There was no cure. It all happened so quickly. One moment she was alive, raising her glass for the toast, ready to enjoy a sip of the exquisite brandy she had heard so much about. The next thing everyone knew, she was lying dead on the floor. Her glass was shattered, both her drink and…
It had to be a nightmare. He had been fine until two days ago. He had been doing better. The vet had said the medicine would heal him and he would be back to himself in no time. She had been right. The bleeding had stopped, he had been more active and cuddlier. Yet now…
The party went according to plan. He was a guest and although he ended up as a suspect in the murder, he was not the only one. There were five other suspects and each of them had a motive. The woman had blackmailed all of them to keep their dark secrets out of the paper….
Never mess with the gang. Once you are in the gang you are in for life. If you decide to leave you had better remove the patches from the jacket and dispose of them before anyone in the gang sees them on someone who is not in the gang. Anyone wearing the patches outside of…
She had never lived through a hurricane before. At least, none that she could remember. She was alive during Hurricane Catrina, but she had been only a year old at the time and was nowhere near the storm. Tropical Storm Harvey had just been categorized as a hurricane and everyone in Corpus Christi was preparing…
It was that time again. Luisa walked out the backdoor to the chicken coop and checked the automatic door. Once again, it was still open. Luisa entered the coop and lowered the door, counting the chickens roosting in the rafters before exiting. All five were accounted for. She locked up the coop and headed back…
She had never had a tattoo before. She had been raised with the mindset of her body being a temple of God that tattoos would only be like graffiti toward. Another reason why she had never gotten a tattoo was that she could never decide on what she would want if she did get one….
The song was an annoyance. The song “Baby Shark” had apparently been popular in the nineties or something and had been fading into obscurity until some lunatic brought it back and made it into the most obnoxious earworm possible to play on the radio. The “Baby Shark” craze had emerged, and he could not get…
Her confirmation jewelry had become comfort items. One was a looped cross ring while the other was a necklace with a flying dove centered within a heart. Both items of jewelry were made of sterling silver and would not rust from water exposure. She never took them off. Any time she found them missing, she…
She had a job to do and the brown English bulldog with a white belly was not helping. The dog’s name was Honey Pecan, and she was extremely friendly. Her brother, Aries, was frightened of everything including her. Honey was actively begging for belly rubs and attempting to lick Vivianne’s face as she attempted to…