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The Hypnotist
Michael was a hypnotist. He entertained many people from all walks of life. His shows were sold out wherever he performed and he relished being on stage, savouring all the gasps and laughter. The audience loved his shows and Michael loved the audience, never ceasing to be amazed at their enthusiasm to participate. A different set of characters willingly made fools of themselves each week, and they just kept on coming.
By Ray Stuart5 years ago in Criminal
The Kidnapping
Brother and Sister known as Tom and Sarah. Both had serious problems. Tom had huge gambling debts and Sarah was having an affair with a married man who was called Alex. .Sarah's boyfriend Alex discovered that Tom was repaying his gambling debts by creaming off the profits from the families building business. Alex knew the parents had entrusted Tom and Sarah with the management of their business one last time. Especially when Tom lost a large sum of money, on one of his development plans. He also knew that the parents, would be devastated to find that Tom, had done it again and had been "cooking the books" to pay back the loss. Alex and Sarah's relationship had deteriorated, and Alex was about to end the affair. But first he decided that he would make a little bit of extra cash. Alex told Sarah that he was going to blackmail Tom, and told Sarah everything he knew. Sarah threatened to tell his wife and call Alex's bluff. Alex then turned nasty. "Tell my wife, that relationship ended years ago. However your parents will still find out what a nasty little man your brother is and that neither of you can be trusted to run the company ever again" Sarah agreed to pay the blackmail money instead of her brother. Sarah knew that if Alex tried to blackmail Tom then he would not pay, Sarah also knew that if their parents found out about Tom's deceitfulness and her affair. This would be the last straw. So Sarah was also forced to use her parents' business profits to keep Alex quiet.
By Ray Stuart5 years ago in Criminal
Firecrackers and Actual Crackers
Silence – dead silence. It is heavenly to most, but to me, it meant getting caught. That didn’t scare me. Nothing scared me anymore. I’m Jax Enzo, a name to be reckoned with. In the heart of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota everyone knows who I am. What makes my life even better? I can go out in public and live a normal life with no restrictions No one knows what I look like. I’m that good. It’s amazing.
By Kayla Ricci5 years ago in Criminal
-Freedom Survivors-
It was the evening of the 4th of July 2022. Faith, or Faye, (as her close friends had used as an endearing moniker), lay in her bed on her back. Staring at the ceiling, she wondered, being awestruck. Her breathing grew tighter as she laid wide-eyed clenching her pillow tighter than before a few minutes ago. She reached by her neck to grab a golden heart-shaped locket attached to a necklace strung snugly around her neck. Her grandmother had given the charm to her on her 17th birthday four months ago. That February, at her graduation party from high school, her grandmother Doris had gifted the item to her so she would always remember that special day. Her grandmother was rather wealthy and well-to-do in her community. She lived in Jasper Alabama on Delaware ave. It was an upscale development where the homes there were mansions. There were also a few homes that were more likened to castles. The fine brick buildings were a thing of the past as to how homes were now being built. Her grandmother would show up to birthday events, special occasions, and weekend shopping getaways where she would go out with Faith and her older sister Jess, (short for Jessica). The golden heart-shaped locket was a special gift Faith received after everyone heard of her recent grades in high school from her mother Cathleen spreading the good news to everyone.
By Brandon Ferris Benedict5 years ago in Criminal
Malicious Mechanic
“Trixie did you place that ad on Face Book? Good, good. Make sure you go on all those Rants and reviews pages too. I want to start booking appointments right away. They need to all be booked within a two week span so we are going to work these three counties with three different numbers. Yes, Chuck Chambers aka “CC”, Bobby Boston and Aaron Ackerman. Ackerman will be working in Lake County, Boston in Orange and CC in Seminole County. You already have reviews written up right? Good, good okay, well I will meet you at the spot after I gather these addresses to put on the stationary.”
By Cam Rascoe5 years ago in Criminal
Roses on the moon
My Passion By Patrick Wade I saw these pictures in my head. They would come to me like flashes, I would see these landscapes, and characters, and they would tell stories. In a perfect world I would make movies. This movie is called Roses on the Moon. The film is a romance. I wanted it to make you happy, but in a crisp way. The way that pulls at your heart.
By Patrick Wade5 years ago in Criminal
The Locket
The sound of sirens can be heard coming from outside in the streets. Which is no different from any other night in the city. There is always something going on. Something dark, something chaotic, something underhanded, and something terrible. The hooligans have their way with any passersby and the homeless crowd around in droves. The Police display their power with a brutality that is unmatched. Drugs flood the streets in the form of opioid pills. The church is dead. Hope and faith is gone with it. The darkness is tangible. This is New York city, 2099.
By Ken McDonald5 years ago in Criminal
