovers that all is not as it seems"
SummerLate AfternoonThe girl carefully left her sun lounger, and although the pool’s edge was only a metre or so from where she lay, walked its full length, completely aware of the attention that she attracted, as men and women alike...
"Husband spies on his wife and her lover."
The cackled caw of swooping rooks buzzed my senses, as I spied on them in the poppy field.Its sweet almost cherry blossom scent danced on the summer breeze.In the end, a whispered word, an acknowledged nod, and the vulgar raising...
"When opportunities arise you have to grab them. Damn the consequences"
I stopped at the corner of Churchill Road and Stirling Avenue. Heavy snow was falling and settling on the ground. The old Seaman’s hall clock strikes eight in the distance, it’s chime carrying on the still of the night, across...
"Opportunities arrive at the most unexpected times. Except or reject ?"
A pound of apples and satsumas; half-a-pound of carrots and onions; a cauliflower and a bag of potatoes please, Joey.” Zoe Cooke stood shivering on the pavement in front of me. She was buttoned up against the elements in a...
"A boring Sunday morning leads to winter's afternoon delight"
Sunday morning. Through my bedroom window, I could hear my dad’s distinctive laugh as he talked to our neighbour. As far as I was concerned, Sunday was Groundhog Day. Mum was playing Steve Wright’s love songs on the radio in...
"Joseph is surprised to discover exactly how far his newly found notoriety has spread."
The weeks that followed Mrs Conway’s birthday party were a blur. Mandy hadn’t been slow at voicing her appraisal of me; the reviews were out and favourable. Soon it seemed that everyone wanted a piece of young Joey Potter.This brought...