I havent seen anything like that since reading ‘Meeting John Derrick’ @ http://rowan-fixion.blogspot.com

Simply inspirational stuff!

That’s great news. Thanks for giving me the chance. Of course my only desire was to not embarrass myself by submitting a crappy ending to your great starter.

Perhaps future collabs are in order? Hmmm…

George

Oh, and reading them, too!

All the best,

Don Keith (N4KC)

“Well?”

Then Phil did the most amazing thing. He sat up in his chair and he grinned. The sonofabitch actually grinned!

“No Mr. Davis, that ain’t how things are gonna go down.”

“Excuse me?!”

“You heard me. Not only are you going to give us that money for the house, but when you leave here, you’re going straight over to Forlorn Ford and write a check for a new truck. It’s all picked out and the paperwork is ready to go.”

Now it was my turn to have a jaw drop.

“And why,” chewing my words thoroughly “would I do that?”

“Here’s why, old man.” Phil reached into his pocket and pulled out his iPhone. Tapped it a few times and slid it across the table.

A sense of dread and impending doom started roiling deep in my belly.

My grin faltered as I saw the images. It was unmistakable. That was my SUV. That was me looking both ways before inserting the key into the door to room 8 of the no-tell mo-tell out on route 37. That was her, giving my ass a squeeze as she followed me in.

Shit.

“So, Mr. Davis. Do we understand each other?”

Head hung low, I just nodded. What the hell else could I do?

“Oh, here’s the check. Do you mind getting dinner?” Phil grinned impossibly wide.

I picked up the tab and me and my new best friend walked out into the warm and humid night.

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Larry Thomlinson

Let loose some of that Alaskan short story talent that you possess! Give the lower 48 and the rest of the world a piece of your very talented mind!

Hey, can you shake the tree up there to help get those evil oil companies to share some of their excess profits with a nice donation to LongShortStories?

Thanks for stopping by, my friend!

Wayne

Well, yee-haw. Great stuff here and congrats on a very successful contest.

I missed this round, but ohhhh, I’ll be back. And when I do, better watch out!

George

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