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( chapter 4, part 11… ) There was a slight flash of brightness from behind my closed eyelids as the whirring continued around me. I tried to remain as still as possible, scared by the unknown machine doing whatever it was doing around my head and body. I felt a sense of denseness within myself...

(chapter 4, part 10… ) Nurse Jane Aspen beheld the girl in the hospital bed with baleful eyes. The girl looked unsure with her surroundings as far as Nurse Aspen was concerned. With standing a respectful distance, about two or three feet from the bedside, Nurse Aspen held herself demurely at...

Nope, nice thought though. Just a made up name that stroke my fancy. ( chapter 1, part 4… ) Laura revelled with this blissful feeling, taking a side street past the Main Street stores that led down a lane as the stores and houses eased into a more natural looking road into a more suburban...

Sorry, fixed it. ( chapter 1, part 3… ) The downward slope of a drive did not deter the determined but steady descent as Laura Channing felt the jostling motion of her car. It was not a long and arduous ride into the main road of her childhood town of Yarndervale. Even the faded welcome sign...

Have fixed it. ( chapter 1, part 2… ) The trail marked road curved and twisted until the canopy of trees opened up after another further quarter mile. The idyllic landscape was still rough hewn but the township led from the forest to the opening valley of Yarndervale. The thin road crested...

Chapter 1: Laura Channing The road was sleek with afternoon rain upon the highway road leading into the once hamlet settlement town of Yarndervale. The open plains gave way to a canopy of bunched up olden oaks that wound into a valley forestry. It was a solitary careening path. Within her old...

( chapter 4, part 9… ) The tag the nurse wore displayed the name J. Aspen in black print, obviously her name. Her warm smile did not waver from her face as she let go of my shoulder and took a step back. She was no longer hovering over my body to give me space as I sat up groggily from my lying...

( chapter 4, part 8… ) I had waited in somber silence, not daring to talk to Darius as there was nothing more to be said between us. I had waited patiently until the digital clock beside me read until ten fifty. I decided to get up out of my hospital bed to give myself a much needed pee break...

( chapter 2, part 2… ) Mr. Harris was usually a composed and orderly man that kept his nose out of neighbourly disputes for the ten years he had resided within number one hundred and eleven on Somerset Drive. But upon this particular day, Arnold Harris could not fathom why the two gentlemen at...

( chapter 4, part 7… ) Darius just continued to stare balefully at Drew, the boy’s grimace deepening upon his face. He slowly broke his look from the girl whom he knew for less than two days ago. He was hurt emotionally, he knew it and somehow he knew that Drew knew it also. A strange...

I am glad too. I know, my mind was just on auto write for some reason or another. Maybe my contrast between dialogue and the written language made me forget about it. Ha, “invisible words”. I shall rectify the points brought up by reading thorough my post above, thanks for noticing, CF. But...

( chapter 4, part 6… ) I felt somewhat restless and bordering upon the brink of boredom as I watched the minutes and seconds tick by upon the digital clock by my bedside. I tried my best to calm the unease I felt but just relaxed my body as best I could within my hospital bed. It did not stop...

( chapter 6, part 4… ) The downward ride in the lift was a bit daunting for Chris, his wavering but somewhat resolute conviction forcing himself to not be scared of the unknown. Besides, his growling belly made his hunger for food overcome his mind for safety at this period of time after Uncle...

( chapter 6, part 3… ) The receptionist called Daniel appeared bored and uninterested in his dreary duties as the main lobbyist and check-in at Wembley Towers. He treated it with gay abandon and chagrined mediocrity that was thinly veiled behind his professional and well put together attire of...

( chapter 6, part 2… ) With a look of disgust from the smell at this newly created space that I assumed was made up for me, I gingerly entered the newly furnished room and placed my hefty suitcase upon the bed mattress. It squeaked slightly from the pressure due to the framework and springs of...

( chapter 5, part 1… ) Chapter 5: Judgment Daunting It was a slow mid-day to Robert Moss as the sun rose to its zenith point, signifying the end of the brunch crowd to make way for the lunch time rabble. He had barely sold his usual quota by this time, let alone the daily newspapers that had...

( chapter 4, part 9… ) The door of the interview room opened after the barked order of Chief Detective Henry Fonda’s allowance was heard. A policewoman stood within the doorway between the threshold of the doorframe separating the hallway and interview room four where the Chief Detective and...

( chapter 4, part 5… ) I felt a sense of panic overtake me, unsure of my inner feelings. I noticed Darius looking unsure of himself as his own face was looking frightened. I tried calming myself down, ignoring my conflicting thoughts as I could sense a slight pressure of uncertainty growing...

( chapter 4, part 8… ) To say it was not surprising to Stephen Tyler would be an understatement, having been terminated from his job was the least of his worries. It had been ten minutes ago, when he had simply nodded in understanding to his former employer, that his brain just seemed to accept...

( chapter 5, part 2… ) Detective Stone gave a non-committed sigh with an intake of breath, his half finished cigarette end alighting anew with this particular action of morbid curiosity within his sharp mind. He haphazardly continued reading the toxicology findings, the second page a reference...