The Trade, Chapter 11
Click here for Chapter 1 The touch of the ER nurse’s hand gently brought Ruth’s thoughts back to the present. As she opened her eyes, her ears also became reengaged with her current… Continue reading
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The Trade, Chapter 10
Click here for Chapter 1 All this time Ruth had been unknowingly working at an agency that her own father was helping manage. He had been appointed shortly after she started there but… Continue reading
The Trade, Chapter 9
Click here for Chapter 1 It hadn’t taken long for Andrew the auditor to discover that none of the payments to Promise Publishing could be tied to any material items received. He had… Continue reading
The Trade, Chapter 8
Click here for Chapter 1 When Ruth’s co-worker Deborah arrived at the office at 9 the next morning Andrew was already at his desk in front of Ruth’s, who was not at hers.… Continue reading
The Trade, Chapter 7
Click here for Chapter 1 “Hey! Nice shoes!” Ruth knew her bookkeeping buddy Deborah would notice her latest purchase as soon as she walked in the office. “Aren’t they though? Saw ‘em on… Continue reading
The Trade, Chapter 6
Click here for Chapter 1 They’ll never catch it. So much money goes out of this office each month, one more expense will never be noticed. Three weeks had passed since she had… Continue reading
The Trade, Chapter 5
Click here for Chapter 1 At the office Christmas party a week later, Ruth was surprised and relieved to open a card from the bureau department head and find a $100 bonus and… Continue reading
The Trade, Chapter 4
Click here for Chapter 1 Being on her own certainly did have its perks, with no one to answer to but herself. Ruth could go anywhere, stay out as late as she wanted,… Continue reading
The Trade, Chapter 3
Click here for Chapter 1. December, four years earlier “Can’t you at least stay through Christmas Day?” Ruth brushed past her father without answering him, puzzled by why he was holding the door… Continue reading
The Trade, Chapter 2
Click here for Chapter 1. Ruth awoke in the emergency room of the hospital down the street from the prison. “What am I doing here?” she thought to herself, but quickly remembered as… Continue reading
The Trade
How far would you go for someone you love? How much would you give? What would you sacrifice? Over the next 14 days I’ll be sharing a short story about love, sacrifice, and… Continue reading
No guns for slaves
I have a gun control plan. It’s one that I am confident would drastically, and I mean like by 99%, reduce gun violence of all kinds, not just the mass shootings like Las… Continue reading
The curse(s)
The excitement in Northeast Ohio has diminished some since the Cleveland Cavaliers won the NBA championship a few weeks ago. But one still needn’t drive far before seeing Cavs colors and logos in… Continue reading
It takes a village? Only if we hand them over.
I find it ironic that those who are the most passionate about certain “rights” and freedoms…to marry someone of the same-sex, determine your own gender, take the life of your child in the… Continue reading
Talk about discrimination…
If a person, business, or state government refuses to do business with or in the state of Indiana solely because of its recently signed Religious Freedom Restoration Act, are they not engaging in… Continue reading