Yearly Archives: 2025

Chapter 33: Those Wheels Do Take Their Time – July 14, 2022The charges had been presented.  The evidence against Arian had been disclosed.  And Arian had entered his plea.“How do…

Chapter 32: Dashed Upon the Rocks – June 16, 2022“Get in the car.”  Those were the only words Duncan spoke to Arian.Arian obeyed him.  The car was a limo, and…

Chapter 31: The Wheels of Justice Grind Exceedingly Fine – June 15 – 16, 2022 At one o’clock in the afternoon in the middle of June, a knock sounded on…

Chapter 30: What a Tangled Web! – May 31, 2022“Dom, I found her,” Detective Sullivan greeted Detective Deluge as he returned from the breakroom several days later.“Who?”“Arian Tremblay’s sister.  Her name…

Chapter 29: Silent No Longer – May 28, 2022Seeking the bathroom a few yards away, she walked slowly down the unfamiliar hallway, her fingertips sliding along one wall, lest she…

Chapter 28: The Rose and the Lily – May 14 – 21, 2022“Annie?  Would you like to hold your baby sister?” Crimson asked her elder daughter.Annie bounced across the hospital…

Chapter 27: Reckoning – May 14, 2022He would never have admitted it, but Arian was nervous.  He wiped his hands on the sides of his pants.  Even his palms were sweating.  Penny had…

Chapter 26: The Tenor of Change – March 25 – May 12, 2022The next morning, Arian made a discovery that would change the trajectory of his whole life.  He stumbled…

Chapter 25: A Butterfly’s Broken Wing – March 15 – 24, 2022Penelope’s confrontation of Arian had taken a toll on her health.  Later that day, she’d told him that she…

Chapter 24: One Is Better Than None, and Three’s a Case – March 16 – 19, 2022Just before noon the following morning, Nari along with her son, Jae-Jae, welcomed Crimson…