Dirty Tricks Chapter 9

"A stroke of luck brings all of the 'dirty tricks' evidence into the hands of one person."

Previously in "Dirty Tricks" While attending Alexa Grey's, the retiring mayor’s extravagant birthday party, an unknown photographer captures political opponents and electoral candidates, Heather Anderson, and Sean McCarthy, during an adulterous rendezvous. After being sent ominous instructions with photographic evidence of...

Daughter’s Friend, Part 1

"My daughter comes back from college, and brings an old friend of hers back around"

My only child, Claire, has just returned home from her first semester of college. It’s great to see her. It’s been a bit lonely since she left. Her mother, my amazing wife, died during childbirth so it’s been me and...

My Amazing Gals

"Daughters have a party and the parents are there."

Two years ago my life was turned upside down, but all for the better. I was forty-seven, divorced ten years and had no real prospects for another serious relationship. I was quite down. Successful in business and stable financially, I...

Just Not Fair

""I hate me for not saying no. But I hate him even more for making me do it." "It's just not fair." ""

"It's just not fair." From the tone of her friend's voice, Claire Davis knew Jan was only half-joking. "What's not fair?" They were in Claire's cramped, one-person dorm room, preparing tuna fish au gratin on rye toast for supper. "It's not fair that...

Two Types, Chapter 2

"Les won’t confront Carolyn, so things move inexorably on"

Les was gobsmacked that his wife of almost ten years was cheating on him with somebody named Johnnie from work. It seemed all the action was in Chicago, when she flew there for business. "Monkey business," thought her husband. On Saturday morning,...