She was nosing through the latest catalogue. "He also needs fittings and measurements for about one hundred wedding guests." That sounds like an awful amount of work. I stepped back and folded my hands before me respectfully. "What client is this?" Steam from the coffee re...
That woman, Jordan, she didn’t know how she affected me. She was beautiful, with a heart-shaped face and eyes that seemed to burn with an inner flame. Her taunts added to the already tremendous pressure on my mind until I either lost my temper or walked away. I'm a sucker for intelligence, even m...
They carry with them the weight of responsibility as well, and while I'm not at all like the girl I used to be, it's still strange. “Congratulations, Sergeant Morgan,” Lieutenant Colonel Seward, my battalion commander, says, shaking my hand. “It's going to be tough losing ...
Both times, I had to have Andrea or Carson lie down with me, but I woke up in less than an hour, worried sick. Now I'm sitting in the woods on the rock that overlooks the valley below us, praying with all my heart that Nathan's actually okay. I hear crunching on the ground...
Clean," I said, sitting in the entertainment room. It was the de facto meeting room as well for our family, as it was the only room in the house that was big enough for everyone involved to sit down comfortably while also having the ability to display the information we needed. "But even with And...
It hasn’t stopped hurting since she came to my house the other day. I had to ignore her while she knocked on my door, but hearing her crying was like a knife to my heart. I wanna talk to her. I wanna explain everything. More than that, I wanna leave this life behind and take her away. But we’d ha...
Documents left on the body of Lieutenant Brandon Yankowitz revealed that he was a dirty cop, and the press had a field day raking the police over the coals when more poking around revealed more corruption. Sergeant 'Teo Blanco had resigned the force before the prosecutors could close in on him, a...
With how persistent he was, I don't know how much it would help, but it certainly wouldn't hurt. Walking out of the IT building that afternoon with Daniel next to me, I smiled and stretched my arms over my head. The weather was great, and it was just one of those days wher...
You know, if I didn't know better, he sounded like he has a crush on you, babe." I was on my meal break before service time, that golden hour before final prep and service began. Traditionally, it was the time that a lot of restaurants would gather and let the staff fill their bellies with the sc...
"What you did tonight was dumb," he said, as soon as the doors were closed. "I thought you said nobody got to call me dumb," I replied, angry. And how the fuck did he know where I was going to be? I thought to myself. "What I said was that nobody ge...
“Keep the change,” I told him. “Thanks.” “Hey, no problem, man. It ain't my business, buddy, but you want me to wait? You don't look like you're expecting to be received too well.” “No, I'm good,” I answered, waving him off. “One way or another, I'm...
Brad, my childhood best friend, peered over at me, his eyes bloodshot. He was dressed casually in blue jeans and a black t-shirt, while I was still dressed in my work clothes, black silk slacks and a white dress shirt. I usually dressed well when I went to clubs, flaunting the fact that I had mon...
It's the first time I've seen Tyler lose, and while his play in the fourth quarter was like I'd come to expect, the debacle that was the first three quarters was too much to overcome, and we ended up losing by ten points, trading touchdowns until BC iced it with a field goal with a minute and som...
"Motherfucker! Who the fuck could that be? Brad, I swear to God, if that's you, I'm going to kick your ass. I told you that—" I pulled open my apartment door to see Tomasso Bertoli standing in the narrow downward staircase, dressed in his custom tailored Italian suit. "Did I catch you at a bad ti...
Instead, I woke up at about noon, after the two of us had made love twice more, warm and content in his arms. “Good morning." "Good afternoon," Tomasso chuckled, looking at the clock next to my bed. "Even for a night shift Mafia man, that's pushing it. I keep this up, and they're going to think I...
Pete is sitting across from me, and to be honest, I feel a fun thrill that I never got working for PacFran. Dunham Investments has only been up and running for two weeks, and I've looked forward to work each and every day. “Yeah,” Pete says, rubbing his chin. He's sporting...
Remy approached her. “Have you heard the latest?” Emma shook her head, too busy wondering how the electric bill could be fifty bucks more than it was last month when the weather had been so mild over the last few weeks. “Thos...
“I grabbed this and ran. There was no thumb drive that I could find. Glad I remembered how to pick locks. I didn't have time to get his spare key.” Uncle Carlo, who was sitting up with me in the living room along with Mom, gave the computer a measured look. “Daniel, I appl...