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CUSTODY OF ALICE

Posted onJanuary 30, 2022January 30, 2022AuthorVan18 Comments

SCENE

Dave and Rebecca Brown, a couple married twelve years, were an hour and a half into their first tripartite, court ordered counselling session. Dave was only attending due to the strong insistence of his lawyer. Post nuptial agreements were a relatively new phenomenon in the legal system and Dave’s lawyer wanted every ‘i’ dotted and ‘t’ crossed. The previous ninety minutes had been dominated by talk between the counsellor and Rebecca, with Dave sitting, tight lipped, notebook and pen in hand. Periodically, he scribbled something on the pad. Read More …

OASIS?

Posted onNovember 14, 2021November 14, 2021AuthorVan113 Comments

Susan Smith, Susie to her friends, picked up her bag of purchases from the passenger side of the car, shut the door, and headed to go inside through the internal door in the garage to the house. Just as she reached it she looked back, in thought. Read More …

LIKE FATHER

Posted onOctober 17, 2021October 17, 2021AuthorVan117 Comments

“Hi, Jenny, thanks for coming. I…, I need a friend right now.”

“That’s fine, Mum, exams aren’t for another month yet.” Read More …

ONE-SIDE CONVERSATION

Posted onOctober 2, 2021October 2, 2021AuthorVan118 Comments

“Oh my god, darling. I’d no idea that I’d hit you so hard. How bad is it?” Read More …

CURIOSITY KILLED THE CATH

Posted onApril 30, 2021April 30, 2021AuthorVan19 Comments

IF YOU KNOW how to, all the technology available to the average Josie in the twenty-first century makes private investigators and high-priced surveillance equipment somewhat redundant, especially if your husband, like mine, still lives in the twentieth. Read More …

ZOOMED OUT OF A MARRIAGE

Posted onMarch 13, 2021March 13, 2021AuthorVan110 Comments

Could life get any better than this? I thought to myself, as I stretched out luxuriously on the king-size bed and glanced at the clock on the bedside table of the five-star hotel I was staying in. I yawned. Read More …

TICK… TICK… TICK…

Posted onJanuary 12, 2021January 12, 2021AuthorVan114 Comments

I thought I was arriving early at the lawyer’s office but by the time my attorney turned up and we were led into the conference room, Dave and his lady advocate were already there. This prompted the jealous reaction that always consumed me when I saw him interact in any way with a beautiful woman. I suspected that deep down I’d always felt a little inferior to him. He was a brilliant catch for any woman. At forty-eight, he was more handsome than he’d been at twenty, tall and muscular, owned his own successful business, and headed the local chamber of commerce. I shuddered at the thought that if today didn’t go well, I might never feel his big, comforting arms around me ever again. Read More …

The Snow Came Down

Posted onJanuary 5, 2021January 5, 2021AuthorVan19 Comments

THE CRASH OF thunder shocked me from sleep. It rolled around the mountains well after rousing me, leaving me in no doubt as to why I was awake. Everything else was hazy though; afternoon naps do that to me. They leave me groggy and disorientated. Slowly, as the thunder rumbled, it all came back. Read More …

THE LATE MRS. CARTER

Posted onOctober 10, 2020October 10, 2020AuthorVan111 Comments

POLICE LIEUTENANT COSGROVE INTERVIEWS MRS. WESTON

“Thank you for coming in again, Mrs. Weston. I just wanted to go over your statement of yesterday. Just to clear up a few inconsistencies if that’s alright?” Read More …

A SIMPLE CONVERSATION # 6: JENNIFER

Posted onJuly 14, 2020July 14, 2020AuthorVan112 Comments

THE SCENE: The home of Dave and Jennifer Brown, childless married couple. Jennifer and her best friend, Julie, are going through their weekly ritual of sharing a wine at the kitchen table after some shopping. Read More …