

# Ashtrays to Jawbreakers

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# Volume Eight

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Table of Contents:

Foreword

Acknowledgements

6116 Morning Dove Drive by Austin Green

Hometown Horror : Chapter Two by Aaron R Roberts

Myosin Nahant by Brian Coffee

Murder in the Pumpkin Patch By Karen Vaughan and Viv Drewa

Sybil by Neil McGowan

# Foreword

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We sometimes write on autopilot. Not out of necessity but out of an unconscious effort to become part of the plot. Our mission is to make it as real as all possible but not so farfetched that you close the book in disbelief. Our sole purpose, as a writer, in life is distracting the reader from reality. Sometimes we succeed and others not so much. What we strive to put before you is a means to do just that. Thank you for your following and your loyalty.

# Acknowledgements

We would like to thank all of the authors that participated in this edition of the June Project. It is called the June Project for the simple reason that I named it after an author.

For an author who is in that transition position of being under a contract and not publishing at all. It's a process that might never be fulfilled and lost; ready to give up writing all together. We appreciate the craft of authors in the past and are always looking for new talent in the future.

Thanks to social media more and more distant authors are becoming published. Some for the first time; others for the fourth and fifth but nonetheless a dream of doing so has come true for them.

# 6116 Morning Dove Drive

# By

# Austin Green

To Jo Ann Lucky

Apr 9, 2012

My dear, Jo Ann

I am trying hard to find the money you need, but I am not having a lot of luck so far. Please know if I had it I would have already sent it. I have fell in love with you I cannot sleep or eat without you here. It pains me that money is standing in the way, I cannot stop thinking of you. It makes me sad that we are not together. I want to be with you very much so!!! I will not give up I am still trying, I have put some things up for sale to help get the money, I am trying I do not want to miss our chance. You are the one I think of night and day I wish we did not have this obstacle in our way. You are a beautiful women and I have fell in love with you, it does seem strange to love someone I haven't met but I can assure you I have , please do not give up and I will not give up on us meeting I am still trying . I will not sleep or be happy without you.

With a heavy and sad heart I will end this letter I am now scared that we will not meet but I will not give up!!

With Love your dearest, Tony

Sent: Monday, April 9, 2012 9:19 AM

Subject: My dear Tony! How do you sleep at night?? How's your day??

My dear Tony!!! How do you sleep at night?? How's your day??

My treasure, I thought a lot about you and waiting with great impatience the moment when I can write you. My love, of course, I am very upset that my trip needs a lot of money. My dear Tony, I am so ashamed of you. I really want to come to you and make you the happiest. I was so unpleasant that money interfere in our lives with you. But money is nothing compared to our love. Do you agree with me Tony? As you know, I do not have to pay for my tickets. When I give the remaining money on paperwork, I could book a plane ticket. My departure must be from the city of Moscow. I have to go to Moscow for a day before my departure. After all, I must get a visa at the embassy in Moscow. I was told that it is possible to obtain a visa in my town, but it will cost more. Therefore, an agent at a travel agency to me asked me one day before departure to go to the embassy to get visa itself.

My dear, I'm sorry, but I do not understand, cannot you help me? Understand, my dear, if you did not help, we cannot meet. And how are we going to build our relationship if we cannot even meet? Look, I just want to be with her beloved man. My pleasure, we should not stop our relationship. Especially since my tickets are paid by my job. I have to pay only for registration of my documents. Do you understand me, my dear? If we want to build a serious relationship, then we must work together to overcome all obstacles. Do you agree with me, my love? And some money should not be an obstacle in our relationship. I even asked for help from his friends. But, unfortunately, no one can help me. Now I can only rely on your help. My love, what do you think about this? I can hope for your favorite man?

As you know, I will soon leave and I would like to spend it with you. I think this will be the most memorable holiday of my life. My dear, I very much hope that we can be together with you! My dear Tony, if you can help me, then we can be together with you. My dear, now I feel so ashamed and so unpleasant!

I imagine our meeting with you as I come to you as you meet me at the airport, you take a gentle hand, and we are going with you to walk in your city. You show me the sights of the city, then we go to your home. I cook dinner and we're having dinner together by candlelight, and then we go to you in and spend an unforgettable night of love! It's so romantic! You do not think so, my dear? My love, tell me, do you still want to meet me?

My love, I ask myself the question: "Why do we - two adults, we love each other, but we cannot meet?" Tell me, what prevents us? My dear, I want to spend with you at least one unforgettable evening. I'll dream of you again, Tony, I love you and I will always love you, my prince! A lot of the most sweet and tender kisses that you melted the ice :)

I will eagerly wait for your answer!!!! Hope to see you soon. Sea of tender and sweet kisses!

Yours and only yours forever Jo Ann

To Jo Ann Lucky

Apr 12, 2012

Hello my dear, Jo Ann

How are you sweet heart? I am very lonely here without you. I do not sleep much with so much on my mind I very much wish you were here. I thought you gave up on me without receiving a letter for days I was beginning to worry. I wish we were together so I could hold you in my arms. I am however afraid that if you were here I could not let you go I wish you were here to stay, I am tired of being alone. I grow more frustrated everyday as I lose faith for happiness. I still have love and faith that you will arrive in my arms and we will from then be happy forever after. I love you as well I lay in bed and imagine you are there with me even telling you goodnight, but then I awake all alone and feel sadness all over again.

I now have to get ready for work I have another long day of work today. You will be in my thoughts though. I love you and desire you to be here with me. I will wait on your next letter and I will be sad without you.

With Love and tender kisses, yours truly, Tony

Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2012 8:13 AM

Subject: Re: My dear Tony! How do you sleep at night?? How's your day??

How are you my dear Tony? How's your day?

If I could, I would whisper to you gently: I love you! My treasure, I wish that as long as I can give you are only the words of my letter. But even these words are filled with love and affection to you. You're a wonderful person and I want it you have become my future man.

My dear Ben, yesterday I and my girlfriend went to the park. We have a very friendly park. We sat on a bench and talked. But I was lonely. First, we talked with a friend, but then it came the bridegroom. I was not alone and lonely. I sat and watched as they hold each other's hand, as many couples sitting in the park and enjoy their love. I was not myself, and I immediately went home. I went home and my heart something very burned. I did not understand what was happening to me. I wanted to know you were with me and we walked through the park. When I got home I was so depressed. When something happens to me. I went to bed, and I stared at the sky, the bright stars and thought of you. Perhaps you are one of these stars. I fell asleep just before dawn. I was tormented by a feeling. I do not understand what is happening with me Ben. I think I got a completely different world.

My dear Ben, for me the days began to pass just the thought of you. I can no longer think of anything else. Once you become my happiness and my main dream! If I could see you now, look in your eyes full of love and affection! As much as I was pleased to see you. I would have understood without words, like your love is strong. My dear Ben, every night, I imagine you and your face. I'm so nice to look at the ceiling and to your face out there, to see how you smile, your lips softly whisper, I love you! My dear Ben, my heart starts to beat once more. My Prince Ben, this love is such a strong love! I have now but you do not even have thought.

I love you Ben! Every day and every minute of my love for you is getting stronger and stronger. I do not want to be with anyone, no one except you do not need me anymore! My friend tells me that true love only happens once in a lifetime. Not a chance using once, you can always lose a sweet feeling. Have a second chance may not be. My Prince, I do not want to lose your love! I do not want to lose our happiness and bright future, we expect to be!

Your Jo Ann

To Jo Ann Lucky

Apr 23, 2012

I am sorry I have been very busy lately I do not ignore you on purpose. I am doing ok a little on the depressed side and lonely but ok been very busy at work some people quit and I have been working more than usual. Please keep writing I will find time to write more soon.

Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2012 12:37 PM

Subject: Re: My dear Tony! How do you sleep at night?? How's your day??

How do you Tony? How was your day? Did you get my last letter? Why do not you answer me? I'm not like? What are you doing this weekend? This weekend I went to visit my aunt? She was celebrating his birthday. We did a barbecue. I hope you write to me.

I'll be waiting

To Jo Ann Lauk

May 25, 2012

Hello my dear Jo Ann I have been sad and lonely for some time and did not want to write about being lonely. I have been doing nothing new still looking for a second job but I can't seem to find anything that can't work around my other schedule. I have missed you and I thought maybe you didn't want to talk to me. I have missed you and thought about you quite a lot. I am very sorry I do not have any money to help with your tickets I am having trouble paying some bills as it is, had to get tires and brakes for my car. I am not having any luck whatsoever. This is why I have not wrote I am ashamed for being poor I do wish to see you but I do not know how to help. I am still here single and waiting on love to walk through my door. I have missed you my sweet. Your sweet but poor, Tony

I will say one more time that I am ashamed and heartbroken that I cannot help with money but my love and my life will be here alone...

P.S. you still look amazing!!!!!

Sent: Friday, May 25, 2012 10:39 AM

Subject: Re: My dear Tony! How do you sleep at night?? How's your day??

Hello my love Tony

As I understand it? Again I checked the mail in the morning and evening, and there again, as always, is nothing. Why not? Can you answer me this question? You do not trust me or what? What do I do now? I've already told my parents that I was soon flying towards you. They are very happy for me. I spoke with the director to work on further leave, he gave his consent to it. What do I do now? I do not want to get to the shame of their close relatives. I do not want to receive the second pain in my life. You promised me that this does not happen to me. I believe in you! And now I really hope so. You have no idea how I want this meeting. Now I write you a letter, and I once again dripping with tears. I do not believe it! Do you understand me? Please do not shut up and answer me. Understand, as I'm worried here, worried, I think. I do not leave bad thoughts out of my head. I do not know what else to write, I have no feelings. I hope you understand that I'm not kidding, and take it all seriously! Get up to my place and get me. I look forward to your understanding me; and looking forward to a letter from you.

Your faithful sincere Jo Ann!

To Jo Ann Lauk

Jun 25, 2012

Hello, I usually work on the weekends and get day off during week. It is warm here and we are having a drought this year, which means that there will be a lot of angry farmers this year and make corn expensive to buy. The grass is turning brown as well it is a cooler day today but going to be in the 90's (f) soon.

Sent: Monday, June 25, 2012 5:02 AM

Subject: Re: My dear Tony! How do you sleep at night?? How's your day??

Why do not you answer my letters Tony? Did you get my last letter? I'm not like me? Please write me. What did you do during the weekend? I went for a walk in the woods with my mom and my grandmother. We gathered berries. Do you like walking in the forest? I really like walking in nature. I'm what you have weather like? Today we have nearly 30 degrees Celsius. I'll wait for your letter.

Love Jo Ann

To Jo Ann Lauk

Jun 26, 2012

Hello My dear, Jo Ann

I do still wish you were here next to me I am still alone and quickly loosing hope on me being happy. I wish I had something nice to talk about but I do not, I am getting tired of sleeping alone, eating alone and relaxing alone. It makes me sad when I think about it. I am starting to believe that I was meant to live alone. It seems even my friends are either too busy or do not want to come over and hang out as much, maybe I am a bad person and deserve how I am being treated and I just do not know it . I always thought I was a good guy but I am having my doubts. I wish you could find your way in my arms I do but not sure how much hope I have left. I do have Love and hope for you and us being together and hope it does happen soon.

I am sitting here watching the news and they say there is a heat wave coming 3-4 days with temperatures over 100 degrees (f) that is not going to be any fun. I think I will watch tv for a few more minutes and go to bed my days seem to be long and sad for me. I go to work tomorrow and do not really want to but I have nothing better to do so I will go. I am sorry this letter seems sad I do not have much to be happy about, but I will try to think of nicer things to think about next time.

With Love,

Tony

Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2012 9:13 AM

Subject: Re: My dear Tony! How do you sleep at night?? How's your day??

Hello my love Tony!

In a world of so many men, But you're the best. I understand it now. I am very good with you. I think you're near. I find your eyes all over the park. I understand that you're not around. I imagine that you are running in the park for me. I smile and run to you. I hold you tight and cuddle. I say, happy to see you. I understand that you are very far from me. So I'm sad. I believe that we will be able to see each other for a long time to be together.

My feelings to you my sincere and frank. I understand Ben, we still know so little. But even during this time, my heart was born innermost feelings - love to you! I cannot deny my love! I cannot hide it! I sincerely express their feelings. Now I realize that in life there are many miracles, many pleasant moments. But there is nothing more beautiful than you and your love! I love you! My dear Ben, I do not play with you and your feelings. I am a serious girl and I want to and you took seriously my words and my feelings. But now I feel that behind me is a person who at any hour of need will be able to support me and give a helping hand. Even moral support so pleasant man. When a person is alone, then it is a sign of inferiority. I was previously. But I met you and now I do not feel so alone! I would be so nice if you were at the heart of the same feelings towards me and the same attitude.

Sorry, but now I need to finish writing a letter, so finally I want to wish you good day. I'm waiting...I look forward to your reply Tony

A lot of kisses!

Your Jo Ann

To Tony Smith

Jul 22, 2012

Tell me, please, Ben. Did you get my last letter? Why do not you answer? What is your news? Today I watched the cartoon "Ice Age 4". Have you watched this cartoon? I really liked this cartoon. What is your weather? Now we have the rain.

Love Jo Ann

To Jo Ann

Jul 22, 2012

If I did not reply I did not get it. It is hot here temperature's in the 100's and no rain we have had a drought this year, and the farmers are losing crops this year. I have not seen the last Ice Age but I have watched the other ones. You still are as pretty as ever I still wish to kiss you .Always Tony

To Tony Smith

Jul 23, 2012

I love you Tony!

Perhaps you will think that my feelings are deceiving me, but it's not Tony! I really love you. I cannot live longer with such a burden on the soul, and therefore I tell you the truth. Now I became much easier. I hope that my love will not be unrequited. Many people initially do not realize that they love someone, I'm not just thinking about it. My dear and that is love! I miss you, I am so pleased to read your letter and wait for that moment when I read your sweet words! For me such happiness when I see your amazing and gentle words. What could be more beautiful in the world? Even all around tell me what happened? Why am I so happy and cheerful? Many do not even understand what's going on with me and why I was. But they cannot even assume that I fell in love with a person on the internet. But I know you and I'm not afraid, because you're a wonderful person! You are my dream, my sweet and long-awaited dream come true! You are my treasure you are my lovely! I love you Tony! I love you! It is so nice, I'm so happy because I think that now in my life may come a new band, happy and joyful that I can begin to live an adult life.

What is the place I occupy in your life, and that means to you my love Tony? To me, you occupy the most important place in my life! You are the most important part of my life! I can tell you that you became my reason for living! You're the first person who so strongly embraced me and my soul. It seems to me that you fill me spell and cast a spell over his love!

I do not resist, I cannot resist the love of the most beautiful person in the world! I love you, and now I cannot imagine my life without you!

I love you Tony! You're always in my thoughts and my dreams! This is the sweetest dreams! How can I be happy if one day all these dreams come true!

I love you Tony! The sea of sweet kisses in your tender lips!

Jo Ann

To Jo Ann Lauk

Jul 24, 2012

My Jo Ann

I would feel privileged to be the one who fills your heart and mine with pleasant thoughts and delights. I have truly missed your letters and your beautiful pictures. You are an amazing women who I could see living with for the rest of my life. I too have not had much worth living for without you and your love I truly have missed you and still cherish the time we have had so far. I knew it would be different getting to know someone online but I am happy to have had this. I still have hopes that you will end up in my arms. I have also set a goal to find a new job. I want to have the money one needs to support his family better than what I have now. I am hopeful it will all work out in the end and I am confident it will. I to have Love for you and cherish every moment I have a letter to read from you. You lighten up my life and I appreciate it. I will wait on next letter and hope it comes soon.

With all my LOVE and sweet gentle kisses

Tony

Sent: Monday, July 23, 2012 10:54 AM

Subject: Re: My dear Tony! How do you sleep at night?? How's your day??

I love you Tony!

Perhaps you will think that my feelings are deceiving me, but it's not Tony! I really love you. I cannot live longer with such a burden on the soul, and therefore I tell you the truth. Now I became much easier. I hope that my love will not be unrequited. Many people initially do not realize that they love someone, I'm not just thinking about it. My dear and that is love! I miss you, I am so pleased to read your letter and wait for that moment when I read your sweet words! For me such happiness when I see your amazing and gentle words. What could be more beautiful in the world? Even all around tell me what happened? Why am I so happy and cheerful? Many do not even understand what's going on with me and why I was. But they cannot even assume that I fell in love with a person on the internet. But I know you and I'm not afraid, because you're a wonderful person! You are my dream, my sweet and long-awaited dream come true! You are my treasure you are my lovely! I love you Tony! I love you! It is so nice, I'm so happy because I think that now in my life may come a new band, happy and joyful that I can begin to live an adult life.

What is the place I occupy in your life, and that means to you my love Tony? To me, you occupy the most important place in my life! You are the most important part of my life! I can tell you that you became my reason for living! You're the first person who so strongly embraced me and my soul. It seems to me that you fill me spell and cast a spell over his love! I do not resist, I cannot resist the love of the most beautiful person in the world! I love you, and now I cannot imagine my life without you!

I love you Tony! You're always in my thoughts and my dreams! This is the sweetest dreams! How can I be happy if one day all these dreams come true!

I love you Tony! The sea of sweet kisses in your tender lips!

Jo Ann

To Tony Smith

Aug 19, 2012

How are you Tony? Did you get my last letter? Why no answer? Are not you interested in talking to me? How is your weekend? Yesterday was the birthday of my friend. We did a barbecue outdoors. Do you like barbecue? I'm waiting for your letter.

Hugs Jo Ann

To Jo Ann Lauk

Aug 19, 2012

I did send one back I have never not answered one of your letters. It was my birthday the 15th did not have a good day though.

Always yours Tony

To Tony Smith

Aug 20, 2012

Hello my love Tony!

How are you? My Prince Tony, I so miss you! I'm so lonely without you! My love for you grows every day! I cannot imagine that there will be some time. My love Tony, I hope you can take heart from my love, and I will create a new love sweeter and most importantly strong!!

Love is a complicated concept. No one can give it a precise definition. But all understand and feel when it comes. In my heart and came to love, and now I'm happy. I would like to tell you these words, when we would be close. I have a dream that is now in my life was a man who would answer me in return. I hope that now all of my heart will take the loneliness and sadness. It's hard to explain what is going on in my heart. There's an ocean of emotions and feelings. But most important of them - a love for you. I so want to see in my life, finally, came a bright and pleasant time. I want to forget his past life, his suffering and pain. I want to become a different person now. I want a different future in which the most important ingredients will love and happiness. I want you to become my lover, my partner in life!

How do you know Tony, I love to cook. My mother taught me to cook the dish a lot, and I'm sure you'll enjoy a dish that I cook. By the way, I'm going to cook today Borsch. I wrote about this dish. This is a very famous dish in Russia and many foreigners coming to Russia is always asking them to Borsch prepared. They still have a very good impression about this Russian dish. Together we can make a pizza so that no one else can do. I am sure you appreciate my ability. I'll treat you to our first meeting. I can also prepare meals according to your wishes. What to cook for you at our meeting? It's interesting to me. My parents are going through a little bit for me. They always want me only happiness. Because I am the only child they have. And now I want to dream about that soon I will be with you :)

My dear, I cannot live without you. I want to see you soon in reality. My Prince, I am not in a hurry. But my feelings overwhelm me, and I want our relationship had a new shape and were more serious! Do you understand me?

I love you! I love more than anything else!

I'll be waiting with great impatience for your answer!

Gentle hugs and sweet kisses the sea!

Your only Jo Ann!

To Jo Ann Lauk

Aug 21, 2012

Hello My Princess

How are you? I have missed you as well. I know if you were here nothing else in life would matter as much as the love we share. When we meet I do not expect you to cook for me all I want is for you to jump in my arms so I can just hold you all night, and shower you with sweet kisses. I can see me staying up all night just to watch you sleep and make sure I do not wake up from the dream. You are truly a beautiful women and I desire to hold you in my arms. The only thing I want you to do is love me. I do not expect you to cook or clean up after me, I will cook for you. My love I cherish you and you love. I still wait for us to meet, and dream of the day I can kiss you.

I have been looking for a new house lately, one with a big yard and plenty of extra bedrooms. I have had a lot of problems with the place I live in now, nothing but problems with this place and now I resent the place. Wish me luck on finding a new home.

I love you my Princess I will wait on your next letter and know that I am missing you and truly wish you were here so we can share our Love for each other.

Sincerely Yours

Tony

Sent: Monday, August 20, 2012 10:54 AM

Subject: Re: My dear Tony! How do you sleep at night?? How's your day??

Hello my love Tony!

How are you? My Prince Tony, I so miss you! I'm so lonely without you! My love for you grows every day! I cannot imagine that there will be some time. My love Tony, I hope you can take heart from my love, and I will create a new love sweeter and most importantly strong!!

Love is a complicated concept. No one can give it a precise definition. But all understand and feel when it comes. In my heart and came to love, and now I'm happy. I would like to tell you these words, when we would be close. I have a dream that is now in my life was a man who would answer me in return. I hope that now all of my heart will take the loneliness and sadness. It's hard to explain what is going on in my heart. There's an ocean of emotions and feelings. But most important of them - a love for you. I so want to see in my life, finally, came a bright and pleasant time. I want to forget his past life, his suffering and pain. I want to become a different person now. I want a different future in which the most important ingredients will love and happiness. I want you to become my lover, my partner in life!

How do you know Tony, I love to cook. My mother taught me to cook the dish a lot, and I'm sure you'll enjoy a dish that I cook. By the way, I'm going to cook today Borsch. I wrote about this dish. This is a very famous dish in Russia and many foreigners coming to Russia is always asking them to Borsch prepared. They still have a very good impression about this Russian dish. Together we can make a pizza so that no one else can do. I am sure you appreciate my ability. I'll treat you to our first meeting. I can also prepare meals according to your wishes. What to cook for you at our meeting? It's interesting to me. My parents are going through a little bit for me. They always want me only happiness. Because I am the only child they have. And now I want to dream about that soon I will be with you :)

My dear, I cannot live without you. I want to see you soon in reality. My Prince, I am not in a hurry. But my feelings overwhelm me, and I want our relationship had a new shape and were more serious! Do you understand me?

I love you! I love more than anything else!

I'll be waiting with great impatience for your answer!

Gentle hugs and sweet kisses the sea!

Your only Jo Ann!

To Tony Smith

Aug 24, 2012

How was your day?

My love Tony, I really want to be in the future we were together, so we were happy. My love for this, we almost all have our little hearts full of love for each other, we miss each other. All that separates us from our happiness, it is only the distance. My love of the distance is our main barrier to you. If it could be as shown in science fiction films, to enter into a wall and get where you want to be. My love, I would have immediately turned to the wall and was in town, on your street, in your house with you, in thy strong and very gentle embrace. My love, it seems to me, so sweet and romantic. This is my dream home, you - the meaning of my life. My love is but a wall there, so this is just a dream, sweet dream.

My love Ben, but we are adults and we can do to build a wall, my love is our main building material is our love to you! My prince, we can very quickly build a wall, because of our love for each other very much, it fills our hearts. Love - is feeling stronger and stronger that there is nothing in the world. My Love, Love - the most stable force in the world. This is a creative force - the most powerful tool available to humanity's quest for happiness! And love - it means to experience pleasure when you can see, touch and feel all your senses and as much as possible close the prince, whom you love and who loves you! My dear Ben, love - this is the most beautiful thing in the world, without love, there will be no life on earth. My love, I love you, and I do not hide, I miss you. My love, you're the most beautiful and gentle Prince in the world, you are MIRACLE, for which, in my little heart is very much in love! I believe that we will be able to see each other for a long time to be together.

With love yours Jo Ann

To Jo Ann Lauk

Aug 28, 2012

Hello my Love my Princess

Sorry it has taken longer to return your letter; it has been a trying week. My car broke down on me this week and has been a hassle ever since. Today I went for walk in the park and fed the ducks some bread and sit back and enjoyed nature. It was nice but would have been so much better to have you there by my side. I still dream for the day I can hold you in my arms I am convinced it will be the best day of my life, and I await it every day. I saw a women who resembles you in the park I was hoping it was you and you would come say hi to me but it wasn't you maybe I am starting to see your face on other people or I am dreaming of you too often. To walk through the park holding your hand would be all the excitement I would need today. I do not think I want or can live without you. I know in my heart our love would be the purest and happiest love around. I miss you like you have been gone for years, somewhat painful and wishing it would stop. To have you here in my arms would make heaven seem lame.

My love, I miss you and still truly wish you were here to mend my lonely heart,

Yours truly Ben

To Tony Smith

Aug 30, 2012

My love Tony!

How you are today slept Tony? My dear today I slept so sweet! My dear, I thought about you, and I was so pleased! My dear, I even had a dream yesterday that you and I are sitting at night somewhere around the beautiful large lake, lit a fire, and you hug me. And all mixed up: campfires and fire of desire, love, passion, affection, and jealousy.... I woke up from a terrible feeling that you can have the other one. I understand that this is certainly a big stupidity that came into my head, but I was very upset. I woke up this morning with the thought of you. I made breakfast. We had breakfast as a family. All morning, I told my mom about you. I told my mother that I'm happy. I'm happy with you. My mother is very happy for me. I said that you are the best in the world. Then I went to work. All day I think of you Tony. I think about your feelings for me. You always tell me wonderful words. Your words are always warm my heart. I live and I think about our meeting. I dream about it. This is not a real dream. I think that this dream can come true. I want to see you there to tell you all of my senses. You're the most beautiful man in the world!

My love, I'm tired of living alone. I always think of you. I even see you in a dream. And when I open my eyes, you are no more there. What will we do with our relationship, my prince? Are we now never seeing you again? Did I ever touch you? Did I ever hold you? Did I ever kiss you? Understand, my dear, I just want to be with her beloved man. Do you understand me? My love, I took the first step to our happiness. What are you willing to do for the sake of our happiness? When will we meet? Look, I cannot live long without you. You must understand, my dear, if you do not help me, and then we cannot meet. And how are we going to build our relationship, if we cannot even meet? My dear, we should not stop our relationship. Especially because my tickets paid my job. I have to pay only for registration of my documents. Do you understand me, my dear? I apply a lot of effort to get the certificate for the ticket. Now there's just one small step between us. My dear, life gives us a chance. And we have to take this chance. Do you agree with me? If we want to build a serious relationship, we must work together to overcome all obstacles. Do you agree with me, my love? And some money should not be an obstacle in our relationship.

Now we are two sides of the river! This is the perfect comparison, which I can give to you our love! My cute is not it so? We are so similar to each other, but we are at a distance and cannot connect and be together. But we are washed by the tenderest love, as water washes the shore. My Prince Tony, the only thing that does not allow us to fully compare you to them, is the fact that the two sides cannot meet, because then there is no water that bathes them, the river is dry. But you and I have a nice opportunity to meet, and do not lose love, because love is not water! It can surround us all our lives! We just have to believe and feel the love! If there is no faith and no hope, I think that there cannot be love! It should also be striving for happiness and love, because without desire in life little can be achieved, it is necessary and always aims to achieve your goal! For myself, I set a goal. You have become a focus of my life! I want to be with someone you love! I want to give him the love and affection! I want him to be happy! I also dream of droplets even love! But even this will make me a drop of the happiest in the world! It will be able to make my life unforgettable! I've been through many things in this life! I was disappointed; I had the pain of losing near and dear to me, man. But all this was a disappointment. Never in my life had such a love and affection for the man. I love you! You are my treasure life Tony!!! I'm ready for you at all. I want to feel you and your love. You're the most precious thing I have. Now, every morning I wake up and think of you for a long time. Sometimes I think it was a dream. But the dream cannot last that long, and when I open the mail and see there your letter, I understand that all this is true! This is the most beautiful reality, full of love and hope. I want all of our hopes and dreams come true.

Your Jo Ann

To Tony Smith

Sep 29, 2012

Why have not you responded to my last letter to Ben? You're angry with me? What did you do this weekend? Did you watch the movie "Three meters above the sky 2"? Today I watched this movie with my friend. This is an interesting romantic movie. I hope you will write to me.

Only yours Jo Ann

To Jo Ann Lauk

Sep 30, 2012

Hello my sweet I am not or could not be mad at you! I just noticed the other letter I must have read it before bed and forgot to reply for that I am sorry. I did not do much this weekend besides work and went for a motorcycle ride for a while. It is fall here all the leaves are turning color nice cool weather and lots of sunshine for the last two days. The movie you mention I have not heard of. I want to see the Avengers movie about the comic book characters Hulk Iron man and others.

I still am here waiting for your love I fear that I may be alone in my heart forever without you. I will always dream of the day. The smell of your hair. The touch of your skin, to feel the beating of your heart next to mine is the one thing I long for the most. I am a desolate island without you, please come ashore and end my suffering.

I LOVE, MISS, and CHERISH you for all time

Your loving Prince Tony

To Tony Smith

Oct 1, 2012

Hi, my treasure Tony!!!

I do not even know how to find the word so that it can express all my love to you all my feelings and emotions. That it expressed what you are precious to me. Sometimes words are not necessary. Enough even a glance to show the power of love. My Prince, I want to feel the gaze of the two most beautiful eyes. I want all of our words become reality! This reality could be a very happy wonderful! I would give anything for his happiness and joy, and a close loved one. I love you, and that love will live in my heart just for you, just for you, my prince Ben!

My love Ben, I want to talk more with you about our meeting. I understand that this is a very serious step for each of us. But this step is necessary. My prince, we can write letters to each other for ages. But what of this change? Nothing ... Maybe we'll start to write words that have not been contacted, even the most famous poets. But our love will still remain the same. If we want seriousness and our feelings are sincere, then I think we really need to take this step. Only then can we fully know each other, open our hearts to each other and say all the words of love and affection! My prince, I would be happy more than anything to meet you! How did it would be nice instead of this letter to tell you all these words with the emotions that you can see and feel. My heart starts beating stronger and stronger, when I present these unforgettable moments, when we're there. It's so romantic! I cannot believe that my life is such a person. But most importantly, between us, love, mutual love! I love you! I will always love you Ben, to the last breath, until the last heartbeat. My love for you is stronger than anything else and nothing can break it!

My love Ben, I dream about our meeting. I'll be dreaming of that beautiful moment when we first see each other and what we say. I think that first we will be a long time to stand and look at each other and convince yourself that this is not a dream. And then, realizing that it is a reality and that is our main dream was fulfilled, we tenderly embrace each other and our lips merge in a gentle and sweet kisses!! My love Ben, I cannot restrain his tears. How did it perfectly! I want it all turned out true! My love, we just one step away from each other. We have only to venture out and do this step.

I love you! I will eagerly wait for your answer! I really hope you can understand me and we will soon be able to be together!

The sea of sweet kisses!

Your lonely Jo Ann!

To Tony Smith

Oct 26, 2012

Did you get my last letter to Tony? How are you? Are you well? I hope you're OK. What will you do this weekend? Tomorrow I'm going to visit my friend in another city. We have not seen each other. I'll wait for your letter. I hope you will answer me soon.

Jo Ann

To Jo Ann Lauk

Oct 28, 2012

Hello my sweet,

I am sad and lonely tonight, maybe just the weather changing or maybe not. I am tired of being alone, tired of my job, tired of life all together I think I am starting to realize that love is just something that you hope for but never achieve. I just need one good thing to happen prove that this life is not in vain.

I do not feel ok I am truly sad and have a heavy heart fearing that I am going to live and die alone. I do not feel that anyone loves and or adores me and wants to be near me. I am just a hopeless romantic at heart. That is becoming weary of how it is going to end, sad and lonely the way it is now. I am still hopeful that we will live happily ever after, but I am not very confident that is going to happen. I still am very poor and even bills or getting hard to pay and not many good jobs around. I still dream that someone will give me tons of money and I can come pick you up and take us to our new home. That I fear is mostly a dream.

I am sorry for the negative letter I tried to wait and write on a better day but the all seem the same.

I love to see your face and your smile - just saying that in my head makes my heart swell up some - we have been emailing for almost a year now I do somehow wonder why an amazing and beautiful women like you would spend the time to write me when the women I know that live near me leave me to sit here alone. I do not think I am an ugly or mean or bad man, but yet I am still alone so what is it that you see in me?

Knowing you has been an enjoyable part of this year, I truly hope I get to meet you one day!!!!

This month we celebrate Halloween it is next week, I have to work but I may dress up anyway. I hope you and your friend are enjoying your time together wish I was there.

I am sorry that this was not a happy letter I truly am but I do not see happiness to share with you.

You will always be in my dreams

I have decided that the first thing I want to say to you if we ever do meet in person is......

I LOVE YOU!!!!

To Tony Smith

Oct 29, 2012

Hello my beautiful and unforgettable love Tony!

You are so beautiful! I cannot live without you and without your beautiful words! I love you! You are the dearest people to me! Your words make me enjoy life. I am happy that I have such a wonderful man. You came into my life as a winner. Because you won my heart. I am happy to give you my heart. You're a knight in shining armor. With you I feel like a princess. You became part of my life. Every time I think about you and your words. My whole life is now become a real fairy tale. This tale of a prince and princess who are very far from each other. In this tale we have to play a major role.

Today I'm up all night again, had a dream about you Tony, my dear. I saw that you and I were floating on a big boat. We sailed on the beautiful river. On the bank of the river grew beautiful trees. The sky lights in a large moon. The whole sky was covered with many stars. The moon to show us the way. We floated on the moonlit road. The bottom of the boat was covered with rose petals. Around lay the beautiful flowers. All the flowers you gave me. We were happy together. She played beautiful music. You invited me to the most romantic dance. We danced the most passionate dance on earth. Then we sailed to a large and beautiful house. We went inside the house. We sat at the table. On the table stood a candle. They are not shining brightly. It was a romantic dinner. We brought a fine wine. We drank a glass of wine. We talked for a long time. I was happy with you. I listened to every word you say. I listened to your beautiful voice. I looked into your beautiful eyes. You said that we are the happiest couple in the universe. I kissed you. It was the most passionate kiss. When I awoke, I was happy that I saw such a beautiful dream.

I was thinking all day about this dream about you. You're not leaving out of my head. My thoughts are always filled with you. I am happy with you. My love for you grows with each passing minute. But you, my prince, I no longer needed. Before, I could not even assume that you can love someone so much that love is so much feeling and emotion. But most importantly, that these emotions are so sweet and romantic. Before I knew you all seemed unreal to talk with someone who is at a distance from me. But I think that distance cannot prevent all the feelings that we feel for each other. In the light of a lot of people! But from all over the world, I realized that I love only one man, the finest Tony!!! I am so happy that fate has given me this chance; this gift is to love you. Tell me, what do you think about our love? What is it for you? A gift? Or is it what you expected?

Anyway, I think that if we arranged the fate of this knowledge and this communication, we must not miss this chance. Now, I want it to be not just a minute feeling. I wish this was the beginning of our happy life. Maybe you would think that I'm not ready for adult life. But no. I want to live the happy life. I hope to Tony, what you will give me all your love and all your happiness! Believe me, I'm so happy. It does not take a minute, so I did not think about you. I always think of you!

I read your letter, and I represent you. Do you like the most sacred treasure? Treasure that no one has yet found it. No one has seen it as it is beautiful, much love and happiness it can give. But now I realize that I had the chance to simply unforgettable. Many girls just dream about it all my life. My Prince Tony, now I do not want to miss it. I want to find happiness and love! That I could just be with you! But do I feel so needed and necessary! My heart just beats for you. It is always for you much love and happiness and you go door is always open. My heart and love just for you!

I give my heart full of love!

Your love Jo Ann!

To Jo Ann Lauk

Nov 5, 2012

Thank you for the beautiful and passionate letter you wrote last it made me feel a lot better. I have read it many times now. You are a wonderful person and I am blessed to know you. It is getting colder here it is almost winter time. I bet it is cold there or is it summer? It has been a long week slow and boring. I Love and cherish you and your love that you send towards me, you will forever be in my heart and dreams.

Sorry this is short my internet has not been working properly and wanted to make sure I replied to your last letter, it was beautiful.

I miss, cherish, adore, admire, and Love you completely with all my heart.

I hope your days go by easy and know that I am always there in your heart with you.

I love you my dear Jo Ann and hope all is well

With all my love Tony

To Tony Smith

Nov 7, 2012

I'm happy and I love you Tony!

How are you, my love Tony? I am very pleased to write you that I love you. It's true and it's great happiness. I am happy that I found you, because you're the most romantic man. You for me Casanova! You are to me the most honorable man, who can be trusted with all his secrets. We already know a lot of days and it makes me happy. It is very difficult to express all my love to you in writing. The letter is very difficult to understand the feelings and all the love. But I'm trying to understand much of all your beautiful words. I love you and are very lucky.

I told mother about my love for you Tony. I love you and I can repeat it many times. I also told the mother that I want to be with you and spend time. I told the mother that you are my very expensive. My mother was happy to hear my words. I think you also told close friends that you have a great sense to me. My mother was glad to hear that I found my happiness. My happiness is that you Tony! I wish we had a lot of passion and more love. This will help us to become the happy couple on our white light. My friends envy me sometimes. Because I met you. My friends always ask me about our relationship. Of course, I say this because I am pleased to say.

I do not know to do with himself. I do not know what to do. Because in my mind a lot of thought. But in the first place I had a meeting. Only when I start thinking about the meeting, it rises in my mind. My love Tony! I dream every day of our dinner by candlelight. I have never had a romantic dinner. I dream about our walks on the beach at sunset. I want to tell you that I love you, and I really want to see your face. I really want to see your face and kiss you. I want to kiss you and be with you walking. I want to go with you on the beach. I want to take a tent and go with you to the beach. I want to lay with you on the beach and kissing.

My love Tony, I do not know how you will treat me now, but we are adults. You and I know that love is to keep a distance it is very difficult, or at least we should get to know even closer, we should be with you. This we may allow only our meeting with you and the time we spend there. If we love each other and want to create our bright future, our happy union, I think that now is the time to get acquainted and learn each other. Communication via the Internet does not allow me to express all the feelings I have for you. My dear, he may on the contrary does not allow us to be closer to each other and become one. My dear, I do think that when we're together, we become more aware of each other.

I love you! You're my everything. My love Tony! My mother passed on greetings to you again. I love you and I miss you.

I send you 10000000000000 kisses.

Your love Jo Ann!

To Jo Ann Lauk

Nov 11, 2012

Hello My Love

Jo Ann

You have been in my heart and dreams. I truly cherish the experience we have shared and the Love even though it has been shared many miles apart.

The weather has been very nice this weekend, warmer than it usually is this time of year. I have worked outside a lot.

I cannot think of holding you and just sitting next to you staring into a warm fire. The soft smooth touch of your skin, the smell of your hair as it lies across my chest.

How sweet the thought of it, that is the thought that I will hold on to until your next letter, maybe enough to keep you warm until mine.

I love and cherish you my queen, I hope you have a wonderful week I will truly miss you.

Your loving king

Tony

PS sweet kisses to your mom's hand and long sweet everlasting kisses to you my love with a firm hug so we can feel each other's heart beating faster and faster do to the contact of each other's kiss

I love you my sweet!!!

To Tony Smith

Nov 12, 2012

How are you my prince Tony?

My dear, I am very pleased and happy that you are in my life! Except you I do not need anybody else in this life! Only you belong to my heart full of love! My Prince, I am very happy that fate has given me a familiarity with you! Every day for me is a reflection of you. My treasure, I imagine our future. It can be with you the most beautiful and unforgettable! We shared with you only distance. But the distance for our love, I think no problem. You can accept me, my love Tony?

I want to live with you Tony, I want to wake up and see you. Watch your dream and think about what you dream. I want to sleep with you and feel your strong hand, when you hug me. I want to talk to you when you do not want to sleep. I want to enjoy the sunset with you, to meet the dawn, and much more. I want to do anything to you there and let the entire world can wait. Of course, I realize that this is not possible and the need to really look at things. But sometimes I am so eager to forget about everything else in my life. The hardship of my nation get the better of me. I would like to think that everything is so simple that the stars can get a hand. And that can touch you, and just sleep and sweet dreams to see, under thy gentle wing, which covers you have me to protect from all ills. We are made for each other, and I can say with confidence that you're my other half. It's not just words, I am in my life over and over baked on the fact that the words threw to the wind. But I'm no longer a child and think about what I say and now I just follow my desires. I wish we simply lived and loved each other. On the one hand this is no big deal, but on the other there is a myriad of so-called difficulties. But I will not let us ever arise between the hedges. And I will do everything that we achieved our goal. The films show a lot of love stories. And all these stories in the films end with a good ending. I want our relationship with you is not ended, and have always been so beautiful as now. It's so romantic. You know what I'm a romantic girl, because I told you about it. But I want to be more romantic for you. I think you understand my thoughts and my desires.

Destiny gives us this chance, so we used this chance. We have nothing should interfere to meet! If some days you have to go to work. I can meet you after work, Tony, and in the evening to cook dinner. What do you think about this? I just want to have contact with you. This will be our first meeting. And it is very important! We can understand the reality of our senses. We will have to decide whether we shall live together one happy family! And I'm not coming home. Or do I have to go back home. I really want us to be happy together. So I'll be glad for the happy sequel after our meeting. When we start talking about the details of our meeting, I understand that this is not a dream ... And that makes me feel nice and good...

Your and only your Jo Ann!!!

P.S. I always think of you and me but you do not need anybody else in this life!

To Jo Ann Lucky

Nov 15, 2012

Hello again my Love

I would not like anything more than to wake up next to you every day. To go to sleep holding each other, feeling each other breathe. To feel your soft and sweet skin up against mine as we fall asleep. You can cook me dinner and I will cook you dinners as well. If you make it into my arms one day, I do not think I would ever want to let you go or could. I want nothing more than a happy long story for the both of us with the happiest ending ever told. I have so much Love in my heart and I want you to experience it and share it with me for all time, not just out life time ALL time. The biggest fear I have is that all the other couples who will be jealous of our eternal love for one another.

I know in my heart if you were holding my hand, there would be nothing we could not handle together. To hold, hug, and kissing you, just the thought of it makes every day just a little better I could not imagine what it would feel like with you next to me, or how powerful that first kiss will be almost puts chills down my spine. My love my sweet loving Jo Ann; you are my one and only. With you on my arm nothing else could compare.

P.S. I love you my sweet now and forever with the sweetest kisses your loving

To Tony Smith

Nov 15, 2012

Hi, my only love Tony!

I waited for that moment when I'll be writing again for your letter. I do not have the patience to wait for this bright moment in our lives, I want to hurry to meet you Tony , to jump to your neck, kiss your lips, look you in the eye and tell you I love you!

My love Tony, last night I lay and stared out the window. Luminaries of a bright moon. My dear Tony, when I looked at the moon, I once represented us. My love, our destiny with you exactly the same. I always liken this to the moon, my little heart. My dear, it is just as lonely. It is one among the whole world. My Prince, the moon usually represents only half of the ball and only on special days, full moon days, it is a coherent whole. My love, our relationship with you exactly the same. My dear, our hearts are just halves, they are alone. My Prince Tony, they are looking for each other, they draw to themselves to each other. But they cannot connect. They are waiting for this moment, waiting for the moon on full moon days, when they can meet and connect with each other and then we will have a completely different and the overall feeling of love. My love, then they will have all but the most expensive in the world is LOVE and HAPPINESS! My love, as two more of these feelings there is nothing in the world.

My dear Tony, I looked at the sky and imagine that we are at the two ends of the moon. We see each other, we hear, but we cannot feel each other physically. My love, we cannot approach each other, look in your eyes, hug each other, we cannot touch the lips, we cannot give each other a gentle kiss.

Your only Jo Ann

To Jo Ann Lucky

Nov 26, 2012

Hello my dear

How have you been lately? I have been ok. It is cold here and it makes me want to hibernate like the bear. I do not have much to write about other than that. I still miss and adore you I hope all is well, with love and kisses

Jo Ann

To Tony Smith

Nov 27, 2012

How are you dear? How's your day?

My dear, to be honest, I want to talk to you about our future. My dear Tony, I'm not small and I want to have a family. My dear, now I just cannot imagine our family without you. You will be the most important part of my future! My destiny is tied up only with you Tony! My dear, your love for me as the finest singing of the nightingale. It satisfies me, and she beckons me to you. My dear, after that my feelings for you to literally explode. I cannot hold them back. Is it not happiness, that love makes us such feelings and creates such beautiful words full of love and happiness!

When you're far from Tony, I feel lonely, I need you. Thoughts about our fast meeting warm my soul, they support me when I have a bad mood and make me happy. My friend also noticed that I began to look happier and cheerful, they say, too, would like to leave, but they already have the men they love. I am happy that I have you. My love boils as a volcano woken god Eros; she tries to get out, but did not find out in the absence of you. I look forward to our meeting, as a young school girl her first interview in my life. I think I like Juliette, who is waiting for a meeting with her lover. But I hope that we will be with you all is not as sad as they have. I hope to see you soon.

My dear, the last time I even feel some discomfort in front of his mother. My dear Tony, she wants me to have found happiness and love. My dear, she does not want to see how I am suffering as I am lonely. And lately I often begin to grieve in the evening, because next to me without you and I cannot write to you. And you are so dear to me and my life is unthinkable without you. My dear, I want to make a step to his happiness and his love. But now the question is only whether you want to do me this step forward.

Dear Tony, I will soon be able to be with you, and it is for me to be the real treat, because we will be able to touch each other, looking at each other and do things together. I will be able to take his leave; I do not want to waste time and want to quickly come to you. My dear, if you're really serious, then I think that you will not be against our meeting.

I love you and miss you very Tony!

Your Jo Ann!

To Tony Smith

Nov 28, 2012

I love you Tony!

I cannot wait for the day when we can have our first conversation, our first hug and our first kiss together. This day we will remember all our lives. I want to tell you that I have never felt so much love in my life. I know I can trust you Tony, respect you, and that you will always be with me. You're the man that God has created for me.

My love, I'm tired of living alone. I always think of you. I even see you in a dream. And when I open my eyes, you are no more there. What will we do with our relationship, my prince? Are we now never seeing you again? Did I ever touch you? Did I ever hold you? Did I ever kiss you? Understand, my dear, I just want to be with her beloved man. Do you understand me? My love, I took the first step to our happiness. What are you willing to do for the sake of our happiness? When will we meet? Look, I cannot live long without you. You must understand, my dear, if you do not help me, and then we cannot meet. And how are we going to build our relationship, if we cannot even meet? My dear, we should not stop our relationship. Especially because my tickets paid my job. I have to pay only for registration of my documents. Do you understand me, my dear? I apply a lot of effort to get the certificate for the ticket. Now there's just one small step between us. My dear, life gives us a chance. And we have to take this chance. Do you agree with me? If we want to build a serious relationship, we must work together to overcome all obstacles. Do you agree with me, my love? And some money should not be an obstacle in our relationship.

My dear, you are my beautiful treasure, and you are to me the whole point of life. I hope that soon I will be able to meet you and be with you. I dream of our long-awaited meeting, when I can get off the plane, find you a look of many people and run to meet you. I want to give you a lot of Tony the sweetest and most gentle kisses.

My dear Tony, for me the days began to pass only the thoughts of you. I can no longer think of anything else. Once you become my happiness and my main dream! Now if I could see you, look into your eyes full of love and affection! As much as I was pleased to see you; I have no words to realize how your love is strong. My dear Tony, every night I represent you and your face. I'm so nice to look up at the ceiling and to your face there, to see you smile, as your lips softly whisper to me, I love you! My dear Tony, my heart starts to beat once more. My prince, it is love, it's such a great love! Now I have but you do not even have thought.

My love, I have already come. I wish you a good day. I always think of you, my dear Tony.

Your lover Jo Ann.

To Tony Smith

Dec 3, 2012

How do you Tony? Why have not you responded to my last letter? What did you do this weekend? What is your weather like? We have a lot of snow. Before Christmas and before the New Year less than a month. What are your plans for the holidays? I'm waiting for your letter.

Love Jo Ann

To Jo Ann Lauk

Dec 4, 2012

I am ok how are you? It is warm here well in the 60's F normally it would be freezing and snow by now, must be a warm start to winter. I did not do anything for weekend and don't have any plans for Christmas yet.

Always Tony

To Tony Smith

Dec 6, 2012

My dear, I always think of you.

I really love you very much Tony! I am ready to repeat this phrase forever! I will always tell you this because it's true. I once told you that I will be frank with you, and so I hold my word! I love you! I love you! You're the most wonderful person. You are my love! I so want to love you passionately. I want to give the entire most beautiful thing on this beautiful world, full of love for you and me. I am so happy that God gave me this world. But still I am more grateful to him for what he gave me you. You're the most wonderful person in the whole world! Except you I do not need anybody else! Only you Tony! You and nobody else. Only you have the right to own my heart. And to draw from my heart all my love. My love is as a source; my love will never end, because I have you. And every word of your beautiful generates hundreds of times more than what I give to you. But I still love you and I want you to be happy. I want you to have never suffered, and that your life was a paradise. I want us to be with you Adam and Eve. So we were surrounded only by their love and happiness, and that no one prevented us. Forgive me Tony. This is so stupid and childish dreams. But I love you and I write what I feel. And my heart is still asking you to write the most important thing, it can no longer hide it! You are my love and I'll love you always! I love you! I love you Tony! I want you I gave at least a drop of love, and then I'll be so happy. My dear, you changed my life in the most beautiful side. I am grateful to you, I am so grateful. You gave me a new life full of love and happiness!

Now I will finish my letter and hope to receive your early reply!

The sweetest kiss the most beautiful men Tony!

Your crazy, full of love Jo Ann!

Oh how do I love you!

To Jo Ann Lauk

Dec 9, 2012

I just got off work and really tired today but wanted to say that I Love you very much as well even from across the world you light up my life I love you and I will try to write again soon

With all my Love and hugs and kisses

Tony

To Tony Smith

Dec 9, 2012

My dear Tony, I need you!

My Prince, I always think of you. My dear, I even cannot sleep at night. I cannot live without you. Now I want to very gently hug and kiss!

Today I had a very strange and even ridiculous case. Today, when I walked down the street I thought about you. I imagined and dreamed of the future. I'm dreaming so much that my entire subconscious like a thing of another world. I went and represented as if I'm in your town. I'm just down the street. All around to me familiar, around the same building, as in my town, but I do understand that I'm in your town. I went and I was happy lives. The weather was very fine and sunny. I went straight for a long time and finally turned to the right. And suddenly turning to me faced man. I even dropped from the hands of the bag. When he bent down to help me, then I realized it was you Tony! I was shocked by a surprise, I was so happy that I met you. Then I asked you a question: "I found out you did or not?" You're still a long look at my face, and then abruptly turned red, and your face was so happy and joyful. You said, "Oh my God! JO ANN! That You?" For some time we stood and looked at each other on our faces. Then we started talking and sweet talk. We walked down the street. When you wanted to take my hand and I held out your hand, my hand was in a different hand. Then I woke up from his imagination. My hand was the hand of my friend. It turns out I was walking with his girlfriend. We walked in silence, and so my imagination so much play. My friend told me later that all the way until we went, I was talking to herself. I keep repeating your name is Tony! But then I explained to her why I'm so himself. She was very happy for me; I was able to find such a wonderful person like you Tony! But I found you and am very glad and happy to do so. Excuse me, Tony, if I am writing these stupid things that happen to me. But I want to share this with you; I want to talk about everything that happens to me.

I will eagerly wait for your answer! Hope to see you soon.

Your forever Jo Ann

To Jo Ann Lucky

Dec 17, 2012

I am ok I had a cold last week and been sleeping a lot this week. I have seen the Twilight movies except the last one. It is unseasonably warm here near 50 F

I am sorry I did not get a chance to reply but the last letter was interesting.

I hope you are well sorry this is short letter but going to go to bed early tonight

With my Love

Tony

To Tony Smith

Dec 18, 2012

Hello my love Tony.

How are you, my dear Tony? I very much miss you. Now I want to strongly embrace and kiss you tenderly. Do you want this?

Now I can say with confidence that I want to drop everything and be with you. This is my only desire. I'm ready for anything and everything, just to be with my loved one with you. I want to forget all the shame and pride, and the rush to meet his love. I just do not know. I have not been so before. It seemed to me all the usual in this life. Now my life is filled with something new, which is hard to describe, you yourself well know what I mean.

I have never been so happy. Yesterday, I was thinking about our relationship and our feelings, to get closer to you. I think that during our conversation, we came to the peak, to meet and see each other. I think that we need each other, we like the two halves of an apple and half of these have to meet. The combination of these halves will be our meeting.

I am waiting for your letter with impatience Tony. I hope and wait.

Kissssssssssssssss

your Jo Ann

To Tony Smith

Dec 25, 2012

Answer me, please Tony. Did you get my last letter? You're angry with me? Today is Christmas. I congratulate you on Merry Christmas! I wish you luck and happiness on this day! What are your plans? With whom will you celebrate this holiday? I'm waiting for your letter!

Love Jo

To Jo Ann Lauk

Dec 25, 2012

Merry Christmas to you my sweet.

I thought I did send a letter to the last one I hope I did not miss one :( I will spend the day relaxing eating sleeping eating and probably sleep some more :) I hope you are having a great day and a Merry Christmas.

Love Tony

To Tony Smith

Dec 28, 2012

Hello my love Tony.

I am very happy that we found each other and positively develop our relations. You're a wonderful man who is not afraid of challenges, and you can take care of me. I am glad that I chose you, and you gave me the chance to love you. I need you in my life.

I want to give you everything I have, I want to make you very happy, but I'm afraid to lose you, and I hope that this will never happen with us. True Tony? Although I know I should not worry, because I also am in your large and tender heart, feeling his warmth and strength. Maybe I will soon be able to be with you, and it is for me to be the real treat, because we will be able to touch each other, looking at each other and do things together. I want to prepare you specifically for Russian food, and spend time together. We'll have to wait a little bit of time so that I could do it with you. When you expect something that is very desirable, the time seems to go unbearably long.

I will definitely wait for letters from you and will always warm my heart to meet them and write your own letter. Just ask you Tony , do not make to wait long for your letters, because I will be lonely without you. ok?

Your love is Jo Ann .

To Jo Ann Lauk

Dec 29, 2012

Hello my love

Jo Ann

You will never lose me I am forever yours.

I am very tired today I worked 12 hrs today so this will be a short letter I can barely keep my eyes open but I will try to write again in a day or so.

We have got a lot of snow this week been a very tiring week

I love and miss you every second of the day from now until forever

with all my Love

Tony

To Tony Smith

Jan 5, 2013

My dear Tony,

How are you? I have already started to miss you and your words. I'm so glad you give me so much attention, without which I no longer live. I color, like a beautiful rose in your gentle hands, and I feel the flame of your passionate lips. You give joy to my soul, and that you possess a soul. Your words always find their way into my heart that wants to touch you.

Now I ask the sky, so he gave you a whisper of my heart, my joy and good humor. I ask the wind, so he sent you to the clouds, which stores all the tenderness and passion for the boundless sky, and I kissed the wind itself, so that he can give you that kiss my tender lips, who told you about my bright future. And I hope that my bright and beautiful day will be your day, in which there is a place for me. Today I have a romantic mood, so accept my joy and kisses.

It's time to finish his letter to me Tony . I hope you're happy to read my letter and I will look forward to your reply. I give you all a kiss, which is filled with the warmth of my soul.

your Jo Ann

PS: HAPPY NEW YEAR!

To Jo Ann Lauk

Jan 11, 2013

Hello my dear Jo Ann

I am sorry that it has taken so long to reply to your letter. It has been a trying start to the year. My car I believe is on its last leg and I do not have money to fix it again, I have been trying to decide if I should get another car or fix this one again, I am leaning towards a different car.

I also am still dealing with being so far away from you. I am tired of being without you and alone. I wish I could win the lottery to be able to come over and get you and bring you home to me so I can hurry up and spend the rest of my life happy.

However I can feel my spirit getting thinner as the days go on, I find the perfect women and she is thousands of miles from me and too poor to go get her, maybe just a big cosmic joke I am not sure anymore . I do still hope and pray that I will meet you and all my trouble will just melt as long as my heart in your hand.

You are a sweet and beautiful women and I hope cupid is not sitting around laughing at me. I wish somehow you were next to me right now so bad!!!

With all my heart and Love

To Tony Smith

Jan 12, 2013

Hi, my only love and joy of Tony!

My great joy at the mere thought that I could take a place in your dream, and most importantly, that I can be in your heart. I am from this experience is very pleasant to the soul, and I feel some improvement of mood, knowing that my day today will be very easy. After all, I have a positive emotional charge - it is your letter. Maybe it is just from the simple words, but they are so much warmth and hope. You are beautiful my remaining day of his kindness, and I again, as a child naturally wants to jump in puddles and not think about all the problems that awaited us in adulthood. And then wait for the night with a beautiful bright stars and make a wish when a shooting star, though, even if all my dreams come true, because the main thing for me is a gift of fate you're my best and favorite Tony.

I want to tell you Tony , that my heart is yours and always will be yours. I remember as a child, I dreamed of a beautiful white prince. I really liked the tales of princesses, princes, for whom performed feats. And then eventually I thought it was not realistic to find a man like a fairy tale, but what was lovely romantic unreality, which I had hoped, and now all my desires and dreams of a fairy tale turned into real life. I believe that not every woman would be able to find a good man and even more so from a different country, but I did it and I'm really happy that you found yourself my darling. Today I visited as a child though. And what have you dreamed as a child?

Very soon we'll be together, and nothing can separate us. She must hurry to be with you Tony, to make you happy and be very happy. On this I will finish my letter. I wish you a wonderful day and good mood, as I have now. I am sending you a sweet kiss of their traditional, from which you will be a beautiful smile on her face. Hee hee. Kiss.

Your girlfriend Jo Ann.

To Jo Ann Lauk

Jan 12, 2013

Hi my love,

You have also put me in a better mood and to see pictures of your beautiful body first thing when I wake up was a beautiful gift. Thank you.

You are a wonderful and beautiful person nothing would please me more to call you my girlfriend or even my future wife.

I love you and I will now and forever be longing for your touch.

Tony

To Tony Smith

Jan 15, 2013

Hello, my love Tony . Is your love is writing.

My world is your world, and I was serious, to have you in my life and maybe even be a family. Your inspirational and loving words tell me that I have nothing to be afraid of and that you will be with me. I have to say thank you for what you have for me and what you do for me. And I want our love will not fade, and that in time our love was like brandy or wine, which becomes stronger and better.

My love, I'm tired of living alone. I always think of you. I even see you in a dream. And when I open my eyes, you are no more there. What will we do with our relationship, my prince? Are we now never see you again? Did I ever touch you? Did I ever hold you? Did I ever kiss you? Understand, my dear, I just want to be with her beloved man. Do you understand me? My love, I took the first step to our happiness. What are you willing to do for the sake of our happiness? When will we meet? Look, I cannot live long without you. You must understand, my dear, if you do not help me, then we cannot meet. And how are we going to build our relationship, if we cannot even meet? My dear, we should not stop our relationship. Especially because my tickets paid my job. I have to pay only for registration of my documents. Do you understand me, my dear? I apply a lot of effort to get the certificate for the ticket. Now there's just one small step between us. My dear, life gives us a chance. And we have to take this chance. Do you agree with me? If we want to build a serious relationship, we must work together to overcome all obstacles. Do you agree with me, my love? And some money should not be an obstacle in our relationship.

I thank God that I met you. I know that you also love me, and that you will never deceive me, and you will not offend me. I - right, my dear Tony?

Today, in my dream I saw how together we celebrate our first romantic dinner. We sit together, facing each other, on the table there are candles on the middle of the table a bouquet of flowers. I love red roses more, I told you this? Then we drink with a glass of red wine. You thought about this meeting? Tell me, how do you imagine that? How do you imagine our first dinner Tony?

I often think about the moment when I see you with her eyes, and when I can touch you in a tight and feel your warmth and your smell. And it's soon-to-be, I feel that day. Have to wait quite a bit and maybe soon I will be able to come to you. I would really like us to have a beautiful and unforgettable meeting, which will be remembered in our hearts.

Your love Jo Ann

To Tony Smith

Jan 28, 2013

Did you get my last letter Ben? Why cannot I see your answer? What happened? What did you do today? How's the weather? Today we had a lot of snow. Today, watching a show about animals. I love animals.

Always Jo Ann

To Jo Ann Lauk

Jan 30, 2013

Hello my Love

I have been quite busy this week sorry for not returning your letter promptly. Today it is a lot warmer than it normally is this time of year.

I have not done anything except work and sleep this week except my car is about to die for good it is not going to be able to be repaired and I am going to have to get a new car.

What is your favorite animal? Mine would have to be the Lion they are so majestic.

I had dream that you were here and we just laid in bed watching tv with our naked bodies strung about the bed and in tangled within each other like a human pretzel the feel of your soft skin and sweet fragrance it was so wonderful. I did not want to wake up at all, but I did wake up all alone I still think of the dream. I am dying without you.

With all my Love

Tony

To Tony Smith

Jan 31, 2013

Hello my dear Tony,

My happy kisses to you, my love Tony! We need love and happiness in this world. I am sure that I was going in the right direction, and the biggest step towards your happiness I did when I met you. I'm kind of opened up a whole new world, which is always warm and light, and there is no room for pain and sorrow.

I'm just like you Tony burning pleasure for our future meetings fabulous and beautiful, but I'd love to meet you very soon. I would so like to spend their free time together with you and much better acquainted with you, my dear Tony.

I am very happy that I have you, my dear Tony. I think it is not already the days before our meeting, I am every hour. Every hour for me - it's like a whole day. I am very pleased to Tony, have found the one I was looking for my whole life.

And so I end up writing my letter to quickly send it to you, and you write your letter to me as soon as you can. I'll be waiting for him impatiently. Gently kiss and hug you tight.

I kiss you very strongly.

Your Princess Jo Ann.

February 1, 2013

From Jo Ann –

How's your day Tony? Why did you ignore my letters? What is the weather in your city? In my city, -14 degrees Celsius. Write me.

Jo Ann Lucky

Feb 10, 2013

From Tony

My day was ok how was your day? I did not mean to ignore your letter I did send a reply to one but I forgot about the other one for that I am sorry. I would never ignore you on purpose.

It is getting warmer here spring is around the corner for us.

It is also Valentine's Day in a few days. I do not want to be alone anymore I want and need you I love and desire you. I don't want to live without you anymore, and this constant teasing of love, maybe I am incapable of being loved maybe I did something bad in a past life I do not know but it is not fair to feel this alone.

I still desire you to be my wife one day and if I had the money you would be here already but I believe that I will die poor and alone that I believe is my fate.

I hope you have a great day and hope you find happiness soon even if not with me like I said earlier I am starting to believe that I am destined to live alone.

With all my Love to you

Ben

Jo Ann Lauk

To Tony Smith

Feb 12, 2013

Hello my dear Tony,

Honey, I'm very bored, and I am writing this letter to you with great joy and desire. My passion and tenderness to you now in this moment with you. I love to bring you pleasure your letters, thanks to my senses. And you may now feel you can touch my soul to your soul and feel the air of my passionate kisses and warm, which flies in the wind, sent to you directly on the course. As well as the bright sun that shines from you, gives you my smile, warmth and appreciation.

My parents asked me to give you best wishes for, because now they are constantly interested in our correspondence, and ask how our relationship. They wish you all the best, and even made fun of my mom, told me: "how is our foreign-law?" Hee hee. My parents are kind and good person always willing. All around is starting to change, but maybe it's because I myself started to change since I began to correspond with you. I have great pleasure in looking at your eyes attracting Tony and very much hope that I can see your point of view.

Let time takes me down the river for its vibrant silence, but I always keep getting your letters, in which the voiceless phrases as warmth and attention, that I even try to calm my heart that is ready to jump out of my chest when I think about you. I finish my letter on this and hope it will bring you warmth and my feeling of love. I wish you a very good day Tony . Kisses.

Your Jo Ann .

Jo Ann Lauk

Feb 13, 2013

Hello my sweet

I just wanted to say I miss and cherish you, I am very tired rite now sorry this is gonna be short just wanted to say I was thinking of you.

Tell your parents I said hello they sound nice.

I will try to write more in a day or so

With all my Love

Tony

Feb 14 2013

Hello my dear Tony.

Honey, I'm very bored, and I am writing this letter to you with great joy and desire. My passion and tenderness to you now in this moment with you. I love to bring you pleasure your letters, thanks to my senses. And you may now feel you can touch my soul to your soul and feel the air of my passionate kisses and warm, which flies in the wind, sent to you directly on the course. As well as the bright sun that shines from you, gives you my smile, warmth and appreciation.

My parents asked me to give you best wishes for, because now they are constantly interested in our correspondence, and ask how our relationship. They wish you all the best, and even made fun of my mom, told me: "how is our foreign-law?" Hee hee. My parents are kind and good person always willing. All around is starting to change, but maybe it's because I myself started to change since I began to correspond with you. I have great pleasure in looking at your eyes attracting Tony and very much hope that I can see your point of view.

Let time takes me down the river for its vibrant silence, but I always keep getting your letters, in which the voiceless phrases as warmth and attention, that I even try to calm my heart that is ready to jump out of my chest when I think about you. I finish my letter on this and hope it will bring you warmth and my feeling of love. I wish you a very good day Tony. Kisses.

Your Jo Ann.

Dear Tony,

How are you? And I just dream about your every gentle word of love and tenderness. You're my most beautiful, you're just my favorite. These simple words mean so much to me, because these words are nothing but the truth, and I'm always ready to tell you that you are constantly aware of my affection and love.

I am very happy that we found each other and positively develop our relations. You're a wonderful man Tony, who can take care of me. I am glad that I chose you, and you gave me the chance to love you. I need you in my life. I'm just waiting for the moment, when I see your eyes and hear your sweet voice. Soon I will see you Tony. Very soon we'll be together, and nothing can separate us. She must hurry to be with you to make you happy and be very happy. On this I will finish my letter. I wish you a wonderful day and good mood, as I have now. I am sending you a sweet kiss of their traditional, from which you will be a beautiful smile on your face. Hee hee. Kiss.

Your girlfriend Jo Ann.

Hello my sweet love

Your letter put a smile on my face and love in my heart. I love you and will always need you in my heart. You are so beautiful and I cherish you so much. I still dream to feel your touch and to hold you in my arms and kiss you all over your beautiful body from head to toe all day and night. I need and want you so bad it hurts. I am so lucky to have a beautiful women like you. I hope you have a wonderful day I will be thinking of you all day I am sure.

With all my Love your boyfriend and hopefully future husband with all my kisses and Love

Ben

Dear Tony,

How are you? And I just dream about your every gentle word of love and tenderness. You're my most beautiful, you're just my favorite. These simple words mean so much to me, because these words are nothing but the truth, and I'm always ready to tell you that you are constantly aware of my affection and love.

I am very happy that we found each other and positively develop our relations. You're a wonderful man Tony , who can take care of me. I am glad that I chose you, and you gave me the chance to love you. I need you in my life. I'm just waiting for the moment, when I see your eyes and hear your sweet voice. Soon I will see you Tony. Very soon we'll be together, and nothing can separate us. She must hurry to be with you to make you happy and be very happy. On this I will finish my letter. I wish you a wonderful day and good mood, as I have now. I am sending you a sweet kiss of their traditional, from which you will be a beautiful smile on your face. Hee hee. Kiss.

Your girlfriend Jo Ann .

Feb 19, 2013

Hello my sweet Jo Ann

I have done nothing but think about you this week. Dreaming of your sweet face and your loving kisses. I do not have much to say been a long and boring week, but I was really missing you and wanted to tell you. I hope all is well and I hope to hear from you soon.

With all my love

Tony

Dear Tony,

How are you? And I just dream about your every gentle word of love and tenderness. You're my most beautiful, you're just my favorite. These simple words mean so much to me, because these words are nothing but the truth, and I'm always ready to tell you that you are constantly aware of my affection and love.

I am very happy that we found each other and positively develop our relations. You're a wonderful man Tony, who can take care of me. I am glad that I chose you, and you gave me the chance to love you. I need you in my life. I'm just waiting for the moment, when I see your eyes and hear your sweet voice. Soon I will see you Tony. Very soon we'll be together, and nothing can separate us. She must hurry to be with you to make you happy and be very happy. On this I will finish my letter. I wish you a wonderful day and good mood, as I have now. I am sending you a sweet kiss of their traditional, from which you will be a beautiful smile on your face. Hee hee. Kiss.

Your girlfriend Jo Ann.

Jo Ann Lauk

To Tony Smith

Feb 26, 2013

Hello Tony.

I cannot go on without you. In the last few days I began to worry, I even started a little to eat. I always think of you and me, our first meeting.

I was yesterday when I was very worried about you, so that night I could not sleep properly. I thought about you. I am very happy that you have me there. Now all my thoughts are of you.

I am writing you this letter to tell you Tony, how much I love you. I want to thank you for what you came into my life. You - one of the best things that happened in my life and I do not regret being with you.

It's time to finish his letter to me. I hope you're happy to read my letter and I will look forward to your reply. I give you all a kiss, which is filled with the warmth of my soul. Kiss.

Your baby Jo Ann

PS: I'm sorry that I have not written to you for a long time. I was on a business trip away from my city. I was helping children affected by the meteorite. Unfortunately there was no Internet.

Hello My Love

I am glad to hear from you I was starting to think the worst. I am very relieved that you are fine I was getting worried.

I am always glad to hear from you and I am also glad you are in my life. I hope you stay safe and happy you will always be in my heart I love and cherish you now and forever.

With all my love and sweet tender kisses

Tony

Jo Ann Lucky

To Tony Smith

Mar 8, 2013

Hello my dear Tony.

I want to hug you with all the love and give a fabulous kiss that will bring you mad, and you find yourself in seventh heaven. Today I'll look at the stars and think of you, and every shooting star I will make a wish on, that we met and did not leave all our lives.

I'll wait for your letter every time I go to the Internet cafe. I walk down the street and think of you. Even at work, I think only of you. I want to look into your eyes and feel your hugs and kisses. I want to thank you Tony because you have changed my life. I have long lived without a purpose and it was unbearable. But now I know that all my life I've waited for you Tony .You grabbed my heart, my thoughts, my soul. When we are together, I promise you that my love will be dedicated only to you.

I think I should tell you goodbye, my dear Tony . I send you my kiss, and a sensitive warm embrace.

your Jo Ann

To Jo Ann Lauk

Mar 9, 2013

Hello my sweet Jo Ann

I want to hug you back and give you all my love to you picking you up in our hug and just holding you and kissing you in my arms . You are a beautiful and loving women I am truly blessed to have met you . I hope all is well there I will miss and dream of you constantly.

With all my Love

Tony

Friday, March 8, 2013 12:33 PM

Subject: Re: Tony.

Hello my dear Tony.

I want to hug you with all the love and give a fabulous kiss that will bring you mad, and you find yourself in seventh heaven. Today I'll look at the stars and think of you, and every shooting star I will make a wish on, that we met and did not leave all our lives.

I'll wait for your letter every time I go to the Internet cafe. I walk down the street and think of you. Even at work, I think only of you. I want to look into your eyes and feel your hugs and kisses. I want to thank you Tony because you have changed my life. I have long lived without a purpose and it was unbearable. But now I know that all my life I've waited for you Tony .Ty grabbed my heart, my thoughts, my soul. When we are together, I promise you that my love will be dedicated only to you.

I think I should tell you goodbye, my dear Tony . I send you my kiss, and a sensitive warm embrace.

your Jo Ann

Tony Smith

Mar 15, 2013

Hello my love Tony.

How are you? I'm really starting to feel like a beautiful lady in your letters, I am very glad you're liking to me. And on thy pleasure compliments I can lose my rest, and then all my thoughts will be on your beautiful words. I am very pleased that in my letters a lot of poetry, in which all my soul, which keeps the infinite, which helps me to feel all the perfection of the highest love. My feeling is always sincere and romantic. I am very pleased Tony, what do you like it.

I hope your beautiful little lady was able to light up your day and you left me satisfied. I am ready to reciprocate to you and let you do not mind that we have never met, it would not be a problem for us. After all, we'll see you soon. Let the wind kiss you for me, and I know Tony, you get my affection. And I will be very pleased if you will be caressing my back. I'll wait for your beautiful words again, to delight his soul.

Your Jo Ann.

May 2, 2013

Dear Tony

How are you? Why not write for so long? Do you tonight weekend? What did you do today? Today we have made friends with a barbecue. I am waiting for your letter.

Concerned Jo

Jo Ann Lauk

Jun 12, 2013

Hello My Love

I am sorry I have not written for a long time I have been feeling real down on myself upset and depressed with my life.

I feel very poor and alone and has not changed for some time now. I am starting to believe this is how my life will be to the end, and it scares me some. I do not want to feel alone anymore. I need new life, this one is almost not repairable at this point.

I miss you love you dream of you and dying to be with you and yet I do not see much hope anymore and this hurts inside. I hurt inside and dying alone slowly as if being tortured. I try to be happy and play with the dog or something sometimes it helps but not for long. Now I sit here by myself in a dark room no light except this computer screen dreaming of your touch. I feel my life needs to change or just end the torture of being alone.

I apologize this is not a happy letter to you, for there is nothing happy here for me. I hate my job and can't find a better one I feel so stuck here my life feels stuck. I miss you and you will forever be in my heart if this is real at all I don't even care now just the hope of being with a beautiful, loving women such as yourself gave me hope for a long time yet I feel it slipping away as with hopes for a good life.

I love you and hope you have not forgot me

Forever yours

Tony

Tuesday, March 12, 2013 7:39 AM

Subject: Re: Tony

Hello my love Tony.

How are you? I'm really starting to feel like a beautiful lady in your letters, I am very glad you're liking to me. And on thy pleasure compliments I can lose my rest, and then all my thoughts will be on your beautiful words. I am very pleased that in my letters a lot of poetry, in which all my soul, which keeps the infinite, which helps me to feel all the perfection of the highest love. My feeling is always sincere and romantic. I am very pleased Tony, what do you like it.

I hope your beautiful little lady was able to light up your day and you left me satisfied. I am ready to reciprocate to you and let you do not mind that we have never met, it would not be a problem for us. After all, we'll see you soon. Let the wind kiss you for me, and I know Tony, you get my affection. And I will be very pleased if you will be caressing my back. I'll wait for your beautiful words again, to delight his soul.

Your Jo Ann.

Tony Smith

Jun 19, 2013

Hello my most beautiful Prince Tony,

You give me great hope that everything will be fine. You're like a brilliant lightning that illuminates the dark night sky, his cheerful light. Do you like life itself in this dark and dreary world. You are my light and joy. You are to me like a ray of hope, and behaving for me with its light through the space where there is a paradise. I really want to see you next to me Tony, so you can smile at me and say something nice. I know that soon I will see you and we will be together and spend time next to each other. And are you sure you show your best place for himself. You promise that it will be with us always?

I end my letter, and I want to write to you again and again. I will pray that this letter came to you and bring you joy and happiness. I am sending you a thousand kisses her.

Your love of Russian Jo Ann .

Jun 22, 2013

To Jo Ann

Hello my love

This letter will be short I am off to work wanted to say hi and I miss you and love you forever. My sweet angel I will continue to dream of you forever and always

I hope you have a wonderful day

with all my love and kisses

Tony

Jo Ann Lauk

Jun 27, 2013

Hello my love

It was very hot and sunny today I could imagine us floating in a pool or down a river but once we are together nothing will be able to cool us down again due to the heat and passion we will produce when we are close. I can almost imagine your laugh behind your beautiful smile. I am tired and ready for bed I just wanted you to be the last thing on my mind before bed so I write you this short letter and I send all my love and kisses.

With Love

Tony

***

"Do you know why we brought you in today?" The officer asked.

"No! NO I do not know why you brought me in today. I do know you have really ruined my day. I have done nothing wrong. Can I please leave?" I asked.

"Mr. Jones, we found these emails on a flash drive that was on a body that we found." The officer said.

"So what does this do with me?" I asked.

"Everything; do you recognize this picture?" he asked me.

"Yes I do. It is me on my dirt bike." I said.

"Do you recognize this picture?" he asked.

I just sat there and hung my head. It was a picture of Jo Ann!

"I take your silence as a yes. Is your address 6116 Morning Dove Drive?" he asked me.

"Yes to both of your question."

"You are a married man, right Mr. Jones?" he asked.

"Yes." I answered.

"Her passport and all of her papers say mail order bride. How is that possible when you are a married man already?" he asked me.

"I think I need my lawyer," I told him.

"So let me ask you this. When she showed up at your door last week it was a total surprise, wasn't it?" he asked me.

I just sat there.

"Did your wife find out you were having an affair with a Russian woman? It is a shame; she was such a beautiful woman," he said shaking his head side to side.

There was a knock at the door and the officer left. I was left all alone. I have watched enough police shows on TV to know to just sit there and be quiet. Yeah; When she showed up at my apartment I sure was glad the wife and kids were gone. I invited her in, asked her to get comfortable, I shut the door, and that's when she saw my wedding picture on the fireplace mantle.

She went berserk. She started yelling at me. Telling me I was a piece of shit. That I didn't deserve her and that she had gave up everything to come be with me. She got in my face and spit at me. Then she slapped me. That's when I lost it. I dropped the coffee mug that was in my hand, put both of my hands around her neck, and squeezed until she went limp. It felt great to feel her life slip right through my fingers. All the pent-up frustration of having to lie to both women was released. It was a real calming feeling of relief. She didn't even put up a fight. The distraught look in her eyes was enough to tell me she was not expecting it.

It didn't take me long to snap back to reality. I let go of her neck and she fell to the floor with a thud. I took a deep breath. I knew I just screwed up. I had to think for a minute. The wife would be home in two hours and I had to be at work in three. I had to act fast if I was to get rid of the body and no one really sees what I was doing. It was broad day light and I knew the parking lot would be busy so getting her to the car would be a task but I had to try.

I changed my clothes, packed my lunch, and went to see how the parking lot was. I went to my car and put my lunch in the passenger seat. I hit the trunk button and went back into my apartment. I looked around as I made my way back to the stairs that led to my apartment. No one was around but that could change quickly. I was thanking my stars she was a thin girl as I bent over and spread her out so I could get a good look at her.

I was thinking to myself should I or should I not but I did it anyway. I wanted to see if the nude photos she sent me were actually her. Bam there it was a; monarch butterfly at the top of her panty line. In another lifetime maybe this could have worked. Her tight fit, body was nothing short of perfect unlike what my wife's was. Jo Ann was the reason my wife she got fucked so hard on so many occasions, and now here she is dead in our living room.

She was lightweight. I moved the coffee table, rolled her up in the rug that was in front of the couch, left a note on the fridge telling my wife I spilled my V8 on it ; was getting rid of it and for her to order a new one. I opened the door a crack and went back to pick up her body. I could not believe how light she was. I flung her over my shoulder and shut the door behind me.

As busy as my apartment building was it seemed dead today. Usually there are people coming and going; People outside cleaning, mowing, or just loitering around; not today. It was like the sky had parted and created a void of time for me to clean up my mistake. Luck or not I knew it would not last long. I took the stairs and out the front door I went. I put her in the trunk and drove north out of my parking lot. The interstate has always been handy but today it proved to be a real blessing.

I turned right at exit 40 toward Fort Harrison. I pulled into the parking lot of the Mill Supplies just off of Allen Street, and went to the back lot and dumped her body in the red dumpster. I had forty minutes to get back to the South west side of town. I didn't need to speed I was already on the interstate and could just take it to the exit for 67 south.

It looked like a clean get away but then here I sit in this dank, smelly interrogation room. What have I done?

Austin Green is a dedicated writer, husband, and father. As a retired industrial worker he enjoys long days sitting at his keyboard turning out local horror. With the help of google maps and other street view applications he theoretically plans out and executes his plots of mayhem.

# Hometown Horror

# Chapter two

# By

# Aaron R Roberts

"Hello, Thompson Tire."

"Yeah we are open. "

"Oh yeah, well that sucks. Are you on the side of the road or are you still in traffic?"

"Yeah; on the shoulder, in your rocking chair, ya got jokes. That's a good place to be in your situation. It would give you time to catch your log books up."

"Yes, to rewrite history. That's funny."

"I forgot to ask you, is it the inner or outer rear wheel?"

"The outer one, that won't be that hard to replace."

"Oh, you have a load on."

"Well that makes little difference but not that you would notice."

"What size tires are they?"

295/70 R. Really, HMMM! Can you hold on for a minute?

"Hey Charlie," I yelled.

"Yeah! What the hell ya yelling about?" Charlie yelled.

"Do we have any 295/70 R. in stock?" I yelled back.

"Hell! Let me see. I just got here," He yelled back.

"You still there?" I asked the guy on the phone.

"Yeah, I know like you got other things to do. Just waiting on my associate to get off his ass to look for you; it might take a minute for him to get back with me."

"Yeah, it's kind of a big place. We don't keep it like we should. We get so many tires in and out on a daily basis it's not funny."

"Oh yeah sure; I can tell you how to get here. Where are you coming from?"

"Emerson exit; believe it or not you are not that far away. If you are facing south that is. If not you will have to turn around at the Walmart just off Emerson. Big parking lot with very little obstacles to get in your way. Then head south and look for exit four. It will say Harding street exit. You will want to turn south on to 37.Once you turn in onto 37 you will want to get into the right lane. You will want to go through the first stop light, if it's green – yes, You are a funny mother fucker aren't you, then when you get to the next light you will want to turn right like you are going into McDonald's. Once you turn onto West Thompson road. We are on the right before you see the big Stoops sign," I told him.

"Do I have the latitude and longitude for your GPS? Yeah I can give you that. You got something to write with? I asked him.

"Ok ready - 39.69240221,-86.1930123,19.041," I told him.

"Yep we will be here. We are open until 11 pm. "

"Charlie," I yelled.

Charlie appeared from around the corner whipping his hands on a shop cloth.

"What the fuck are you yelling for? I may be old but I have not lost my hearing yet. You wake up in a pissy mood this morning?"he asked.

"Who went to bed?" I asked.

"Still can't sleep?" Charlie asked.

"Doctor gave me meds but I just don't like how they make me feel. I would rather be awake then feel like a zombie. The dry mouth side effect, the loss of temporary memory, and agitation are just not worth it. I gave up caffeine like I was told and cut back on the alcohol," I told him.

"Someone left the gate open and the pigs are everywhere. Did you see how many were at the Flying J this morning? It was like they were fighting over who got to the trough next. Their doughnuts aren't that great either," Charlie explained.

"Yeah I heard over the scanner that someone robbed the CVS on East Thompson this morning around 6. I heard it come over the scanner I have in the garage; Drugs more than likely," I told him.

"This town just keeps getting worse and worse. All that gang bullshit coming south from Gary is not helping any. If I could convince Darlene to move back South I would do it in a heartbeat. I am going to go to the Jay, you want something to eat?" Charlie asked.

"Sure. Get me a breakfast sandwich and a chug of Orange juice. Take the company truck so we can at least say we let it run today. I will stay here and wait for that numb skull with the flat to show up." I told him. With that he turned and went out the side door. Alone again; this would be a good time to go over the books and mend the register.

"Hello?" as the bell on the door clanged against the frame rail.

"Hello?" once again.

"Yeah, Give me a minute. I will be right with you," I said to thin air not seeing any one.

As I came out of the office, the young guy was standing with his back to me looking out the window.

"You the guy with the flat?" I asked.

"Well it's more like a rim now. Somewhere along the way the rubber came off," he said.

"That will make our job a lot easier. How does the rim look?" I asked him.

"Like a typical rim, I guess. I am kind of new to this whole truck driving thing. I've only been on my own for three weeks. I even left my trainer at a rest stop just off of I-70 before they turned me lose. If it were not for Siri I would be lost," he told me

"Yeah I can actually see that. Well the tire tech went to go get breakfast he should be back soon," I told him.

"Really? So you are not a one man show?" he asked. "Nope. I answer the phone and stock the shelves. It's my name above the door you walked through on your way in," I told him.

"So how many people do you have working for you?" he asked.

"We've been around since 1942, we started out with just one shop on the old Lincoln Highway in Grand Island, Nebraska. Now we are a total of 143 Thompson Tire Shops, in 23 states makes Thompson Tire Shops one of America's largest service center chains, reaching from east to west and north to south.

***

And folks that's where my computer crashed. I promise this story is going places but you will have to wait to see where.

Writing is passes time for me. It calms my nerves after a hard day of mindless work. The words on these pages are as much a piece of me as the much as the clothes on my back. I try define my style of writing with quick wit and the use of words in their double meanings. Play with words like they were toys on a shelf.

"It is easier to kill people on paper than it is to do in real life. 1 you don't have to worry about cleaning up and 2 you don't have to find a place to dump the body" - you can quote me on that.

# Foot Note

Whether you think they are evil, disturbed, or just mental you are part of a society that exhibits both a repulsion and fascination with the lives and minds of serial killers. Who are these serial killers and what motivates them? We really don't know. But when we can skilfully create torture devices meant to inflict the most pain on another individual, we are afraid to know the answer.

Serial killers are typically classified in two ways - one based on motive, the other on organisational and social patterns.

The motive method is called Holmes typology, for Ronald M. and Stephen T. Holmes, authors of textbooks on serial murder and violent crime.

The FBI explained that not every serial killer falls into a single type, and these classifications don't explain what leads someone to become a serial killer.

However, according to Holmes typology, serial killers can be act-focused, and kill quickly, or process-focused, and kill slowly.

For act-focused killers, killing is about the act itself. Visionary murders in this group hear voices or has visions that direct him to do so, while Missionary murders believe they are meant to get rid of a particular group of people.

Alternatively, process-focused serial killers get enjoyment from torture and the death of their victims.

Lust killers derive sexual pleasure from killing, Thrill killers get a 'thrill' from it and Gain killers murder because they believe they will profit in some way.

Power killers wish to be in charge of life and death.

# Myosin Nahant

# By

# Brian Coffee

The following is a conversation that never took place at a retirement home between four guys.

I'll see if I can think of a way to tell it, so as to protect the identities of the innocent (actually, they weren't exactly innocent, (mostly just stupid). It's a long story, and if I can't think of the best way to tell it here.

OK, here goes.... it was 13 years ago:

A couple of my young (early teenage) female relatives were into some very stupid, immoral and dangerous activities. They did a LOT of drugs (of any and every kind), ran away frequently, got into a car with anyone, and were VERY naive (or simply didn't care) about the dangers of the "darker side of life".

We were on a trip out west (Colorado), and one day they met up with some older guys who were willing to share their stash. The stuff must've been laced with something because the girls became violently ill. They got scared of the guys and ran away. They told their cousins about what happened but it was kept secret from us 'adults'. The next day, one town away from the previous incident, the stuff REALLY hit the fan.

I was at the hotel with my wife, grandmother and the two youg sons. Two of my cousins busted into the room crying and hollerin'. They said, "They've been taken!! I don't know if they were kidnapped or went willingly, but they're in the car with those "crazy dopers". We couldn't stop them."

I ran to the car with my two cousins (because they could identify the vehicle), jumped in and headed to the center of town. Fortunately, it was a LITTLE town, and I caught up to the vehicle at the liquor store. Looking at the whole situation, my "intuition" told me they were actually in a very dangerous situation. I pulled in tight so they couldn't get away. I grabbed the pistol I had under the seat, and jumped out. The girls were in the bed of a Jeep-like thing, and I ran over and yanked them out, one at a time by the hair of their head. I smacked them on the back of the head (I NEVER EVER EVER hit girls, but this felt like a life and death situation), and yelled at them to get in my car.

This guy (or maybe it was a REALLY butch dyke), jumped out of the Jeep-thing, and yelled, "Hey, you can't do that....You can't take them!" I lifted the pistol and said, "I've got the gun, and you don't, so I can do whatever the @#$** I want, so shut the @#$%%** up and get back in your vehicle!" He/she complied. (BTW- I also don't use bad language, but once again, "life and death"...)

We sped off (burning rubber, and sliding through the curve) back towards the hotel, with me yelling at them, and the girls crying, and the other girls (my cousins) screaming for me to slow down.

When we pulled up at the hotel, a local cop pulled in behind me. He got me out of the car (with a gun to my head), and cuffed my hands behind my back with my face down in the dusty gravel road. My wife came out with one of the babies, and I told her to get him back in the room, as I didn't want him to witness the mayhem.

First he questioned me in his car. I started with, "You may not believe this, but I have a very good explanation for what just happened."

He said, "You better."

Then I told him EVERYTHING. He said, "That WAS a pretty good explanation, now let me just make sure it's the truth."

Then he got the girls out of the car, one at a time, at gunpoint, and questioned them.

He came back to his squad car and said "Your story checks out. You know, you probably saved those girls lives. I've only been on the force here for six months, but I know those people they were with. They are BAD characters. They were probably going to take the girls up in the mountains and...well, just be thankful you got em back."

He gave me back my pistol, and said, "Hey, every cowboy's gotta have his shootin' iron. Here's yours. But, I have to keep your bullets, it's the rules." I said, "That's OK, I've got more in the room."

He laughed, shook my hand and said, "Don't hang around town too long, they might pay you a little visit."

I looked at my gun, said, "That's OK, we're leaving in the morning."

Then I gathered up the girls and herded them back to the hotel room.

One of those "troubled teens" is now a beautiful young woman. She is brilliant, happy, sober, and graduates from a fairly prestigious university later this year. The other is dead. After years of drugs, crime, and incarcerations, her demons finally finished her off. "I preached her funeral three years ago next month," Bob started.

"I do know the feeling. I had a punk empty a revolver at me from about 75 feet. He missed six times! The guy thought I was seeing his girlfriend which was not true. He was caught a few days later after shooting someone else, "I said.

"As scary as a gun in th' hands of someone with th' expressed intent to use it on you is, knives bother me more!! And th' best definition of bravery I have ever heard is that it is when no one but YOU know how scared you are!! Th' only thing else I got to say on th' subject is that if you ain't able to engage that weapon 'tween yer ears first, any others you got don't matter," Brad spoke.

"What good is a gun if it is not ready to defend one's family. Trigger locks, gun cases, safes and the like are all pretty much useless if you have home defense in mind. You don't want kids to get at your guns then keep your bedroom door locked, or keep all of your guns except one in a safe and the other on your person at all times. When kids are about 8 they should be fine unsupervised around your weapons, unless of course you've never taught them gun safety, let them shoot, or demonized the act of touching "your" gun. Let kids handle the weapon unloaded when they are curious, explain the rules and tell them if they ever want to look at it its fine, but ask first. You however must obey your state laws which vary greatly or if an incident should occur the goon squad will come for you. Please people, be safe, but don't overdo it to the point that you're sacrificing the little time there is between you, your gun, and decision time when confronting criminals. Shoot safe, be safe, and think," Kevin stated.

"I agree if you have more than one gun. Extra guns should be in a safe place. Education about guns and what they can do is more important than locks...all four of my kids watched demonstrations of what each of my guns did when discharged and what happens when the bullet hits something...Each knew where my primary gun was and that it was loaded and dangerous...I never had a problem.. Each of them went with me when I went to the range to practice. As a parent I was astounded that they learned so much; of my eight grandkids seven have been with me to practice The last will go when she is five or older Education is the most important thing, not locks...never leave a gun empty, people fall for the idea that everyone unloads a gun and play with it and have accidents," Ted added.

"I agree that most kids can be taught gun safety but the other side of the coin is that part of growing up can involve getting off the right track for a bit. Sadly when guns get into the mix a very good kid can make some really tragic errors. Unusual emotion and adolescence are welded at the hip at times," Kevin said.

"The key is discipline You are right, kids have a lot of distractive behavior but if you teach discipline and have their respect. Most parents teach "I'm the parent, you're the child". This approach is common. Parents have to be a confident as well as a parent. I teach that I am your friend as well as your parent; mutual conditions can be reached that will help, not hinder growth of both parent and child. But there are times that you have to say, as a parent,.'This is the way it will be,' and not vary in your statements. Decisions are final." I said .

"I couldn't agree more locks will only make the item seem forbidden and everyone wants to touch the thing they aren't supposed to. It is always better to have your children well acquainted with firearms than to lock them forever. Of course it is always your call on how responsible your children are. BTW I don't think that it is good to have a round in the chamber as most people think to check the magazine but not the chamber and I doubt is is ever so close that you won't have time to rack the slide," Kevin went on.

"When my children were small (under 5) I took them out in the yard (country home) and shot beer cans off a post, and as I shot the cans I told them what caliber the gun was and the bullet velocity and had them hold the can that had been shot. We labelled each can put it on top of the gun case, so it was a reminder of what a gun can do. The only time the gun case was locked was when we had guests. I have heard both of my daughters tell their friends what each can was and how you had to have training before you could touch a loaded gun and then only with a parent along. This method worked well for me and taught them a valuable lesson about guns and how to handle a gun," Brad added.

"Hey, I'm with you. We kept 3 handguns loaded at all times. We kept a rifle and a shotgun hanging on the wall (unloaded but with quick access to shells). The rest of the guns though, we lock up so they won't be stolen. Everyone in my household has gone through a gun safety course, and my wife and I both went through a concealed carry course. The intractable though, was aimed at the lowest common denominator. Some state (and National) laws make "safe" storage mandatory. It's better to know how to securely lock your weapons (like if you're out of town or something), than to think the nightstand is the ONLY place for your loaded weapon," Bob said.

"Yea, I know what you mean. A lot of states are very unfriendly towards guns (they're evil). Like MA, DC, NY, CA, on and on. I personally will never live in any of those places. It's really sad, because they still have more crime than the rest of the country. What I find the funniest, is I have lived in FL, NC, CA, WA, and the difference between the city areas and the city is like night and day. Crime in the city of course is part because of the high population, but here is Jacksonville, the majority is concentrated in the ghetto areas, but back in NC the crime is _far_ lower, even in the ghettos. Yet, the country is portrayed as redneck infested KKK gun-nut central, and it's quite the opposite. People are polite, and there not afraid to talk to you. Here in Jax, god, everyone has a stick up there butt, and for the life of me I dare not argue with anyone here. They all tell me 911 was a conspiracy, the Cia invented crack, and nameless other paranoid delusions. Aargh, I'm rambling now. However my main point about the crime is, EVERYONE knows people in the country have guns. There has never been a break-in, in my old neighborhood. Criminals think twice when they KNOW they're taking their life in their hands, at any rate," Brad said.

"If you had lived in South Florida you might have found that having a gun with you at all times is not a bad idea. Violence gets over the edge in Ft. Lauderdale and Miami. And one huge problem is that the people who need guns the most may very well be the least likely to qualify for a carry permit. For example the type of person that collects cans to get by because he is homeless is in far greater need of protection than someone in a better neighbourhood," Ted went on.

"That's mostly the way we approach it. We keep 3 handguns ready. We keep a small rifle and a shotgun handy for farm purposes too. But beyond that everything stays pretty well locked up. It makes it easier to put the rest away when an "un-trustworthy" or stupid/curious person comes around," Kevin added.

"I was joking but that sounds good," I said.

"For my wheel guns, I typically use a padlock with a very long shank. So I can thread the cylinder onto the lock as well as locking the frame of the revolver. Besides offering that little bit of extra security, you won't risk losing or misplacing the cylinder. (Happened once as I was in a rush to get to an appt. and forgot to store the cylinder with the rest of the gun and my father came across it and put it in safe storage without telling me where he put it.) Got the idea from seeing the Ruger revolver locks," Bob informed us.

"That's a good way to go about it. My dad had a history of misplacing important parts too!" Kevin blurted jokingly.

"An additional thing to note is that you can easily add a length of chain or steel wire to any of the "padlock" steps. This gives you a trivial way to further immobilize the weapon," Brad added.

"Yep. It won't keep a criminal from using it (for long), but it'll keep those rotten neighbor kids from shooting each other!" Ted added laughing.

"Really? Is that rifle with the bolt removed a Myosin Nahant by chance? Kevin said.

"No it's not. Myosin bolts are overly complicated things of beauty, and they don't have safeties, which that bolt has. It's not a Mauser bolt either," Brad said.

"A Myosin Nahant bolt does have a safety; it's not a conventional one, but it does by rotating the bolt when it's in the locked position by pulling it back and turning a quarter turn to the left. That's the safety. It's not conventional and difficult to do but that's what it is," Kevin informed us.

"Okay guys, it is time to take your medications," The nurse said.

"Waugh!" The group of four said in unison.

"You guys have talked enough about guns for the day. There will be more time for that tomorrow," she added.

I took my meds, said good night to the guys, and went to my room to sleep in an uncomfortable bed once again. I am just glad to wake up every morning to go do it all over again.

Brian Coffee is a well diverse person in the use of handguns. He is a father, a brother, a husband, and an uncle of gun users. Gun safety is not a joking matter but humor is a good way to get his point across. A retired cop of 25 years, he has seen his share of gun violence through the years on the force. He had been shot three times in the line of duty. He now spends his days in a Florida in a retirement home where he still enjoys going to the firing range. He is an avid gun support with the NRA and wants to be buried with his "Myosin Nahant" when he dies.

# Murder in the Pumpkin Patch

# By

# Karen Vaughan and Viv Drewa

Chief Will Rogers sat behind his desk wondering what this Halloween was going to be like. He was glad Devil's Night was fairly quiet, except for a few teens who would sneak out after curfew and TP some homes. Usually the teachers they didn't like or who gave them bad grades.

Last year one of the patrols caught four teen boys in the process of TPing the high school principal's home. They were brought in and put in the jail for the night.

"Now you boys behave and you'll be out in the morning, otherwise, you'll stay here until Sunday," Chief Rogers told them. "I'm going to call your parents and let them know where you are."

As the chief walked to his office one of the boys, Ricky Corrillo, yelled out, "You better let us out right now!"

"You keep it down, Ricky," the chief yelled back but Ricky kept on. The chief walked back to the cells shaking his head. "I told you if you don't behave all four of you will be in here until Sunday."

Ricky fumed and was about to say something but Paul Freede pulled him back. "Shut up Ricky, I wanna go home tomorrow morning."

Paul was a good boy, really, but somehow got tangled up with Ricky. Eric Sullivan and Sam Meisner weren't what you'd call good boys, but they were a far cry from Ricky. They both turned on Ricky and gave him dirty looks. Ricky finally calmed down and the chief headed back to his office.

Those boys were something else the chief thought and wondered if they were going to get into trouble again this year. They were all juniors in the local high school but still at that age to get into mischief.

Cypress Valley was a small town of maybe 5,000 people so it was cozy for the chief. In his 30 plus years there hadn't been any murders, rapes, few robberies and jay walking. He shook his head at the jay walking and Mrs. Whiterspoon, who always called in that she saw one. He suspected she must be 100 years old but was spry as a hen. And now with cell phones she could call from anywhere, right when it happened. He couldn't help smiling to himself at the thought.

Just as he was going to start some paperwork Matilda Sizemore rushed in and went right past the two deputies to the chief's office. Chief Rogers didn't even have to look up to know it was her. She always had that spicy scent about her.

"Chief, they're at it again, only this year it's worse," she said frantically.

"What happened Matilda?"

"They didn't just steal my pumpkins they broke a bunch of 'em too!"

He looked at her and saw how upset she was. After all her pumpkin were a favorite with people because of their unusual size. "Did you see anyone this time?"

"No, just some weird lights. By the time I went outside they was gone," she said and sat heavily in the chair across from his desk. She was a pretty woman with long brown hair and big brown eyes, and he wondered why she never married. He didn't like that the town would talk about her being a descendent of the Sizemore witches.

The Sizemore witches' tale goes back to the 1800's. It was told that they kidnapped babies and planted them in their pumpkin patch to help their pumpkins grow so big. Since no babies were missing from the town it was said they travelled to other towns to get them. They also attributed this to Matilda but investigations into the allegations proved she had no children planted in her pumpkin patch. The town folk still thought she did.

"Weird lights huh? Maybe it was from fog lights on the tops of trucks. You know the ones they use for hunting at night?"

"No this was different Chief! It was from a ship. Like a UFO or something like it," Matilda insisted she was correct.

"Oh Please Mattie! Spare me the alien conspiracy theories about aliens. It's Halloween. Everyone goes bat-ass crazy about monsters and aliens this time of you. Next thing you're gonna tell me is that the E.T.s are driving Santa's sleigh."

"Will you take me seriously? Someone or something is stealing and killing my pumpkin crop! What are YOU going to do about it?"

"Ok, I will send my guys out to look but if I find one baby out there we are going to have a serious talk!"

Mattie hated when anyone brought up the babies. That was just not true. They excavated her patch 10 years ago and found no babies or evidence of any. This made her think he wasn't taking her seriously but he said he'd send someone out. "Thank you, Chief," she said and left.

Chief Rogers sat back in his chair, took off his glasses, and rubbed his eyes. Every year Mattie would come in and complain about her pumpkins being, what did she called it last year? Ah, assaulted. He chuckled to himself. He decided to send Minty, really Deputy Julep it was just a name he's been stuck with all his life, and Markum out to check it out.

"Markum," he called out from his office, "I want to talk to you and Minty."

The two deputies came in and the look on their face told the chief that they were going to Matties.

"What's she complaining about this time? The pumpkins?" Minty asked.

"Yeap. Says she say a UFO going after them."

"Dang, she been gettin into her spices?" Markum asked. "I swear you stand next to her and take in a deep breath you'd get high."

The chief and Minty couldn't help but laugh. "I know, I know," the chief said, "Just go check it out I don't think it'll take too long."

Reluctantly, the two deputies left the office and headed down to the Sizemore place. As they drove toward the house the pumpkin patch looked fine but as they got closer they saw quite a few smashed pumpkins.

They pulled into her driveway and she met them on the walk way leading to the driveway.

"See?" she said pointing to the pumpkins, "And there's 13 missing."

The deputies saw she had a large patch which was no surprise. She must have planted hundreds of pumpkins.

"OK, what time did this happen, Minty asked as he took out his notebook and pen, then flipped to the next blank page.

"It was just past 9 in the evening. My cats were going crazy and I looked out the window and saw them awful lights. They was nothing like I seen before."

"Did you see anything or anyone? Running or doing the damage?" he asked.

She thought for a moment, shook her head and said "No, just them lights."

Minty wrote down what she was saying and Markum started making his way into the patch to see if there were foot prints or any type of clue. He wanted Mattie to feel like they were there to help even though he thought this was just the local boys acting up.

Minty took a deep breath. "So you didn't see any vehicles either?"

"No, not on the ground. When I came out I seen something in the sky but the lights was so bright I couldn't see what it was. But I know it was a spaceship."

Markum made his was to where he saw the worst of the destruction and it stopped him in his tracks. "What in Sam's hill? Hey Minty better get over here."

Minty and Mattie headed over to where Markum was and stopped when they saw it. Four deep depressions in the soil and a 50 foot diameter circle that was where the smashed pumpkins were. The deputies looked at each other the hair on the back of their necks stood up.

"Dang, what could make this mess," Markum said.

"Told you, a spaceship," Mattie went on. "Ain't nothin' I ever seen that would do that."

Markum took out his phone and took several pictures of the area. "We'll go show these to the chief and get back with you."

When they drove to Mattie's they were laughing and joking but the ride back to the office was quiet. Both practically thinking the same thing: a spaceship.

The chief received notification from the boys that there were pictures waiting in his email account. He quickly went to his Gmail and found what he wanted to see. Sweet mother of God! Mattie was right! It could be aliens. He had heard tell about these crop circles but this is the first time for his town. So much for bad ass teens doing shenanigans now he had bad ass aliens.

Kiki Abrams was working in the dress shop she rented downtown. She was working on getting the last of the costumes for the Halloween pageant and parade finished. It was crunch time and she needed to pull an all-nighter. She noticed bright lights shining in the window and assumed that some was flashing their high beams. Kiki went out front to discover a little grey man trying to break into the candy shop next door. "Why you little bugger. Halloween is tomorrow it's a tad early to be trying out the E.T. costume."

The little fellow just looked at her. "What's Halloween?" He said in plain English.

"Don't play dumb you little imp!" You know darn well its devils night. How many places have you egged and TP'd?"

Lady I have no idea what you are talking about. I am not a local badass teenager. I am a grown adult from EbeDebe, a planet in the Alpha Centauri system. We are picking pumpkins to examine to see if we can grow them. I was sent here to grab snacks for the return trip home."

"Don't steal them. I have gobs of candy for tomorrow night."

She lured the little guy into the shop. She had big plans for this one! She was going to prove her belief in life out there. Once inside she got the candy bowl out and put it in front of the little fellow.

"How many are with you," Kiki asked.

"Ten so far," he said. "Might be more before long."

"What do you mean? Some are pregnant?"

He turned around and showed a lump on his back side. "We self-procreate by growing a new one on our back side. Some are a lot further along than I am."

Kiki did everything she could to not laugh and decided she'd give the little guy the candy, call the chief and they could capture them all. She dumped the whole bowl into the bag and handed it to him/her? Whatever!!!

When he left the store she called the chief and explained what just happened and told him she was going to follow it. Before the chief could say anything she hung up and headed out the door.

She followed the little guy to the field at the McManus place and watched and the others clamored around him to get the candy. But something was wrong, there were only seven and he said there were ten of them and soon to be more. Kiki did notice some had larger bumps on their back ends so they were probably going to be born, if that was the word for it. She wondered where the other three were when she felt something in her back that was a bit sharp.

"Stop Earthling," it said to her, "You are not supposed to be here. This place has no inhabitants so why are you here?"

Before she could turn, the little guy who was at her shop came up to them. "Why did you follow me? This is not acceptable!" he was very upset.

"Do we take care of her now? And where should we leave her?" the one with the sharp object in her back asked.

"Put her in that pumpkin patch the other humans were complaining about," he said, "If they come back they'll find her. It's dark so you shouldn't been seen."

"What do you mean take care of me?" Kiki asked frightened, but before she got an answer everything went black. Permanently, she was dead. They moved her to the pumpkin patch and hid her body under the broken pumpkins then left.

Mattie saw some movement in her pumpkin patch and called the chief.

"There were a group of kids here in my pumpkins, chief. They put something in it and ran off," she said frantically over the phone.

"OK, OK, Mattie," he said, "Calm down I'm on my way."

He took Minty with him and headed straight out. Mattie was on her porch waiting with the light on. She ran down her driveway to meet them.

"Over there, Chief, over there," she said jumping up and down and pointing to where all the pumpkins were smashed and squashed.

"Could you identify them," the Chief asked as he and Minty ran behind her.

"They was all in spacesuits. I bet they was the aliens," she said and came to a stop where she saw the creatures. "They were small and gray and some had big bumps on their asses."

Chief Rogers had the mother of all headaches. Mattie might have gotten into her herbs but still he had to investigate. He took Minty along with him. He stopped short and saw exactly what Mattie had described. Damn but those where some huge asses not unlike that model with the long weird name that sounded like that species on Star Trek. "She was right Minty! They are aliens. Question is how do we approach?"

Minty coughed like he always did when nervous. "I was hoping you'd have some ideas."

"Run toward them and get them to chase you. I will call for back up."

"Why me Sir?"

Rogers just looked at him so Minty did what he was told and ran toward the bunch of Extra-terrestrials telling them to stop. They looked up and gave chase at least some of them did. Minty ran into the woods with the little grey men behind him.

While Minty diverted the attention of the aliens, Rogers called in for reinforcements. He made his way alone toward the pile of abused pumpkins. He stopped short of the pile to see the dead form of Kiki Abrams. "Oh Lord Kiki. What happened to you?"

Minty was back but alone. "Man those aliens are dumb! I managed to lose them in there. They found a mushroom patch by the creek and got distracted. Did you find what you were looking for chief?"

The chief nodded sadly and pointed at Kiki's body.

"Dang, they killed Kiki? Why would anyone do that to her?" Minty almost had tears in his eyes; he had a major crush on her all through high school until today. "What's that in her hand?" he asked and pulled out a pack of Skittles. "Maybe she's sending us a message? They like Skittles!"

"You just might be right, Minty!"

"So they chased you until they saw some wild mushrooms?" the Chief asked. "Well if they're busy there when the others come we'll be able to round them up. Could you tell how many of them there are?"

"I counted 10 when they stopped," Minty told him. "Weird looking things, some had big lumps on their asses and some had smaller ones. I did notice the ones with the bigger lumps couldn't run as fast as the others and they all had these long pointed sticks."

They turned when they heard three cars pull into Mattie's driveway. Four men got out of each car and were carrying rifles and headed toward the Chief and Minty when they saw them.

"I need one of you to go back to town and get as many packages of Skittles that you can," the Chief said. Just then Mattie came out with a bowl full of the candy.

"Here Chief, you can have mine," she said and handed the bowl to him.

"Thanks Mattie, this'll save time," the Chief said and smiled at her for the first time in his life. She blushed a bit and went back into her house. She hated guns.

"So there are aliens here, then?" Markum asked the Chief as the other men gathered around. "Do you think we'll be able to kill them? Or capture them?"

The Chief thought for a bit and said, "It'll depend on what they're capable of. We might have to kill all but one or two to send to wherever we'd send them."

"That place is Area 51," Minty said. "That's where they have a real live spaceship."

The Chief nodded and decided to just go after the aliens and deal with all that later. "OK, Markum said they stopped in the mushroom patch over there," he said pointing north of Mattie's house. "We think their ship might be somewhere in that direction."

"The ones with the big lump on their asses don't run very fast," Markum told the men.

They all checked their guns and the Chief handed them five pack of Skittles each and headed out. He put the few remaining in his jacket pocket.

They snuck out hiding behind the tall bushes on either side of the mushrooms. They say the aliens and some shuddered at their sight.

"I don't see any with big lumps on their ass," Frank whispered to the Chief. "And there's more than ten!"

The Chief knew Minty counted right so the big lumps must have been baby aliens but there were no baby aliens just 5 more adults. The men watched as the older aliens helped the five new ones get acclimated to their surroundings. They started feeding them Skittles to help them gain their strength and not a one was looking out for intruders.

"Dang it we need the SWAT team. These guys multiply like rabbits," Chief Rogers exclaimed. "Call for back up and order a transport truck." Minty did as was asked of him.

"SWAT is on its way. We may be able to corral the little men into the barn. Get some candy and we'll bait the trap." "Good thinking Minty!"

Frank wasn't about to wait for the SWAT team. He aimed his gun and shot at the alien standing closest to him and it fell to the ground. The gun shot was unusually loud and the other aliens turned toward the sound. The newer ones coward behind the older ones.

The Chief was livid. "What'd you do that for, Frank? What if they run? They might just disappear!!!!"

"They're too close to town and if they killed Kiki who's to say what they'd do to the rest of us?"

The aliens just stood there looking toward the sound of the shot as if they never heard anything like it before. The one Frank shot turned into a ball of what looked like green milk but smelled like something they hoped they'd never smell again. Two of them vomited and one looked like he was going to.

Minty looked down the road and saw the SWAT team barrelling down the road towards the house.

"SWAT's here Chief," he said tapping the Chief on the shoulder. He turned and saw them coming up to them and he decided to meet them half way.

"Chief Rogers," he said extending his hand to the man leading the team.

"Avery," the man said and returned the hand shake. "Now just what's going on here?"

The Chief went on to tell him what was happening. Avery let out a long whistle. "Fuck that's a bitch! Anybody else harmed?"

"No," the Chief said. "Except for one of the aliens. One of the men got antsy and killed one."

"Do you have the body?"

"Nope," the Chief shook his head, "That one turned into a ball made of small rainbow colored pieces." He wasn't about to say Skittles because Avery didn't look like a man who had a sense of humor.

Avery looked through his binoculars and watched the aliens who finally started moving. One picked up the ball of colors and the rest followed him/her/it back into the wooded area behind the mushroom patch.

He lowered the binoculars and barked out commands to his men. Then four of them went to the left and around the house. The three, and Avery, started to walk toward the group of men who were already there. Chief Rogers and Minty looked at each other and decided they better follow him.

"Looks like he's taking over, Chief," Minty whispered.

"I don't really care," the Chief responded, "As long as this shit is taken care of."

Once everyone was together he told his men to go with half of the Chief's men and circle around right. He was going to stay with the rest and head directly to where the aliens were to see if there are any clues.

As Avery and the Chief led the group directly to the mushroom patch one of SWAT team headed to where he saw the colorful ball. It was just starting to get dark so he decided to use his flashlight to investigate the area. As he got closer and his light hit the spot the ball was sitting an extremely loud screeching sound surrounded them. They, and the two groups of men, fell to their knees dropping their rifles and covering their ears. The noise was so loud you couldn't hear them scream.

"Thompson, what did you do?" Avery yelled.

"Did I do that?" Thompson asked. He was always doing something that ended in a disaster of sorts. "All I did was shine my flashlight where the ball was."

Avery quickly got on the radio and checked if the other men were all right. He sighed when they said they were. He walked toward Thompson and wanted to see what he was looking at.

"Right here, sir," Thompson said with his nervousness evident in his voice. "I saw a couple small pieces of color on the ground before that noise started."

Avery got on his knees to check the area; he hesitated on picking up the few colored pieces he saw. He wondered if they would do anything to him especially after a simple light beam started off that noise. Avery wasn't sure he wanted to try to touch them with anything either. What a conundrum!

"Thompson, pick up as many of these, things, and put them in a sealable bag," Avery barked.

"Ye, ye, yes sssir," Thompson was terrified but did as he was told. He pulled a bag from his waist pack and made sure it was open. Kneeling on the ground he gently picked up one colored piece and waited for something to happen. Nothing. He breathed a sigh of relief and picked up another only when it hit the other one in the bag they melded together. Thompson thought for a moment then grabbed several bags and put one ball into each bag.

Avery was watching and wondered why Thompson couldn't be this, what, smart, all the time.

Suddenly a barrage of rifle fire could be heard in the distance. Avery couldn't decide which was to go since his men and the Chief's were flanking the mushroom patch. Instead he got on the radio to find out what just happened.

"Those fucking aliens started throwing their spears at us. Jesop is dead and Llewellyn is hurt bad," Franklin responded. "But we got seven of them, well, now they're colored balls. Kinda look like Skittles stuck together."

Avery gasped, not only because of what Franklin told him but because he hated Skittles! He called the other group and Jones said three of the Chief's me were dead, but they were able to get the rest of the aliens.

"One of the guys shot the lump on one of their asses and it exploded into a green milky looking substance and stunk to high heaven! Oh and we found their ship!"

"Good I want you to assemble the men and keep a tight perimeter around the ship until I can call the authorities.

"Yes, sir," Jones said and carried out his bosses order.

Avery got on the radio and told base what had happened and what they found. They told him they'd have someone there in two hours.

When he finished with the call he walked over to Chief Rogers. "Sorry about your men, Chief," he said.

"Thanks," he said, "I'll make the calls once we get back to the office." He wondered who died and was glad they killed those damn aliens. He called the coroner and told Minty to watch for him and bring him to where the men's bodies were.

Once all the men got there they couldn't believe the spaceship; it's shaped like a pumpkin! And it was orange too! Then one of the slats in the rind lifted to reveal an opening to the ship and the multi colored balls of the dead aliens rose and drifted until they got in the ship. Suddenly the colored pieces Thompson had tucked away in his pack were being pulled to the door. Before Thompson could take the bags out his pack he, along with the pieces, was pulled into the door and the door shut.

The ground started to shake and the men ran for their lives. The spaceship rose straight up and a door opened from its bottom, then a bunch of Halloween candy fell out, everything but the Skittles that is.

The men got up and watched it fly across the sky until it was out of sight.

"So you think these aliens killed the lady you found?" Avery asked.

"Yes I do," he answered. "And the wounds in Kiki look like they were made from these spears," he said and picked one up. All of a sudden it got real hot and each of the men exploded.

# About the Authors:

I am a Michigan native who has enjoyed reading and writing since 1963. Though I studied medicinal chemistry at the University of Michigan my passion has always been writing.

I had been awarded third place for her nonfiction short story about my grandfather's escape from Poland. Later, rewrote this story and was published in the "Polish American Journal" as ""From the Pages of Grandfather's Life" and has republished it on Amazon.com as a short story. I will be working on making a novella in the near future.

I took creative and journalism courses to help transition to fulfil my dream of becoming a writer. I worked as an intern for Port Huron's 'The Times Herald", and also wrote, edited and did the layout for the Blue Water Multiple Sclerosis newsletter "Thumb Prints."

My passion is teaching sewing to physically and mentally disabled adults and also write two blogs promoting my fellow authors.

I am a married woman with a fur-kid at home. I also have a daughter, grandson and 4 step kids ...I write murder mysteries and romantic suspense. None of my writing is completely serious and I have an off-beat sense of humor. I even write comedy sketches. Our comedy group Courage through comedy wrote a play called Investing in madness but has unfortunately seen the light of day--yet. I have 6 books published and I have a few books on the go.

Dead On Arrival(Laura and Gerry)

Dead Comic Standing

Over Her Dead Body

Daytona Dead

Dead Men Don't Swing

Jamaica Dead

Her name is Karen Vaughan

# Sybil

# by

# Neil McGowan

"Another tea, Frank?"

"Aye, lass." The answer came a couple of heartbeats later. His voice was dry, wrinkled like his skin. He passed his cup over, the base rattling against the saucer. "Same again, eh?"

Penny nodded. "Back in a few."

He didn't acknowledge her. His gaze had returned once more to the view from the window. Penny paused, watching him for a moment.

This was the tenth year she'd seen him visit the park; he had been coming much longer – her predecessor had told her that much.

"He's a bit of an odd duck, is Frank, but he's harmless. Comes every year, same day, and spends the afternoon drinking tea and looking out over the firth. Barely says a word." She'd finished polishing a glass and set it down. "Tips well, though."

Penny shook her head as she warmed a fresh pot. There was a story there, she was sure. How to get him to open up, that was the question.

She chewed her bottom lip as her hands moved on automatic pilot. Cup on saucer; complimentary biscuit on the side; milk in a jug; sachets of sugar – Demerara, she knew he liked that – next to the teaspoon. Teabag in the pot, top it up with hot water. Set it all out on a tray, napkin to the side, ready to serve.

She set an extra mug on the side and filled it with coffee from the filter pot. She wrinkled her nose at the bitter aroma, added extra milk. It might give her a way in. She added it to the tray and made her way through the empty tables.

"Here we are," she said, pulling on a smile like it was part of her uniform. She set the tray down. He made no comment on the coffee.

"Mind if I join you?" He looked up and focused on her for the first time. She thought he was going to refuse, then:

"Aye, why not." He indicated the seat opposite. "Sit down, lass."

She did as he suggested, her movements quick, economical. A non-existent strand of hair was brushed behind one ear. "Thanks." The words tumbled over each other in an attempt to justify herself. "Only, it's my break, and I'm not exactly rushed off my feet." She gestured at the empty room. "I could use some company, to be honest."

A throaty chuckle, followed by a dry, rattling cough. "Dinnae worry, lass." He lowered his head and picked up the sugar packets, tore them open. He dumped the contents in his tea and added a splash of milk before stirring. His movements were slow and methodical. She bit her lip again, trying to think of an opening line; he beat her to it.

"To be honest, lass, it'll be nice to have someone to talk to." He took a sip of his tea. Some of the beige liquid slopped in the saucer as he set the cup down.

Penny said nothing, afraid of spoiling the moment.

"I've been coming here for more years than I care to remember," he said. A harsh cough was soothed by another swallow of tea. "I don't suppose I'll be back much more; my time's nearly up."

"Nonsense," she said, trying for brusque and failing. "You've got years left in you."

His lips curved upwards. "It's nice of you to say so, but I doubt it." He removed his glasses and rubbed his eyes. He polished the lenses on a corner of a paper napkin before replacing them. She could see the indentations the nose pieces left, red weals against the waxy white of his skin.

"This might well be my last year." His eyes locked onto hers and he reached out, grabbing her wrist with surprising strength. "I've got a story to tell," he said. "I've kept a secret all these years, and I need to let it go before I do."

"See, I used to live around here when I was a kid. I used to come here with my friends."

He cleared his throat wetly. "Aye," he said in response to her unasked question. "It wasn't as posh as it is now; the holiday park hadn't been built then. It was just a wee spit-and-sawdust place that sold teas and coffees." A faint smile. "That's why we came here. There weren't many places that dared to serve coffee around here back in the fifties. Everywhere else sold tea; if you wanted coffee then it was either here or a train ride into Glasgow."

"My friends and I grew up on a diet of American movies, you see. We all wanted to be like James Dean in 'Rebel without a Cause'. We couldn't match the fashions, but we tried our best with the hairstyles and the attitudes. We thought we were so cool." A wry smile.

"This place became our diner." He laughed. "'Course, we rarely hung about outside. It was too bloody cold. And wet." His head moved from side to side as he smiled at some internal picture gallery. "We thought we were so cool," he said again, his voice just above a whisper.

*

"I remember the rain, that night." Frank gave a weak smile. "I know, not unusual for rain in this part of the world. But this was different."

"A storm?" The words were out before Penny could check them. She bit her lip, not wanting to interrupt the flow of his story.

He shook his head, that same faint smile etched on his features. "Nae lass. Just the usual. It was what happened after that makes it special."

He took a shaky breath, followed by another sip from his cup. Penny's coffee sat there, untouched, the froth on top cooling away to a milky scum.

"There were only three of us in that night: Myself, Terry and Jock. We were trying to decide what to do. Terry wanted to go to the pub; I didn't. I didn't have much money back then, see. I was working as a deck hand on the ferries, and buy the time I'd paid out for bed and board I didn't have a whole lot left. Not that my Ma took much, bless her, but it was only right to give her something.

"I was happy enough. I wasn't a big drinker – I'd gotten drunk on rum the year before and barely touched a drop after that. I still don't like it much." He looked down. "Ma always said you couldn't beat a nice cup of tea, and I don't reckon she was far wrong." He glanced at Penny's cup. "'Course, in those days, we were all trying to drink coffee." He stopped, rubbed a hand across his eyes. She noticed how tired he looked.

"Anyway, I didn't have much cash, it was raining outside, it was a good mile to the pub, and there was every chance they wouldn't serve us – I was the eldest, and still had a couple of months to go till I turned eighteen. All good reasons to stay where we were, I thought, but Terry wasn't convinced. He always was looking for something more. The quiet life never did suit him. He said he was saving up to move to Glasgow, to make something of his life. I don't think I ever saw him stay still for more than a few minutes.

"We were both trying to persuade Jock to decide our way. I think I was winning the argument when Terry said to Jock, 'Come on, let's have a smoke." Frank chuckled. "I guess he figured that, by laying out a couple of smokes, we'd be wet anyway which would make us more likely to follow him."

"Oh, I know," he said in answer to Penny's unasked question. "You could smoke inside then; there was no need to leave. But it was part of the image, you see – we had to be seen hanging around in the doorway." Another shake of the head. "We were just kids," he said, his voice soft.

Penny took a sip of her coffee and grimaced. Cold, bitter, grainy.

Frank closed his eyes and leaned back. "That's when she walked in. Sybil, her name was, although I didn't find that out until later. She wore a long black coat, almost to her knees. Her hair shimmered in the light, rain glistening like diamonds. She was beautiful."

"None of us knew who she was – she wasn't local, that was certain. Part of me wondered where she'd come from; most of me just stared."

"Terry went straight into his chat-up routine. It didn't work. She barely glanced at him, or at Jock. She smiled at me, though, God knows why." He ran his fingers through his hair, his eyes still closed. "That was the start of it, I reckon."

"What?" Penny's voice was a whisper, unwilling to break the spell.

He smiled and for the longest moment, she was sure he wouldn't answer. Then:

"She marched up to the counter and ordered coffee. Black, no sugar. I remember thinking then that she knew what she wanted. She looked round at us, then beckoned me. I went over.

"'Join me for a drink,' she said, bold as you like. After a second, she added, 'Your friends too, if they'd like.'"

"'Ah, ok, erm, coffee then, coffee would be good, black, no milk.'" I winced inside. Black, no milk? The words fell over each other as I tried to speak. I could feel my cheeks burning. She said nothing, just smiled a secret, knowing smile. I turned to the others to hide my embarrassment."

"'Boys! The lady-'

"'Sybil,' she supplied. She sounded amused."

"'Right, thanks.' I cleared my throat. 'Sybil wants to know if you'd like a drink?' I remember the disappointment when they came over."

Frank opened his eyes and looked at her. "Your coffee's cold. And I could do with a fresh tea."

She nodded, and cleared the table with quick, economical movements. She was back in five minutes with a fresh tray. "On me," she said as she sat.

He smiled at her. "Thank you, lass; that's kind of you." He closed his eyes and silence reigned whilst he collected his thoughts.

"We all had a drink with her, then a second one. Terry had forgotten about the pub, I think. She seemed to have plenty of money, and wasn't afraid to spend it. She even shared her cigarettes with us, although we stayed at the table to smoke them. 'What, you want to be a bunch of rebels without a cause and hang around out there getting wet?' She laughed and shook her head. 'Not me; I got soaked just getting here.'

"We'd been sat there for a good hour, drinking coffee and smoking her cigarettes when she asked me if I'd give her a hand. She said I had the hands of an engineer. I guess the ingrained grease stains were a bit of a hint." He looked down at his hands, gnarled but clean. "Some things wash off, eventually." His voice was soft, barely audible.

*

His voice trembled when he resumed. "I followed her. God help me, I followed her like a dog in heat. She led me outside and I followed her and I ignored my friends. I felt like the big man, then; she'd picked me, after all; not one of them."

The rim of the cup chattered against his teeth. He wiped his lips with the napkin. "Sorry," he said. "It's still hard to tell this, even now."

She shook her head, dismissing his concern. Reaching out, she took his hand. "Go on," she said.

His lips curled up in a facsimile of a smile. He pulled a handkerchief from a pocket and mopped his brow.

"I was thinking maybe it was an excuse to get me outside," he said at last, his words steadier now. A wet, phlegm cough that she realized was an attempt at a chuckle. "Oh, the naivety of youth."

He folded the handkerchief, placed it back in his pocket. "Turns out she really did need an engineer. She'd broken down, and needed some help to get her car running again."

"Could you help?"

He shook his head. "I never got that far." A shaky breath. "See, when we went outside, it was raining more than ever. She took one look and said to me, 'Let's give it a couple of minutes, see if this eases off.' She brought out her cigarettes and offered me one. 'Why don't we have a smoke whilst we wait and I'll tell you what the problem is.' She passed me a cigarette, took one for herself. I could smell her perfume when she leaned in close, cupping the match to keep it out of the wind as she lit it for me. 'I don't fancy getting soaked again; I'm just starting to dry out as it is.'"

"So we stood there and smoked. She told me about her car, about how it had broken down about half a mile up the road. I knew a bit about engines, and from what she said, it sounded like a simple job to fix, probably a fouled up plug. She was a canny one, that was for sure, the way she'd picked the only one of us that would know anything about engines.

"I didn't say a lot to begin with. I just listened to her speak. The passions of youth, eh?" A small movement of his head from side to side. "We finished our cigarettes and lit another one. The rain looked like it was starting to ease up a bit. 'Let's give it a few more minutes,' she said, offering me another cigarette."

"I said, sure, why not, and took the smoke. I asked her where she was headed. 'Pastures new,' she said after regarding me for a moment. She nodded. 'Aye, pastures new,' she repeated rolling the words around as though testing them out.

"'You're not local,' I said, more as a way of keeping her talking. Her accent was the giveaway. It was pure Glasgow, although she was working hard at knocking the rough edges off. I thought maybe she was an upcoming actress." Frank sighed, taking another swallow from his cup. "I was wrong there."

"I think I touched a nerve then. She leaned in close and her voice dropped to a whisper. 'That's no' something to concern yourself with, Frank,' she said. I backed off, said I was sorry, that I didn't mean to pry." He shrugged. "For all I knew, she was running from her family, maybe she'd managed to get herself in the family way. You know how it was, back then.

Penny nodded, agreeing. She had good idea.

"She stared at me for what seemed like an age, then changed again, back to the charming, bubbly self. 'Good.' She looked out into the dark and tossed her cigarette away. 'Come on, then. Let's go fix my car.'"

"We walked off the balcony area. 'Careful,' I said as we approached the steps. 'These get awful slippery in the wet.' She said nothing, but reached out and took my arm. I remember my chest swelling with pride at that moment; it felt good."

He set his glasses on the table and leaned back in his chair, eyes closed. Penny was struck by how pale he was. She thought about reaching out for him when he began to speak again.

"This won't take long now," he said, half to himself. Eyes still shut, he took a deep breath.

"That's the last really good thing I remember happening to me. I helped her down the steps, taking longer than I needed to; I was in no hurry for her to take her hand away. I needn't have worried. She hung on to me when we reached the path. I like to think it was because she did feel something for me, but who knows? Probably, she was unsure of the path; after all, it was pretty dark out there, and it was easy to miss the path and end up in the trees. I doubt she wanted her coat ripped up, so she decided to stay close.

"We'd gone maybe a hundred yards down the track, far enough to be out of sight of the coffee shop, when she gave a gasp and lost her hold on me. I started to turn to her, thinking she'd turned an ankle in a rabbit hole or some such, and my head exploded.

"When my vision cleared, I was on my knees. Terry stood in front of me, a thick branch in his hand. My head throbbed and I rubbed it, yelping as I found a bump the size of a goose egg. I remember thinking, stupidly, _did he just hit me with that stick?_ when he did it again, swinging it low into my stomach. I doubled over and threw up.

"'Terry,' I gasped once I could breathe, 'what's going on?'

"'You,' he said, hefting the branch. I can still see him, even now, the way he adjusted his grip. That was when I started to get really scared. 'You think you can just walk out on us with her, abandon us while you go and have your dirty little bit of fun?'

"'No, you've got it all wrong,' I began to say. I got as far as the second word when he hit me with the branch again. I saw it coming and managed to get a hand up." Frank raised a trembling hand. "He managed to break two fingers, but at least it saved my head."

"'You think you're so cool, Frank,' he said, swinging his makeshift club in a slow, menacing arc. 'She should be leaving with me, not you.' He raised the branch, taking aim at my head. I closed my eyes, waiting for the blow. There was a wet thud, and a grunt. After a second, I realized that it wasn't me and opened my eyes just in time to see Terry collapse. Sybil stood behind him, the rock she'd brained him with still gripped in her hands.

"I can still hear that thud now," he said. "Like a spoon on the top of a boiled egg."

"I forced myself to my feet, took a shaky step towards her. She gave an animal grunt and jerked, her eyes wild. 'It's me, Frank,' I said, trying to soothe her. It must've worked; her eyes came back into focus and she said, 'Frank?'

"'Aye, Sybil. You can put the rock down, now.' She looked down and screwed up her face in disgust; I was pretty sure even then that the rock was covered in Terry's blood. There was a scratch down one side of her face, and one of her eyes looked swollen. 'Ugh,' she said. Her hands opened and the rock dropped from them.

"She came to me, reached out for me and I held her. I held her while she cried, tried to calm her. My hand was on fire. I decided our best bet would be to go back to the coffee shop.

"'Sybil, come on now, let's get back.' Bit by bit, she got herself under control. She relaxed her hold on me and stepped back. 'Ready?' I asked. She gave a shaky nod. 'Let's go then.'

Frank paused. Penny waited, transfixed. At last:

"'She took one step. Terry reached out and grabbed her ankle. She fell awkwardly and I heard that sound again." Frank's throat worked. "She fell down, and she never got up again. That damned rock, why'd she have to drop it just there?"

Penny didn't know what to say.

Frank sat there, eyes closed, body trembling. "She died instantly, they said afterwards. Massive cerebral trauma, I think they said."

"Of course, it made all the papers. Nobody knew who she was, you see. She had no ID, the car she was in was stolen. Nothing to go on, she was a mystery girl.

"I was out of the picture. Terry was dead too; he'd died a short while after Sybil. They charged me with her murder and Terry's." His voice was dry now, clipped and concise. "I protested my innocence, tried to tell them what really happened, but it was simple, as they saw it. Terry had moved in on her, she'd gone to him, and in a fit of jealous rage, I'd bashed their heads in with a rock. It made sense, you see. It did to the jury: life, with a minimum of twenty two years to serve."

"But I still wonder who she was. What was she doing, out there all alone, in a stolen car? So I come here each year, and sit and think, try to work it out." He looked at her. "I never have," he said. "I don't even know her last name. I don't know that Sybil was even her real name, but I like to think it was." He stirred. "I could do with one last cup, lass," he said.

Penny nodded, mute. She moved slowly, making him a fresh cup. Outside the clouds had taken on a bruised, purple hue. She took the drink back to the table and sat. Frank had his eyes closed again, hands clasped in front of him. "I finish in twenty minutes," she said. "It looks like rain; why don't you let me give you a lift home?"

No response. "Frank?" She reached out and took his hand. "Oh, Frank," she repeated, understanding dawning as she stroked his hand. It was cold.

Neil is the author of horror novels 'The Surgeon', 'Nanobite', novella 'The Loch', and the collected short stories 'Don't Drink the Water.' He lives in Scotland and is a keen cyclist, taking inspiration from the landscape around him. He says writing is more fun than work and is nothing like the characters in his novels. Honest.

