The Heiress The well dressed woman sat across the desk from Detective Cliff Bradley. "I could use a name," Cliff said. "I don't know his name," the voluptuous woman curtly replied.  "I mean yours, not the blackmailer." "I'd rather not say until you've heard my story." "Okay, I'm all ears." "Well Mr. Bradley," she began. "It's Cliff, doll." "Yes, Cliff, she continued. "I met a man." "Excuse me. I think I've heard this one...

The Alderman Cliff Bradley was one bullet short of making the Chicago Daily News obits in the summer of 1930. He had gotten tangled up with the mob who got itchy about a bundle of misplaced cash. They wanted it back. It turned out that 10K had been stolen by a teen-age hooker who considered it a tip. Unfortunately, the Chicago outfit didn't see it that way. They terminated both their disagreement and her in the customary...

I finished drying my hands as she put the last dish on the drying rack. She put her hand on my upper arm and said, “Let’s have a glass of wine and chat.” I smiled back at her smile, pleasantly surprised at the contact, which she had studiously avoided during the last two weeks. As we walked past the table, she said, “Thank you for helping me wash up.” “Thank you for the dinner. It was very good.” She nodded, “Of course.”...

Between the alcohol and her orgasm, Tonia was out like a light. I very carefully gathered her into my arms and carried her upstairs to the bedroom. She didn't wake as I cleaned things up and tucked her into bed. I struggled with deciding what was the right thing to do, and finally decided I should stay with her until the alcohol wore off and she woke up. I figured that would only be a couple of hours, and she could send m...

Readers of my first two entries know that I can be a hound, especially on Thursday evenings. Being deficient of skills in some games, I excel in others. My specialty is picking up a stray woman on Thursdays. In the business game, whilst conventions, trade fairs and annual meetings run Monday through Friday, attendees are ready to go home by Thursday. On Fridays, members do their final elevator talks; luggage waits inside...

Sometimes I forget that my daughter likes to meddle. Early the next morning, I got a call from work. Apparently, my daughter had called my boss and told him about my mishap. In spite of the being cleared by the doctor, my boss insisted that I take the day off. I argued, but he insisted, and I relented. The last thing I wanted to do was sit around all alone in my empty house. It promised to be a beautiful early spring day,...

It almost scared the life out of me. I couldn't remember what I was doing, but I remember falling.  It took most of forever to hit the ground, and then the lights went out. When I opened my eyes, I was lying on my back in the snow, and light snow was falling on my face.  Several people were yelling, but I couldn't quite make out what they were saying. Out of nowhere, the evening sky was blotted out by the biggest man I ha...

No, it was not that kind of “desktop.” I'm not even sure “laptops,” as opposed to ”desktops,” had been invented yet at the time. In 1985, personal computers were still pretty clunky things that took up a lot of space, even though they might have fit on the top of a desk. They were just called “computers” and though my office had a couple, none of them was on my desk. Hell, they might have interfered with my view if they h...

"Stop it!" Karl said as he slapped my phone out of my hand. "She's not going to text you back anytime soon."  I stared back at his cold brown eyes. "Fine," I said sitting back in my chair. I looked back over my right shoulder. Kristin was sitting with her friends all of them laughing and conversating with each other.  "Give it a break," Karl said shaking his head. Karl was my best friend. "She's not your friend, not anymo...

It was another beach weekend coming up for Jennifer and me, but this time we invited my best friend Ted and his girlfriend, Tina. Ted called me Thursday to say that Tina had a family funeral that came up at the last minute so she couldn’t come down.   I asked Ted if he was going to the funeral and he said, “No, it’s out of state so she’s going with family so they won’t be back until Monday and I have to work. “ “Why don’t...