Rain was whipped from the sky by high winds…
Slamming into the Earth as if trying to beat it into submission. In the dim hours of evening, Mat Parks pushed his 18 wheeler into the stormy night, only a little concerned about the weather. Mat liked driving in the rain. He liked driving at night.
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“…1754 Gleason,” the radio dispatcher said…
“It’s a new account, Phil, a very rich account.”
“Ok, but I was hoping to knock off for the day. My friends tell me there are some killer waves off Black Beach right now.”
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Night was falling over Seattle…
The background sounds changed from the roar of rush hour, to the more gentle hum of the night life. A ferry passed in the bay, bound for points unknown. The colorful lights of Seattle began coming on as Mason parked in front of the hotel and got a room.
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“Where too?” Jason asked, looking in the mirror…
A nicely dressed couple now inhabited the back seat of his cab. The man had dark hair, a fair complexion, and the looks that a woman would find pleasing. The woman… the woman was hot. She had long black hair and a complicated black dress with a lot of frills. She was the typical perfect rich bitch which he usually saw climbing into the back of a limo. Tonight he was getting lucky, a rich fare and a big tip.
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“What are you doing?” Mark yelled over the sound of the music…
He liked Cindy and usually kept an eye on her.
Cindy loved to wear short skirts, and he loved to watch her in them. She had a killer set of legs, and a perfect ass just made for licking.
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My eyes sprang open, I groaned and looked at the clock…
It was three in the morning and there was Larry standing next to our
bed. I was annoyed, we had not been having a very good relationship
lately, and like all wives I suspected another
woman. Larry liked money and believed he had married it when he
married me. He was wrong, he should have married my father. My
father hated his guts and cut me off. My marriage went downhill
after that day. Like I said, Larry liked money.
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Maddy loosened her nurse’s uniform and started coffee…
It had been a long watch. She was an emergency room nurse, and Philadelphia seemed to go insane from time to time, sending them wounded, overdoses, and battered victims by the dozens.
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Officer Tim Walanski slowed the car…
Circling the little dirt turnaround as he held his breath, horrified at the damage the dirt rode could be doing to his new Plymouth cruiser. He crashed through deep holes and bounced over huge, bolder-sized rocks. He was following a pair of dirt wheel tracks which crested a deserted hilltop next to a large housing area. The cruiser scraped through the dry, lifeless bushes as they scraped down the sides of the cruiser, clutching at the only signs of life in their dry, barren existence as if desperately seeking escape.
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Lightning flashed, flickering on the curtains and walls…
Dave heaved up out of his chair and looked outside. Storm clouds rolled and swelled above the trees. Dark, forbidding, they filled the formerly clear sky with chaos. It should have been an hour before dark, but the storm leached all the brightness from the sky.
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1997 was a good year for me. I had just been promoted to CEO…
And the first thing I did was buy a new condo in the best part of town. It’s funny, I thought I was being set up for a layoff, not a promotion. That’s why I put off buying the condo for so long. Here I was, 71 years old and the head of the most prestigious company in town. Well, it’s a small town.
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