The Highway Axeman – Chapter Five

NOT EDITED Chapter Five Monday: June 15, 2020 6:00 AM; DAVID QUINN’S APARTMENT, LIVING ROOM Bo hadn’t slept a wink the night before. He couldn’t. The look on Jensen’s face in that damn alleyway had haunted him all night, no matter how hard he had tried to push it away. Every single time he closedContinue reading “The Highway Axeman – Chapter Five”

The Highway Axeman – Chapter Four

NOT EDITED Chapter Four 7:00 PM; LOS ANGELES, THE ATLANTIS HOTEL, PARKING LOT A young man sat in the driver’s seat of a car parked in the hotel’s front parking lot, one hand toying with his lanyard, spinning it around his hand, unwinding it, spinning it the opposite direction. It was more or less theContinue reading “The Highway Axeman – Chapter Four”

The Highway Axeman – Chapter Three

NOT EDITED Chapter Three 6:30 PM; LOS ANGELES, THE ATLANTIS HOTEL, PARKING LOT After Bo successfully ignored all of his text and call attempts, David climbed out of his car and headed up to the hotel. As long as Bo hadn’t switched rooms, he’d be on the second floor. For a while, he had beenContinue reading “The Highway Axeman – Chapter Three”

The Highway Axeman – Chapter Two

NOT EDITED Chapter Two 8:45 AM; LOS ANGELES, THE ATLANTIS HOTEL, PARKING LOT Bo had bought breakfast for Lyle before taking him back to his hotel. It felt a little crazy, really, to be on edge about being watched but inviting a stranger to the hotel he’d been calling home for the last month. OfContinue reading “The Highway Axeman – Chapter Two”

The Highway Axeman – Chapter One

NOT EDITED Chapter One Sunday: June 14, 2020 7:30 AM; LOS ANGELES, SLICE OF LIFE DINER The Slice of Life Diner had always been one of the only places that felt like home to Bo Austen. His adoptive parents had taken him there many times to celebrate achievements with key lime pie and ridiculously overpricedContinue reading “The Highway Axeman – Chapter One”

Surgeon – Epilogue

NOT EDITED Epilogue Sunday: May 31, 2020 6:00 AM; LOS ANGELES, LAS VIRGENES ROAD The thing about crimes of opportunity is that there’s no time for planning. No time to pursue the stores for your weapon of choice. No time to decide if you commit it during the day or at night. No time toContinue reading “Surgeon – Epilogue”

Surgeon – Chapter Thirty-Four

NOT EDITED Chapter Thirty-Four 5:00 PM; LOS ANGELES, THE ROGER ROOM Bo didn’t have to look up to place the footsteps approaching his booth. “Did you stalk me here, or does this just happen to be your lunchtime booze run?” “I didn’t stalk you, but I… did come here for you,” Jamal said. “May IContinue reading “Surgeon – Chapter Thirty-Four”

Surgeon – Chapter Thirty-Three

**A/N: Thank you for your patience while I worked on this chapter. Two of my girls have come down with a mystery illness, and the only kid I was actually friends with in school who didn’t use and abuse me every day died in a car accident last Friday. This whole year has been aContinue reading “Surgeon – Chapter Thirty-Three”

Surgeon – Chapter Thirty-Two

***A/N: This is the final chapter before the epilogue! I’ll give the rest of this week to vote for book two (which you can do here), and then I’ll hopefully write the epilogue this weekend! NOT EDITED Chapter Thirty-Two 12:30 PM; LOS ANGELES, RENEE AUSTEN’S HOUSE Clearing his throat, Bo lifted a fist and lightlyContinue reading “Surgeon – Chapter Thirty-Two”

Surgeon – Chapter Thirty-One

***A/N: Reminder! There’s a vote for book two at the end of last chapter! NOT EDITED Chapter Thirty-One Friday: January 17, 2020 8:00 AM; CLINSTONE POLICE DEPARTMENT, LAB As soon as Jacob stepped into the lab, he knew something was wrong, something other than the fact that Bo wasn’t sitting there. The lab was backContinue reading “Surgeon – Chapter Thirty-One”