I held her hand tight, and I wasn’t ever letting go. Not all stories get to end like this, I thought. Mine certainly don’t. Too often I had seen beauty and love walk on by. Too often I had let Maria slip on by. Her words echoing in my inner conscience until our next seemingly chance encounter. Not always for lack of seeing on my part either. Not for a lack of hope, most certainly. Fate has a way o...

“BAM!!” The bullet sailed right over Alec’s head as his paddle sprayed a gulp full of fishy river water right in his mouth. “BAM!” “BAM!” More shots rang out as Alec started to paddle with the intensity of an olympian. The river banks seemed to press and narrow in on the pair as though the river itself was in league with their pursuers.

Tom, firmly wedged in the stern of their two seater canoe, ...

“Where do you think I found it, you fool.” I couldn’t believe the audacity of such a question. Did he really think that I could be so stupid?

“I know where you found it, but I don’t like it. This is how people get into trouble,” he sneered. The momentary look of shock was now firmly off his face. All I could think of was the last 24 hours.

How could I have landed myself here. I’m a straight, n...