“The Investor”
“The Investor” On Wall Street, they called him The Starbuck. Robert could close any deal, squeeze out every dollar — and he made sure everyone knew it. Twenty years of success: cars, women, vacation homes — the life of a king. Today, he outdid himself. He landed the deal of a lifetime: $762,900,500.00. He celebrated into the late […]
“The Ride”
“The Ride” It was an old run-down truck stop café, the kind that looked like something out of a horror film. But Tom and Angela went in anyway. “Coffee, please,” Tom said, raising his hand as the waitress approached. They had been on the road for thirty-seven hours, only stopping for gas, and this was […]
“The Coffee Shop”
“The Coffee Shop” Beth and her co-workers — James, Sandy, and Cecilia — decided to try the new coffee shop that had just opened across the street from their office building. They missed their old hangout, which had closed months ago for reasons still unknown to them. They used to stop in during work breaks and at least three […]