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Switch it Up
I leap a pile of melting snow, miss, and it splatters in damp splotches up my Bob’s Diner uniform. “Ugh.” But the mailbox is just ahead. I wipe cold sweat off my palms, looking at it. “You can do this.” The door creaks when I ease it open. It’s here, the reply from my interview with Harden Electric.
By C.R. Fulton5 years ago in Criminal
Unintended Consequences
“Here, I got you a going-away present.” Our eyes meet and I force a smile. I take the gift and put it in my purse. “You’ll be fine,” he said, gently taking my hands and looking straight into my soul. “I promise you, you’ll be fine. If you need anything ever...ever, you call me.” He draws me in and gives me the most deliberate hug I’ve ever received.
By Donna Hollinger5 years ago in Criminal
The Ten House
The target home, located at 10 George Street, stood out both in size and style amongst the multi-story, modern apartment buildings lining the metropolitan road. George Street had been around about as long as the city itself and has been through multiple iterations of so-called improvements. The neighbourhood was the downtown home of busy professionals and their families, and the street itself a convoy of taxis and busses. 10 George St., often referred to as simply “Ten House”, while not unclean or unlivable, remained the only clue to what the city must have once resembled. It was old and stout, constructed from the reddish-brown bricks that might’ve been fashionable a century ago. It faded behind the busy foreground during the day, and at night only a dim light in one of its large windows could be spotted from its exterior.
By Mac Powers5 years ago in Criminal
Deaths Of The Black Book
‘What would I want? Death? Or twenty thousand? Well if those things are quite separate, I choose death... I mean twenty thousand’. Said Jules, mostly to himself, though Mole was sitting across from him. His nose unusually close to the open book he was reading.
By Mark Andrew 5 years ago in Criminal
Hiding in Seattle
Finally, the first week at my new job is over. I didn’t think I would end up in Seattle but so far it’s been uneventful, just the way it should be. Terri appears and asks if I want to join the others for Happy Hour at Stoneburner’s. I pretend to consider it thoughtfully.
By Sonia Rieger5 years ago in Criminal
