Luck never gives, it only lends. – Scottish ProverbChurch was going on downstairs. Nessie was curled up on her bed crying. He was leaving her. It was what she wanted, what needed to happen. He would be safe. She didn’t want him to go. The secured land line phone on her bedside table rang. There were only a few in her family that had the phone number. Her mum, Grams and Papa Dean. And it would be early morning in Scotland. She reached over and picked it up. “’Allo.”“Nach. None of that, lass.” Grams Stewart said. “Tell me why yer upset.”“Yeh know why.” Nessie sniffled.“Aye, I do. But you need to say the words. Words have power, lass, yeh know this.”“He’s gonna leave me.” She whispered.“Only if yeh let him."“Yer vision-"“Acht. Visions change. That’s the thing about shadows. It’s not until it happens that it becomes clear.” “Grams, I can’t be the reason he dies.”“But can you be the reason he lives?” came the counter argument from a half dozen time zones away.“What do yeh mea

Sixty some odd men and more drama than a pack of teenage girls. – PriscillaThree days later, the abusive husband was arrested by the police department. The family was moved in the middle of the night but the guards remained as a decoy. The husband broke into the house and when the cops arrived, he shot at them before attacking one with a knife. The departments new K9 charged the man clamping down on his arm before he could reach the rookie officer. Once the dog was called off, the man was arrested and now sat in the city jail.A few weeks later, three prospects were voted into the club. The same night one of their pregnant girlfriends moved in. Later that week, the new members and girlfriend graduated.Nessie made a feast for them and they each got a cake. Including Megan who had been kicked out of her parents house on her eighteenth birthday. Nessie and Evie were planning a baby shower for the girl towards the end of June. She planned to keep the baby and Nessie knew that Aramis h

Nessie, you got a pot big enough to cook my dad in? I’m still liking the idea of it being hog boiling time. – AngelAfter a night out for Taz, when she and Riffraff broke up, the ladies started a girl’s night. The first night they watched Fried Green Tomatoes.By the second week, there were so many of the women showing up that they moved out of media room and took over the common room at the clubhouse. Several of the club girls volunteered to watch the kids in the dining hall. Nessie helped Riffraff’s daughter and her girlfriend put together a wedding for Taz and him. The same weekend of their big fight, they made up, crossed state lines and got married on Saturday. They had a simple wedding in the garden and reception in the common area. The newlyweds were spending a week at the cabin. It was their getaway from it all. Nessie looked up from where she sat with Siobhan and Becks at one of the tall tables in the common area. It was church night for the men and movie night for the gir

We’re on our way up, going straight through. Keep our daughter safe. – IsiahNessie was in her kitchen office putting together her weekly food order for the menu she had already made. Reviewing the details, something was keeping her from submitting the order. Something in the kitchen fell to the floor startling her.She walked into the empty kitchen and looked around. Nothing seemed out of place. Turning to go back to her office, she saw it.Then she felt the presence. “It’s not good, is it?” Of course, he did not answer. She left the kitchen, walking past the stairway to the basement, where the seven were unusually quiet. Even the fool in the bar could feel it.Without preamble, she opened the door to her uncle’s office. “Company is coming.”“How do you know?” Toad asked. “The broom that I keep by the backdoor fell.” She said and let out a sigh at his look of disbelief. “I’m tellin' yeh, company is coming. And it’s bringing blood with it.”His phon

Yes. If there’s a chance for another baby to live, yes, I’ll donate her organs. – Robert Lynn“You have questions.” Siobhan said not looking up from the tablet in her hand. “And you say that you don’t have the gift.” Knuckles grinned. Siobhan handed the tablet to one of the volunteers and motioned for Knuckles to follow her. Silently, she led the way to her office overlooking the warehouse of donated food. Flipping the sign next to the door, she waited for him to enter the office. She then followed and closed the door behind her.“What all do you know?” She asked closing the blinds. “She has the ability to talk to the dead. Can read palms and cards. Sees in what she calls the shadows.”Siobhan sat behind her desk and he sat in the chair on the opposite side.He hesitated for just a moment. “Pagan suggested that I go talk to his sister.”“Ciara?” Siobhan asked and Knuckles nodded with a soft yeah. “You should.”She rested her arms on her desk an