Shes here, Mr. Rakovic, said the burly, dark-suited driver into his short-wave radio, but theres a civilian with her. What do you want me to do? Stay put, replied a crackly, yet authoritative voice. Im leaving the central station. Just passing the synagogue. Traffics good. Ill be there directly. If she leaves first, trail her […]

I turned off the radio and looked into Denise’s eyes. Her expression bore a pursed smile. “I think I came across as a bit of a dragon.” she said. “Noo!” I insisted, although at times, she did. “The presenter was sooo patronising toward me don’t you think?” I said. “I’m sure you didn’t want to […]

  “So how was school today?” his mother asked upon his arrival home at around 3.15pm. “OK.” he mumbled. “Can I get changed?” he asked. “Have you got any homework?” “A bit.” he replied. “Well you can change after you’ve done it.” “Ooh but… can’t I at least put my trousers on?” “You’ve got a uniform on, […]

“Next question.” Lysa said. “I already asked it,” Dante pressed, “I said who showed you the ropes when you first got here?” “And I said…NEXT. QUESTION.” Yikes! Backpedal backpedal backpedal! “Ok,” Dante said, wisely changing the subject, “what’s the deal with the milk?” Safe choice. Definitely a safe choice. Besides, something was up with that […]

  Brad had Ted get up on the table and take off his t-shirt. He then had Ted lay back and asked him to relax, he would be quick and gentle and Ted would be ready in no time. Brad untapped Ted’s diaper and peeled it back, he had Ted lift up and he removed […]

He sloshed back to the workroom to work on his task list on the computer, knowing that he’d be more likely to be changed promptly if there was not a backlog of work. He whittled it down nicely over the next 15 minutes, so that when Julie walked through the door, he only had a […]

  He seems to identify you as a mother figure. Apparently you’ve acted like the idealized mother he’s never had. If you can put up with his infantile behavior for a few days, I think he’ll come out of it okay. He’s basically a good kid with a sound personality who’s undergone a tremendous amount […]

  Brie looked at her for a moment before figuring out what Jinny wanted. Her smiled turned to a frown as she realized that this was just another ploy to give her more chores. Grumbling, Brie wiped Jinny’s hands for her. Next, she began washing the knife and spoon; unsure yet what she should do […]

      The door abruptly opened. “Having a nice chitty-chat boys?!” the concierge said as she shut the door behind her. Gavin instantly apologised. Luke’s apology came a couple of seconds later. “Stand.” she said. “Nails.” she said. “Good.” she said. “Sit.” she said. Luke sat, dragging his tiny tunic over what little of […]

The next morning I woke up early, but without a clock in the room, I had no idea how early. I hid from reality beneath the duvet, trying and failing to pretend that none of this was happening. After what I guessed was an hour, maybe two, I heard my grandmother’s footsteps, followed by the […]