Elena did nothing but work and work on the case after that.

In fact, even a work she would perform her duties mindlessly. Her brain was thinking about the case. 

She had more than a binder now. Needed a place to herself. Decided to move out. Candace didn't understand. She understood...

He was pissed. The cigarette burned.

It was the second time this week that Group A had dropped the ball. Twice in a semester was too much. Twice in one week was a call for action. Something needed to be done. Heads needed to roll.

Ezekiel thought about things. Faces flashed before...

After eating two pieces of stale toast each, the two of them casually suggested that a cigarette would be nice. Although neither wanted one. The entire time, Casey couldn't get food off his mind. Why wasn't Dick suggesting they go out to breakfast. He was a guest. Shouldn't he treat...

The weekend came and Jimmy threw one of the biggest parties Dick had been to. Jimmy didn't even live in town. He would make friends with anybody who would visit Dick during the week and tell them they should come over to chill this weekend.

Come Saturday people came peeking in....

The best part about being a newspaper delivery man was that Andrew got to people watch . You saw all kinds of people on this job. Not that all kinds of people read the newspaper. Only a fringe of the population now touched, let alone read the newspaper. But the...

As he walked up the stairwell to the office, it felt eerie. Something had happened.

When he opened the unlocked door he already knew Vickey wouldn't be there.

He went in prepared, fist clenched. He would have to keep the intruder at arms distance in case they had a  knife .

Greco tiptoed...

He didn't work long hours, but he worked odd ones. Always in the dark, in that second story office with the window looking out to one of the roads of the Red Light District. On weekends the drunks and whores would be out. Everyone either waiting for something to happen....

The first time I saw Patagonia was when I got to college. Back during high school my small town the cool kids wore The North Face .

There was a store specializing in outdoors' apparel on the main shopping strip bordering the northern edge of campus . I'd pass by...

email is a great method of communication. You send off your message and you kind of forget about it. No waiting around to see if the other person checks it and replies right away. You just go about your day.

At least that's how I use it. Maybe you do sit...