Then I picked up my phone and started scrolling through my contacts. The first three names I scrolled past were my paralegal Rachel, my insurance broker Steve, and a contact saved under the name Sheriff Brody Cell. I tapped Brody first. He answered on the second ring. “It is me,” I said. “It is happening…
Six months before HOA Karen put an excavator through my yacht I bought the Miami marina. I bought the whole entire thing. I bought all forty one boat slips. I bought the fuel dock. I bought the concrete boat ramp. I bought the two story office building at the top of the parking lot. I…
“You do realize you have fully awakened the dragon right?” I just grinned back at her while looking up at our magnificent crooked creation. “Let her breathe all the fire she wants,” I said proudly. “We have a secret trap door.” I had absolutely no idea just how much fire was actually coming our way….
“What can I do for you, HOA Karen?” She opened a folder and pulled out a stack of papers. “This is your official notice of violation. You currently owe fifteen thousand dollars in accumulated fines for unauthorized construction.” “Fifteen thousand dollars?” I asked. ư”For what exactly?” One of the men in suits cleared his throat….
At the funeral three months ago, he gripped my shaking shoulder and said, “If you ever need anything at all, you call me immediately.” I absolutely hadn’t called him. But now, staring at the glowing text message on my screen, I wondered how Jax had even found out about my eviction. I texted him back…
“My little sister… she cannot walk. I desperately need money for her medical treatment. I do not have any other way to get it. I know it is completely wrong. I am so sorry.” Silas studied my face incredibly closely. The other massive bikers muttered angrily. “Silas,” a guy with face tattoos sneered, “let me…
The very first thing I did, acting as a professional surveyor, was something most normal people absolutely never think to do. I immediately pulled the original, recorded county plat map for the Maple Crest subdivision. I knew exactly where to find it in the massive county archives because I had personally, physically surveyed the entire…
“Eleven years,” I said quietly. “Running totally unopposed?” “She ruthlessly fined the last poor man who tried to run against her in an election,” Alderman spat. “It was something ridiculous about his Christmas lights being totally non compliant with the rules. Warm white instead of cool white. It cost the poor guy $400 in fake…
“What exactly do you want to do about it, Titan?” “I want to physically escort her every single day to her school until she feels completely safe,” I declared loudly. “But I do not want to just walk her down the sidewalk. I want to make a massive statement. I want every single gang banger,…
As the paramedics loaded my stretcher into the back of the ambulance, I caught his dark eyes. “Thank you,” I mouthed silently. He nodded his head exactly once. Then he pulled out his cell phone. He was already making calls to his club as the ambulance doors slammed shut. I woke up in a bright…
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