Finally, after nearly three hours in the car, she arrived. A wave of excitement washed over her as she turned right into the entrance of the park and paid the three dollar admission fee. The phrase “worth the price of admission” came to her mind but then so did “you get what you pay for” and she hoped for the former more than the latter. As soon as she found a place to park, she put Milo on the le...

Andy took his messenger bag off, hung it on the hook under the bar and then had a seat. As he sat and waited to get the bartender’s attention, he noticed Phil across the way drinking a three-fingered dram of something dark.

Seeing this asshole felt par-for-the-course as far as day went. Phil noticed Andy sitting across from him and nodded his head to him, acknowledging him. Andy nodded back.

“Wha...

“Ok, what do you want from me?”

“Your life”

“It isn’t going to work that way. I-“

“I will determine how this is going to work,” he said.

Pensively he leaned forward in his seat before standing.

“I am in control. Me. You are but a small...insect beneath my foot. And I will...eliminate you as soon as I desire.”

He took a few steps forward and paused.

“There seems to be something you do not understan...