[This picks up where part 1 leaves off]
Alan was dismayed to find Mae-Lin waiting for him as he arrived home from work that night.
“What are you doing here? I heard that you’d called in sick?”
She totally ignored his questions. He realised that this was becoming something of a habit.
“We need to talk,” she said in a voice that said, ‘I’m not taking no for an answer’. Continue reading
Authors Note: This part is written in the TJ Character.
After Mike or rather Freddie, left the suite I lay on the bed with Judy for a while trying to sort out in my mind what had happened over the preceding few days.
I couldn’t quite believe why he/she had done this for us. I was sure that here had to be some ulterior motive.
A few old sayings went through my mind. “There’s no such thing as a free lunch”, “If it is too good to be true then it is probably is”. Continue reading
I wondered down the corridor in search of TJ for my appoitment with her for the dress fitting. I’d been stuck in traffic so I was about 5 minutes late for our appointment.
I wondered what sort of reaction I would get from her.
I knocked on the door and entered her work area. TJ was working at her sketchpad.
“You are Late. I haven’t got all day to hang around here. Lets get on with the fitting. You are just like your husband,” she said not even looking up at me. Continue reading
[Authors note:
This is an edited version of the story that was first published in 2003/2004 on Storysite. This time, I intend to finish it.]
It was with a feeling of both nervous anticipation and a certain amount of dread that I entered a London Hotel in late June for an event that I hoped might change my life. If it didn’t then I was going probably be plastered over every tabloid comic in the country. Continue reading
The rain that had been threatening all day finally arrived just as the second of the two clubs in the street closed up for the night.
The many scantily clad revelers dashed for every taxi that appeared.
In the end only a few people remained from the first club to be taken to another club or to their homes.
One cab turned up and a small woman opened the door to get in.
“Anyone going to Mildmay Park?” Continue reading
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“I’d like these cleaned please,” said the man who’d just come into the dry cleaners.
The one assistant in the shop was hanging some plastic clad garments onto a rack. She finished placing the last on and turned around to face him. She gave him a little smile. He was the first customer of the day. The lull in new work had allowed her to finish up most of the outstanding work from the previous day.
He handed her the two garments.
The first was an Air Force officers ‘dress’ uniform. She looked up at him and observed that this was his and the cut of his hair said ‘base barber’ all over it. It was not uncommon for people from the base to come into her shop despite the fact that there was a cleaners on the base, a lot of officers lived ‘off base’. Continue reading
Well, that is 2011 over and done with.
Writing has been a real struggle this past year. Not that I’ve not had ideas but getting them down in a story has been a real task.
In the end, I sort of gave up.
Since the turn of the year, I’ve had a few quite good plot ideas. One of these called ‘Full Circle’ will be posted by the end of the week.
And to go with a new year, I’m starting a new job at the start of February. The Job will involve a bit of international travel especially as my boss works in J’burg and I’m working in London.
The job is working on integrating systems used in Airports so I’d better make them right. If the job does not pan out, I’ll probably consider retiring.
Thankfully, Gina disappeared from view just as suddenly as she arrived. Sadly, her promise to take her children for a couple of weeks never materialised.
To our eternal relief, Claudia took control and the three of them went off to a cottage in Wales for a couple of weeks. They all had great fun learning to ride despite the weather not being all that kind. Continue reading
This story is the first one I have ever written where the main character undergoes transition. As the time for Fran to transition approaches, the harder it has become for me to write the story. I know what I want to write but I’m really struggling to make it coherrent. I laid a few clues as to how the story would develop in previous parts. This might be my downfall. At the moment, I am stuck.
I really don’t want to rush this very important part of Fran’s life yet nothing I try seems to work.
Oh what a tangled web we weave!
