A hush went over the room when the husband and wife took the podium. He asked everyone to be seated and listen to a statement they had prepared. The announcement was further complicated by the newborn child the woman held. The baby looked very much like her mother and shared the thick, black hair of…
Chelsea pulled up to the restaurant just as the time flashed 7:00 on her dash. She pulled down the mirror. Her hair was pinned up for the night, an elegant necklace draped around her neck and a gold and diamond bracelet on her wrist. They were gifts from Matthew, along with the dress. She was…
“Sharee, you need to stretch more,” the voice carried through the small studio, over to where a young girl struggled to pull her body upright. Her teacher smiled, moving over to her, through the lines of teenage girls that were practicing with a worn ballet barre. Click here to get Money Over Everything in full…
Chapter 1 She bawled. There was no better way to put it and to describe the way the tears were coming fast and furious. She had felt it inside her spirit. There had been talks about layoffs, downsizing and letting go but she had allowed herself to hope and she had prayed; after all she…
Chapter 1 In the almost three hundred years since human beings had first stepped foot on the surface of the moon, growth had followed a predictable, if not wholly beneficial, pattern. After the initial excitement of actually “going there” wore off, extra terrestrial exploration and growth faltered until it became economically necessary for man to…
Chapter 1 Leila followed the wheelchair, in which her mother sat, down to radiology preoccupied with the details of how they were going to get through this. There was some sort of problem with insurance and the term ‘pre-existing condition’ was being bandied about with disconcerting frequency. The cost of this test alone, if not…