Retail therapy

Josie, as usual, was on the phone to her sister. I had slipped away into my study to work on the computer, knowing that I would have at least an hour uninterrupted. This happened two[…]

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Course of treatment

COURSE OF TREATMENT A few months ago, I would not have dreamed that I would be in this situation. Not that the situation is necessarily bad, but the utterly blatant ethical breaches that I have[…]

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Mark the spot

Mark The Spot I was thinking as I walked through the side door of my house that this was probably the worst day of my life. Humiliated at work… no, undermined by a snivelling little[…]

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The field part#2

The Field Part#2 Amy’s eyes looked like a deer caught in the headlights. She was scared and embarrassed at the same time. She was potentially going to be caught by a couple she had been[…]

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What daddy needs 7

Justin leaned against the closed bathroom door listening to the sound of his sister vomiting. He knocked timidly on the door then pushed it open a little and peeked in. Phoebe knelt on the floor[…]

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Investment

I placed a platter of cheese, fruit, crackers, and cream cheese on the table and she started eating, trying hard to conceal how hungry she is. I returned to sit where I was, knowing that[…]

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One of many

I know you wish to be only one of many to have no significance be one of the crowd. As hard as you try to just blend in your secret desires will always win. I[…]

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Rewind

The monochrome images on the TV screen were grainy and jerky, but there was no doubt it was me. There really wasn't anything I could say to Louise: as I was a paying guest in[…]

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Killing beauty

To be honest with you, at times I do wish that I was dead. Every inch and consummately dead. Dead like those two boys, Kyle and Zane, whose deaths I am responsible for. I didn’t[…]

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