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Gayle Carline

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Wounded Sally climbed her steed and held tight on the saddle to help control the pain. Rob came up beside. "Want me to come along?"

Paul took another step up the ladder. Familiar tension gripped his gut and he tightened his fingers. He glanced down to Mary. There was too much at stake. He couldn't stop now... or could he?

Why were there only three choices? Damn it. I hate being limited like that. Stanton looked once more at the three small boxes in front of him. One of them could hold the ticket to what he wanted the most. Another a one-way trip to failure. And who knows what the third one contained?

Jayseen scanned the crowd a third time, her legs straddling the briefcase with her equipment, in case some thief was tempted to take it. One had to be cautious in this business. It had been a long trip and this job was supposed to be a quick one. A movement caught her eye…

I later found out her name was Barbara LeFang. I met her last week in, well you know, once of those bars. Business had been great and I wanted to celebrate. Honest, I had only a couple drinks when she walked by my table. Little did I know she...

"Morris! Morris! Come quickly!" The voice echoed down the hollow halls. A little more softly this time, it repeated his name.
But he only smiled. Not this time. You're not going to do it to me again. Never again...

Vin examined his new attire one last time in the mirror. He carefully put the gray object in his pocket and took the step that ended his boring life.

The swish-swish of the windshield wipers couldn’t erase Olga’s dark thoughts. Would he be there, especially after the trial? She parked the truck and made her way to the platform...

Darn this cold! Reuben stood and lifted the collar on his borrowed jacket. Even the glare of a new day's sun was not enough to banish the chill. Where was everybody? Something shiny caught his attention.

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