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Eat, Drink and Be Merry
Marcus took another long drag on his cigarette, letting the smoke fill his lungs and holding it briefly as the nicotine shot into his bloodstream, and then exhaled slowly as if letting the smoke go was speeding him closer toward his meeting with death. He wasn’t a smoker. Or a drinker for that matter. But when Henry came on shift and offered Marcus the already lit cigarette, something inside just said “Oh, what the hell.”
By Karen Bouknight6 years ago in Criminal
A Spilled Glass of Merlot
A Spilled Glass of Merlot by: Kristine Mannion Claire hung up the phone after the hours long conversation with her best friend Rose. She couldn't begin to put a name to the feelings that were churning around inside her, but could only say that she was consumed. Her gut rolled, her breath came in gasps, and she felt like pulling her hair out by the roots. She had held it together for the sake of her friend, not given into the depth of her own emotion, but now there was nothing, and she reeled. When her breathing evened out, she planned.
By Kristine Mannion6 years ago in Criminal
A First Date
First Date Johnny sat alone at the booth, tapping his foot nervously. His eyes scattered about as he waited impatiently for his date to arrive. We had agreed to 6:30; it’s 6:45, he thought. He kept looking at his phone, re-reading his last text to her: “HERE.” No response from her yet.
By Zachary J Gittrich6 years ago in Criminal
Chasing Seol
It was finally happening. 4 years, had it been? 4 years since a hooded woman showed up drenched at Tanya's father's clock shop with a gun. 4 years since she first considered the idea that she could actually die young and boring and in the middle of someone else's adventure. It took 4 years for Tanya to get an actual grip on her life, and a first date with the drenched woman, Seol.
By Dipra Jain6 years ago in Criminal
scammers inc
Chapter 4 Scammers inc. THE E-MAILS I felt elated. I had discovered the whereabouts of Cindy. The thought did run through my mind that perhaps the hotel Pudu front staff were part of the scam. But then I rationalized that the more people involved in a scam, the greater chance of it falling apart. Already involved was Kirk the banker, Benjamin Arnold the Lawyer, front desk staff of the Pudu hotel, and hotel management, and, of course, Cindy.
By Peter Bowden6 years ago in Criminal
Not Always an Enemy
You don’t have friends in Elora’s line of work. But you don’t always have enemies. That’s how she saw the man sitting before her, swirling the glass of Merlot in his hand while he checked out the waitress on the other end of the private dining room, who was waiting in sight but out of earshot, so the two could speak freely.
By Teresa Boykin 6 years ago in Criminal
Between Merlot and Men
“Ahhh. Tonight is the perfect night to open up this new bottle of Merlot. Special occasion be damned.” Josephine said aloud even though she was the only one currently in her one bedroom apartment. She drank the wine slowly allowing her to taste every bit of those crushed grapes. This past week was a frustrating and more than slightly unnerving one for her. It started so promising too. She had just started dating a really attractive man the week before who seemed to be such a gentleman; so unlike the last string of man child wannabe rock star divos who think they are God’s gift to women and she should consider herself lucky to be with them at all.
By Sabria Hafeez 6 years ago in Criminal
Poisoned Paradise
“This way for your table,” the host says as he smiles at the couple in front of him. The girl, a cute American in her early 20’s with curly blonde hair who obviously had never been very far from home, has her arms wrapped around the arm of a handsome local boy. She had dreamt many times about doing this but had always talked herself out of it, but now finally she was here.
By Daniel J Price6 years ago in Criminal
Merlot is a girls best friend!
It wasn’t a date. At least not to Gaylor. But so it seemed to be imagined by a burly bear-like creature blocking her crossing of borders from one side of town, to another. An unavoidable falling domino on a dark trail through undetected pungency of a packs' marked stamping ground.
By Shayley Blair6 years ago in Criminal
