We got back to the house and I paced, while Jonathan made his calls. It took some time, since his contact was actually involved in the raid, and couldn’t respond right away.
Eventuall...
2018-07-23 16:41:24 +0000 UTC View Post
A week passed that was, thankfully uneventful, aside from the girls and I studying, and everyone else beginning the packing process. I wasn’t sure why we were starting this early, consideri...
2018-07-23 16:39:33 +0000 UTC View Post
I stood stock still for several beats, staring at the phone in her hands, my brain resisting her words. It couldn’t be ... not again. It was the incident with Judy all over again.
“...
2018-07-06 19:22:40 +0000 UTC View Post
I was up and off to the office Wednesday before the girls were up, not that there was much for me to do at this point. We’d done several test runs of our presentation, and everything was in...
2018-06-20 20:43:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Celia hung out for a few more hours, and I found I really did like her, now that she was not working on getting her next fix. I can see the girl that Megan became friends with, and why she st...
2018-06-07 18:52:24 +0000 UTC View Post“What are you planning?” Whitaker asked as they got back in the car and headed home.
“That I need to find a way into the investigation.”
“Yeah, I get that,” she said. “How...
2018-05-30 19:12:29 +0000 UTC View Post
Since I wouldn’t be involved in hiring Mrs. Polaski to continue Tina and Judy’s education - aside from the little side note about actually paying for it - they’d agreed to work out the ...
2018-05-09 18:30:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Two days passed with no word from Josh. Amanda and Josh’s parents went to the cops after the ‘waiting’ period to report a missing person, but the cops didn’t seem concerned. Con...
2018-04-20 04:11:56 +0000 UTC View Post
The week went by, and I kept getting weird vibes off of Josh. Most of the time he seemed genuine, acting like the guy I made friends with the previous year. Every now and then though, that ma...
2018-04-02 21:49:16 +0000 UTC View Post
It was pretty late when we all got back to the house. Aside from the drive to get home, we stayed at the Center until it shut down for the night, and I have to say, I was pretty impress...
2018-03-24 14:03:38 +0000 UTC View Post
One of the frustrating realities of life, is that just because you’re resolved to do something, doesn’t mean you can jump right into action
“… and with all of his follower...
2018-03-12 15:39:00 +0000 UTC View Post
True to her word, by the time Celia’s grandmother knocked on the front door late that afternoon, I’d stopped thinking about the ledgers Damion had brought, entirely. She’d kept us...
2018-02-24 14:54:43 +0000 UTC View PostJust a quick update. I know I've been putting up new chapters early in the week, but I made an outline change that basically required rewriting most of the next chapter in No Good Deed, which is...
2018-02-14 00:27:04 +0000 UTC View PostSonora Desert, Arizona, Near the Border
A soft breeze swayed the small shrubs that littered the rocky ground, signaling the beginning of the temperature dip that happened mos...
2018-02-05 17:05:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Emily and I trudged in late Friday evening, after a very long week. Douglas’s presentation had lit a fire under Ted and Marcus; and Aaron Baxter, who’d extended his stay through yes...
2018-02-05 17:03:10 +0000 UTC View Post
It turned out we couldn’t have a company-wide meeting right away. We faced some hurdles when it came to setting it up so everyone in the new facility could participate in the company-wide m...
2018-01-30 14:12:19 +0000 UTC View Post
The new semester did start with surprises, just not the ones I expected. The teachers had stacked us with homework and additional studies over the winter break, although the girls and I...
2018-01-23 15:58:45 +0000 UTC View Post“Get the others. I’ll call Jawarski and have her come pick us up. Meet me out front.”
Zoe nodded and disappeared into the crowd to find the rest of our group, while I slipped my cell phone out...
2018-01-15 17:01:10 +0000 UTC View Post
We got the judge handed off with little problem. For now, at least, it seemed he and his wife would be safe. I promised them we’d do what we could to get the Syndicate out of his life...
2018-01-08 17:18:34 +0000 UTC View PostDue to the holiday's, it's been longer than I'd like since the last chapter went up. Not to worry, you should see a new chapter of No Good Deed early next week (3 or 4 days from now).
2018-01-06 00:13:47 +0000 UTC View Post
Christmas Eve came around, and the group we’d all started considering part of ‘the family’ were present, plus a good collection of people who were variously attached to people in the kn...
2017-12-28 19:46:31 +0000 UTC View PostFor the next week, things were quiet, which I should have known was a sign. If I was honest with myself, I didn’t even consider it for a second. I just relaxed and, for a few days at least, pretende...
2017-12-22 15:28:07 +0000 UTC View Post
On the way back home, I worked over something I’d been thinking of for some time, ever since we decided to get information from the judge. My main problem was, I didn’t know exactly how t...
2017-12-20 19:27:07 +0000 UTC View PostWe returned late Saturday night from our outing to Houston. Rachel offered to ride with Jawarski, so I could ride with the girls on the way back. She said she was curious as to what being a cop was li...
2017-12-18 12:56:31 +0000 UTC View PostAs a note, the chapter of The Sword of Jupiter (Chapter 7) that went up today is the last one you'll see for a bit. I plan on working on No Good Deed exclusively until I finish...
2017-12-17 14:04:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Ky walked into what he was thinking of as the throne room the next morning, refreshed, despite the small amount of sleep he’d gotten the night before. Although he could g...
2017-12-17 14:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Ky helped the Emperor out of the chair with the older man gripping Ky’s forearm even after he was standing. Subtly signaling by pulling or pushing on his arm, he directed...
2017-12-16 18:29:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Ky shut the door behind quietly as he left, taking one last look at Lucilla sitting on a small stool next to her father’s bed, looking equally hopeful and worried as he continu...
2017-12-16 18:28:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Carthaginian Army
Zaracas rode wearily, surrounded by officers and courtiers, near the head of the army. He was trying to keep from sliding out of his sadd...
2017-12-16 18:27:13 +0000 UTC View Post
“I’m sorry, Lord, but I don’t understand. How could you not know about the Carthaginians?” the woman said as the small group rode northward across what the AI had confide...
2017-12-16 18:26:16 +0000 UTC View Post