A Promise is a Promise_ A LOVE STORY_Dr. Marcus_Native Range
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A Promise is a Promise
“Cut the crap George, and stop making excuses for yourself. You leave first thing in the morning for work. You make it back for dinner maybe once every week, and even then, your eyes are glued to your computer the entire meal. On the weekends I’m the one that takes our daughter to her after school classes. Dance, art, piano. Have you been to ANY of her recitals?”I take a moment to catch my breath after finishing my rant. George shakes his head, “I’m not making excuses Alice. Someone has to put a roof under our heads and food on our plates. My job requires me to be 100 percent committed and t...
A LOVE STORY
In a junk yard, skipping school, hiding behind iron frames of old cars, they found a free space to bake in the sun. Just like birds bunched up together on a winter morning, sitting on top of a light pole, absorbed the light and warmth, Claire and Adam found themselves inseparable during that winter. They clung to each other, telling each other sad stories of their childhoods. He told her about how lonely it had been in the suburbs as an only child of an absent father. She shared her hatred for the blue-collar part of the town where she was forced to live after her mother remarried. ...
Dr. Marcus
There was this aura about him. Cocky. It showed in the way he waved me over to his side as I stepped into the fancy restaurant. I hadn't had any trouble locating it, situated right where it was, at the end of Jackson Street, surrounded by honeysuckles in bloom.Everything about the interior was cream and intimidating. The tiles. www.onedoor.ccThe walls. The table tops. The chairs. Even the air smelled fresh, like milk. "Have your seat, please" he said, and surprisingly, I wasn't shocked that he didn't get up to pull out a chair like those gentlemen in the movies.He occupied the seat in an intimidating ...
Native Range
Dale slammed the truck door, walked inside the agency office, and threw down the net gun. Ever since he was a little boy, he had only ever wanted to be a wildlife biologist. But now that he was one, he was not so sure. These were not the animals he wanted to work with. And Florida? Good God, he hated it here.As a kid, he had watched Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom and read every book in the school library about animals. His parents humored him at first but made clear their disapproval when he started applying to college. This was not a profession that people like them had, they told him. They t...