Nancy leaned tiredly against Ned as the elevator rose quietly.  It had been a great evening with her friends and the others she had met working on her latest case.  It had been quite the week in Chicago where she had almost lost her life when she’d been accidentally poisoned.  In the days that followed Ned had promised her that they would have the ( Read more... )

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“What is it?!?!” Ben yelled as he ran full tilt through the forest, dodging trees and praying he didn’t step into a rabbit hole.  The pitch black darkness was making it nay on impossible to see much of anything.  Plus the direction they had chosen had steadily increased in incline since they had left their post.  On top of all that he was also ( Read more... )

Jeffrey hit the water hard, knocking the breath out of him, as he was plunged into the lake’s icy depths.  He felt himself tumbling over and over until he lost all sense of up and down.  When he finally stopped Jeff opened his eyes and saw nothing but darkness and his lungs were screaming for breath.  He had just started to panic when he felt a ( Read more... )

Travis’ head snapped back violently, hitting the wall behind him with an audible thunk, causing his vision to briefly white out and then grow dark along the edges.  Blinking his eyes rapidly trying to clear his now distorted vision, Travis found to his dismay he had not passed out with that last hit.  He had been hoping for a break from the blows ( Read more... )

May

Kate juggled her purse, her phone, and her dinner-which was in a paper bag and growing colder by the moment-in her hands as she struggled to open her front door. Finally she was able to unlock the door and rush inside. Glancing at the clock in her entryway, Kate saw she had exactly one minute. Dropping the keys and her purse on the couch, ( Read more... )

Monday

Kate struggled with her suitcase and practically fell through her front door, trying desperately to not step on all the mail that had accumulated on the floor. Kicking it closed behind her, Kate let go of her giant piece of luggage, giving it a little vengeful kick before plopping down on one of the ottomans near her entryway. One of the ( Read more... )

Kono was true to her word and returned shortly, and then the two of them went to the restaurant that she had mentioned only that morning. That felt like a million years ago now. Kono had been right, the views were breathtaking, and so was Kono as the candlelight highlighted her already lovely features.

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Kono was back at the bungalow promptly at six and she even brought Kate a bouquet of tropical flowers. Kate accepted the bouquet with a blush and gave her a kiss on the cheek in thanks, before finding a suitable container to put them in. Afterwards they hopped into Kono’s car, and within thirty minutes they had pulled up to an unassuming beachfront ( Read more... )

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