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Lacy looked much older than what she was. In fact, she felt much older than what she was. What had happened these eighteen years for everything to be so drastically different now. When Robert had asked to marry me all those years ago, I was on cloud nine. There were great expectations of the life ahead with wonderful dreams. A house where Robert would come home to each evening. Two rosy cheeked k...
"I am here under lock and key and the world looks down on me, so why do I not feel the chains." Jamie Wright was serving a ten year jail sentence. This was year number six. He looked around his cell. Just the bare necessities. He lay down on his bunk with fingers entwined behind his head. Seven years ago my life had been so different. There were parties and girls any ...
"Gaby, Mum asked me to go up to the cabin and check that all is good for Christmas but I have a deadline to meet...." "Oh I know what's coming, you want me to go up to the cabin and I bet you it's not a deadline you have to meet. It's a new date that you have. I can sass you out very quickly big brother." Gaby laughed. "Not a problem Jack, I could do with a weekend away in peace where I can do some wo...
"Marcus! Marcus! Have you ever seen anything as beautiful as that walking through this work place of ours." "Where? What am I not seeing that is so beautiful?" "Sit down. Don't make it that obvious, now slowly look towards your left. The tall brunette with the sexy black dress making her way to Mr. Wilsons office. She strides through us minions as if she owns the place."
"I'm going to call my sister today!" Sandy thought if she said it out loud it would make her more determined to take this step. She scrolled down her contact list for her sister's number. No! I wouldn't know what to say, it's been twenty five years, will she just cut me off or she might not even answer her phone. She put her phone down and decided to make hersel...
It was nearing the end of 2019 and it is was time to make those dreaded New Year's resolutions. After a morning of wracking her brain Emma sat down at her dining room table, opened her journal, picked up her pen. "Not this year!" she states out loud. This year I will make a bucket list to work towards. Not those silly - I'm going to loose 10 kilos by end of February or I'm going to w...
Leila's office was stifling hot and it was only eleven in the morning. She hated the air conditioner but it was time to switch it on again for some relief from the heat. If I leave at twelve I'll be there by six thirty and everyone will be so busy with dinner preparation, I will just be able to blend in without too much of an ado. She was looking forward to having some time away from all the p...
Still not comfortable with herself in this situation, Kitty looked out the window of the coach winding it's way along the beautiful coast line. The setting sun playing with colours on the water all the way to the horizon. She should have been in her element to experience this but not Kitty. This was the first time she did anything as adventurous as this. And on her own. Kitty was thankful that the seat ne...
Grandma Griffiths was sitting at the kitchen table amidst a hive of activity. "This is going to be a surprise Gran," Said Sue. She was one of the tween twins busy measuring coconut into a cup. "Mum told us how you always made these Coconut Chocolate Balls for the family at Christmas time. She has s...
First days can be so unnerving, especially your first day at high school and your first day at boarding school.Lucy was very excited to be at such a prestigious school. She was looking forward to making new friends. This was a whole new chapter of her life unfolding.The assembly hall was a hive of chatter and laughter. Old students were reuniting with hugs after the holidays and new students were trying to fit in. The house mother, Mrs Murray, took to the stage and a silence ascended on the girls. ...
Continued From: Part One - M & M Part Two - Jealousy Makes You Evil Part Three - Can You Keep A Secret...
M & M - Part One Jealousy Makes You Evil - Part Two Megan set her GPS for home, it showed that it was a 12 hour trip of 1200 km. She had to do this in two days. In a strange mood, she engaged the speed co...
Continued from M & M "Do you have a place to stay while you are here?" Mae asked as they sat on the beach watching the tide come in. "You are more than welcome to crash in my spare bedroom for a night or two but I have to get back to work so you will be on your own." Still the same Mae, thinks Megan. Always willi...
"You have to eat your ice-cream before it melts if you buy it in cone form. I think you should have ordered yours in a cup!"Startled, Mae was brought back to the present. She felt someone blotting out her sun. All she wanted to do was spend a day in the sun. She thought of Herold's Bay beach as her own and here was some stranger remarking on what was obviously happening to her and her ice-cream. She had spent the day on her beach engrossed in her book. Mae placed her bookmark on the page she was reading and slowly c...
Lacy looked much older than what she was. In fact, she felt much older than what she was. What had happened these eighteen years for everything to be so drastically different now. When Robert had asked to marry me all those years ago, I was on cloud nine. There were great expectations of the life ahead with wonderful dreams. A house where Robert would come home to each evening. Two rosy ...
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