The Talk – Part 6

"Secrets are like lies. Eventually, the truth of light exposes everything."

I wasn’t sure how to respond after learning that our law firm was just another shell corporation of a wealthy billionaire with a questionable legal standing. Physically, Lenny didn’t seem to fit my profile of a gangster. I always pictured...

Building It Up

"The past will always catch up with you."

Of all places to meet my significant other, I met mine at a trade show at the convention center a year ago.  She works at an architectural firm and I was doing landscaping and wanted to talk to several real...

The Talk- Part 4

"Secrets are like lies. Eventually, the truth of light exposes everything."

 It was impossible to focus at work. My thoughts continually drifted to the revelations I’d discovered about my wife. I was so preoccupied with all the events happening around me, I had little time to digest it all. I had...

The Talk- Part 3

"Secrets are like lies. Eventually, the truth of light exposes everything."

I waited outside of the examining room while Marika was checked and samples were taken. After a few minutes, I was approached by an older police officer in plain clothes.                      ...

The Talk- Part 2

"Secrets are like lies. Eventually, the truth of light exposes everything."

 Marika, true to her word, emailed me a list of twelve family counselors that she used in her law practice and asked me to pick one. Being a pragmatist, I gave the list of names to one of my junior...

The Talk- Part 1

"Secrets are like lies. Eventually, the truth of light exposes everything."

I had just finished a case I had been working on for several months, and against all odds I won. McPherson v. the state of California was a high-profile first-degree murder trial where I was lead council for the first...

Surviving the Great Indoors

""Is the concept of new poon so erotic for you dudes?""

"Okay, wow.""That is vigorous."I looked at the nightstand trembling on the floor of our room. "Are they shaking our lamp?""Old buildings, thin walls," Kevin noted. "Quite a reveille for our first morning in this backwoods log cabin.""It's a lodge, Kevin....

Melanie’s Cookery Class Part Five

"Eamon feels safe, Mel plays his own games and Harriet and Vicki enter the fray"

 “I’m looking forward to meeting Cousin Lizzie, at some point,” said Hal, as they relaxed back in Ben’s garden.“She’s a scream,” said Melanie, “but I’m not letting her near either of you until I have had my wicked way with...