Month: December 2018
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Sidetracked by Dellani Oakes Part 29
“Hey! You done that on purpose! You bitch! That’s brutality!” “Yelling at me, cursing less than three feet away, is verbal assault. On a police officer. Which one of us is in more trouble? Hm? One of your rights is to remain silent. Might wanna give that a try.” He didn’t, though. He yelled and […]
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Frank Wharton’s Merry Christmas as Read on Tales from the Pages
Frank Wharton dashed under the portico out of the bone chilling drizzle of rain that was turning to snow. He stuffed $5.00 in the bell ringer’s bucket before heading toward the coffee shop door. “Thank you, sir. God Bless and Merry Christmas.” “Oh, I don’t celebrate Christmas.” “Are you Jewish? Same God, sir.” “I don’t […]
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Sidetracked by Dellani Oakes Part 28
“What can I do for you, Detective?” He had a smarmy, Southern drawl. Louisiana, she remembered from her research. His voice was higher than his bulk would indicate, and grated on her nerves. “I’m looking into the murder of Wendy Hamilton. I believe she was women’s golf team captain for two years?” “Two and a […]
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Sidetracked by Dellani Oakes Part 27
On the road, Vanessa called her boss, explaining that she was stopping at the school to talk to the coach and administrators about Wendy. She hadn’t scheduled the appointment, wanting to catch them off guard. Something was going on there, and she intended to find out what. If Coach Bullock had been having an affair […]
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Sidetracked by Dellani Oakes Part 26
Helping Aiden up, he walked into his room with him, leaving Deirdre and Corin behind. “Guy stuff,” Corin said, heading to his room. “You’re a guy,” his mother said, a little surprised at his acceptance. Corin shook his head. “Big guy stuff.” He’d accepted that his older brothers were closer to one another than to […]
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Sidetracked by Dellani Oakes Part 25
“Thank you,” Corin said quietly. “I feel kinda stupid….” “Never. You know how many times Aiden had to save my ass? Creeps have to learn that they don’t f**k with any Partridge. I’ll show you some tricks sometime, when Mom’s not around. She’d have a cow. Aiden showed me that duck and punch.” “Right in […]
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Sidetracked by Dellani Oakes Part 24
“He swung first. I have witnesses,” Burl said. “That’s right,” Thug Two said, ratting out his friend. “Moe swung first.” “Yeah, he did. We saw the whole thing. He was f**king with the little one earlier. We tried to stop him!” Thug Three added. They couldn’t talk fast enough. Several other students stepped forward, speaking […]
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Sidetracked by Dellani Oakes Part 23
“Mom, really?” Burl yelled. “Why can’t you be like normal mothers and listen to appropriate music?” Deirdre turned the music down. “And what’s appropriate?” She smiled, raising an eyebrow as she turned it down a little. “I dunno, like Enya or Michel BublĂ©.” “Hmm…. No. And hell no.” The music changed, now it was More […]
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Sidetracked by Dellani Oakes Part 22
While going through pictures of the golf team, Vanessa spots something, with her husband’s help. “No clue. But you noticed something, or it would be an 8×10, not a 10×13. I wouldn’t have spotted it so fast in a smaller print. That’s the dead girl? Wendy?” “Yes,” she replied sadly. “Beautiful girl. Too bad she […]
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Sidetracked by Dellani Oakes Part 21
When she arrived at the office, she settled at her desk, prepared to do some searching. A man walked up, clearing his throat. She finished her search parameters without looking up. “Hiya, Scott.” “How did you know it was me?” He slung a hip over the corner of her desk. “Change your cologne.” She smiled […]
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