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The Big Cheese, Part Five: You Bet Your Life Need to start at the beginning? Go here! After enjoying a quick lunch, Kenji, Roland, and Delphine sat under the pergola in Delphine’s backyard, each of them dangling their bare feet into a tub of warm, milky-looking water. “I admit I was skeptical, but this feels really […]
The Big Cheese, Part Four: Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Need to start at the beginning? Go here! Roland found Delphine at the grilled cheese vendor. “We’ve got company,” he said, and then winced because he sounded like a villain on the “Hawaii 5-O” remake rather than a special agent on some kind of important […]
The Big Cheese, Part Three: Jeopardy Need to start at the beginning? Go here! Detective Roland Magnusson of the Miami-Dade Police Department shook Delphine’s hand, but there did not seem to be much enthusiasm behind the gesture on his part. “What in the name of all that is holy am I doing here?” he asked. Before […]
The Big Cheese, Part Two: Family Feud Need to start at the beginning? Go here! The following morning, Delphine sat across from Richard Dere at the elegant boardroom table in the main conference room at the Falls’ regional office. The night before had been a long one—Richard insisted on calling in a team to […]
Welcome to the beginning of a brand-new serialized short story! Did you have a chance read the previous one? If not, you can find it here. Enjoy! The Big Cheese, Part One: Wheel of Fortune The heavy, dark-blue fabric of Delphine’s dress floated out around her body as her partner, Reginald Shipley, spun her in […]
The Ring Bling, Part Six: The End? Need to start at the beginning? Go here. At approximately 2 a.m. I fell asleep in a chair in Detective Magnusson’s tiny office, while Delphine and I waited for him to come back from filing some paperwork, or whatever it was that detectives did once they got their […]
The Ring Bling, Part Five: The Catch Want to re-read Part One? Find it here. Grandma Lougheed and I stood by the window, waiting for another glimpse of Detective Roland Magnussen, but none was forthcoming. Then we heard footsteps on the stairs. Quiet but firm, just like him. “Fudgsicles,” I said. “Cop?” Grandma asked. “Yeah. We’re […]
The Ring Bling, Part Four: The Fixer Need to start at the beginning? Go here. My sweet ol’ G-ma had given me the slip at the Miami International Airport. I was never going to hear the end of it when we all got together for Thanksgiving. Especially if she didn’t resurface by then. After […]
The Ring Bling, Part Three: The Escape Need to start at the beginning? Go here. By the time I’d located a hotel I could afford, I was looking at a Travel Lodge in Florida City. But G-ma insisted on picking up the tab and made me a senior-rate reservation at some super-fancy place that had […]
The Ring Bling, Part Two: The Situation Want to re-read Part One? Find it here. My Grandma gave directions while I drove. Fifteen minutes later, we sat in a small diner called Moe’s. The view of the water from our table just about had me convinced I should give up on Fort Worth and join […]
The Ring Bling, Part One: The Setup I pulled my rental car in behind my grandma’s Mercedes and killed the engine. Even though I’d been running the AC full blast since I’d left the airport in order to counteract the ungodly high Florida humidity, I could still smell the sea through the vents. Which would […]
When grocery shopping gets weird.
Domestic bliss redefined.
The beginning of another novel.
When things start to snowball…