It had been a rough week at work and awaking from my sleep on Saturday morning refreshed, I decided to lay in as long as I could. I finally roll out of bed around nine o’clock pulling on a shirt on and trudging out into the kitchen in just that and my boxer shorts. Everything is quiet in the house as I put the bread in the toaster. Too quiet I thought as I started to wonder what had happened to my family. After moving to...

Melissa closed to the door and walked into the front yard that looked like it hadn’t been cared for in a long time. Pulling her mobile phone from her handbag she called a taxi cab with a number she had programmed in so she would have it when needed. “Hi can I please get cab?” she asked when the operator answered. "Yes Madam, pick up address please.” “Shit. Hang on a second okay?” she replied realising she didn’t know the...

It was an unseasonably hot day for the start of autumn and I was finishing my lunch when I saw Gemma through my window. It had been about six months since that occasion in her bedroom next door and I had hardly seen Gemma since she had moved out of home, so was surprised to see her through my window. After that, all afternoon I re-lived that day in my mind remembering how soft her skin was and how much she enjoyed our tim...

Gemma had grown up next door. I had know her since a baby and seen her grow up over the years. She had always been a pretty girl and she always put a smile on my face when I saw her. She was an only child and her parents were not only very protective, but also extremely strict with her. Now that normally leads to one of two things in my experience; either a rebellious daughter, causing her parents an immense deal of troub...