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I crossed the 50,000 word line today, but I have a little bit more write to finish the story, which I’ll do tonight or tomorrow. The online shopping juggernaut is in full effect and I’ve got to get to work filling orders and helping out. Enjoy another excerpt of the madness:
When Little Cecil [...]

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The rest of the trip to West Seattle was uneventful, but it left Tom a nervous wreck. Suzi could sense his unease and wondered where his sense of adventure went. He didn’t breathe a calm breath until they had pulled into Suzi’s garage and the door had rolled down behind them. He opened the door [...]

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I got the brushes app for my ipod and here’s a strange little painting I did

“Hey Tom, can you cut out of work early?” she asked her boyfriend on the phone from his parking garage.
“How early Suzi?” he replied.
“How about now?”
It was 2:45 in the afternoon and Tom generally worked until 6:00. All the [...]

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Sheila went to her favorite part of the greenhouse, the desert room. This wing of the conservatory had all manner of succulents and cacti. A lot of the plants had small, colorful blooms since the summer had been so sunny. She just slowly walked through, admiring the plants until she saw some strange movement through [...]

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Sheila didn’t have much to hide or even clean up in her tiny apartment, so she just laid on the bed and read a magazine, waiting to see if the cops showed up. They never did and she fell asleep in her clothes on top of the blankets. When her alarm went off in the [...]

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For the next hour or so, Ted did his best to keep charming the two women while Cecil just barely endured the self inflicted torture he was going through. He had lived such a sheltered life that at 23, he hadn’t even kissed a girl yet. Ted decided that he would have to press Cecil [...]

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Stefan tried calling Marie’s cell phone again. It rang a couple times and then went to voicemail. He had already left four messages, so he just hung up.
Marie looked at the screen on her phone when it rang again and just pushed the red button to send Stefan to the voicemail.
“Was that him again?” [...]

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Suzi finished her work on at the prison on Thursday and got her stuff together to drive back to Seattle. She hadn’t had a chance to even turn her iPhone on all day and when she did, she had four emails from Gretchen. The subject lines ranged from ‘WTF?’ to ‘U R insane’, so she [...]

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Stefan resumed his duties at the entrance and the women starting talking about their other hobbies. Gretchen was an avid knitter when she wasn’t tending bar. Marie drew cartoons and comics, but she was sure they’d never be good enough to get published. Sheila wrote erotic fiction.
“Really? You seem so straight laced,” Gretchen said putting [...]

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“How much did you pay for it?” Cecil asked.
“With tax and everything, it was two thousand and twelve dollars. They said that they took twenty five off since I wanted to be the first one to wash it,” he said smiling.
“I’ll give you three thousand for it,” Cecil said, reaching for his wallet.
“Are you nuts? [...]

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