Tucksford, The Laxton Arms, May 27th. We had no need to cast lots yester-eve to choose who should entertain after supper tonight. Almost as soon as the Cook had finished his tale of the Devil and the Lady, the widow Dame Elizabeth called out above the hubbub and general hilarity.“Dear friends,” she said, “for that is what I must perforce call you now, there being none of my family left alive. The cook has regaled us with...

Bawtry, The Swan, May 26th. A much more cheerful party reached Bawtry well before dusk after a brisk walk of about twenty-four miles, having left the Lamb once we had broken our fast on bread, cheese, and ale. The task of providing our night's entertainment fell on the cook, a jolly fat fellow, with a laugh like the bellow of a bull. We were starting to get to know each other better, and there was much chatter on the road...

IntroductionIn the late Middle Ages the greatest and most deadly outbreak of infectious disease in history ravaged Europe. Known today as the Black Death, it eventually killed between one-third and a half of the population. The disease, which is caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, was carried by fleas living on the rats that were found in ports and on board ships. Humans were usually infected by the bite of a flea, a...

CHAPTER SEVEN / CHAPITRE SEPTLaurent damn there walked through the elevator door as it opened to the lobby. Walking over to the front desk, he gave a quick turn around to see if he spotted Larry. "Besoin d'aide Mr. Bourgeois?" questioned the front desk clerk "Oui, vous avez vu mon frère jumeau?""Your brother came earlier for the gym," explained the clerk"It's 5:32 in the morning. How earlier?""Maybe around one. He walked...

The homecomingTom was glad to be out of the hospital. He had little to take to his sons home from the hospital, A few pairs of pajamas, sleepers, the get well cards and pictures his family had taken to the hospital during his recovery. Old Tom would have preferred to be home, but his son had insisted that he stay with them for at least a month while he got his strength back. Young Tom wanted his dad here at his place over...

Chapter Six / Chapitre SixNot long after the girls walked into D'amieeh's hotel room, Brittney started pestering her about Larry."So, why I feel like there's a little more to the story of you "just so happened" running into Larry at the airport," blurted Brittney while shoving pieces of chocolate in her mouth."Britt, didn't we just get done eating, and you already eating candy," criticized Traci, flopping down on Dami's b...

CHAPTER FIVE / CHAPITRE CINQAfter D'amieeh and the girls had breakfest, they enjoyed a little early day shopping. Beings that Dami knew a little more about Paris than the other girls, she showed them around and even took them to the Eiffel Tower and the Arc de Triomphe. Dami looked at her phone and noticed it was already 5:28pm. "Alright ladies, I don't know about yall, but I'm getting hungry again," said D'amieeh as she...

Have you ever envisioned how it is to see one of your family members dead? It may be unusual, to begin with an ending; however, all endings are actually beginnings, it’s simply that we didn't know it at that particular time. It was all going great, we were four, my father was a corporate representative mother was home creator, and lastly, my sister was in her schooling. We were all so associated with each other that it wa...

CHAPTER FOUR / CHAPITRE QUATRED'amieeh started playing Say Yes by Floetry while she continued to wait for the ladies. She dropped her body back on the bed, pulling and plucking the black band Larry left behind. Instead of finish getting ready, she settled in her thoughts of when she gave Larry her good luck band as a fan gift.D'amieeh was shocked to see that Larry literally wore the gift she gave him right before the 2010...

CHAPTER THREE / CHAPITRE TROISD'amieeh woke up around 07:49 am with Larry on the brain. "I guess I do have a problem," she mumbled to herself as she slowly dragged her body to the bathroom. While taking a shower, Dami's cell phone will not stop ringing. Though she heard it, she kept her mind on how Larry. "Wait, I told him my name at the airport," she thought, turning off the water. "But how did he know I'm prideful?" she...

(continuance from chapter two) D'amieeh's phone kept dinging with text messages from the girls that followed the hashtag #SnatchATwin from IG, G+ and Facebook. Questioning her run-in with Larry, when and where are they meeting for breakfast. At some point, she grew tired of the back and forth with the messaging so she shot the girls a group text:I'm pulling up at hotel. We'll finish convo at breakfast. Not sure of locatio...

After a day and a half of unboxing, with a little help from her sister Tylay, D'amieeh forgot all about packing for her trip to Paris. At 3:45 am, Dami phone rings, playing Drake - Worst Behavior."What the?" D'amieeh moaned as she rolled over to grab her cell off the night table. Trying to focus to see who was calling, she gave up and just answered. "Who the hell is this?" she groaned "Cousin! Etes-vous pret a venir?" Dam...

@1Lestwins4L just posted a sexy, and sweaty, no top on Laurent Bourgeois on IG, performing with singer Bey in Paris for the last night of her concert. Tylah shook her head as she ran down the steps of her older sisters D'amieeh new house."Hey Dami, I got house warming gift for you," yelled Tylah as she plopped next to her sister, smiling ear to ear. Not even glancing toward Tylah, D'amieeh continued to concentrate on unbo...

The letter finally came.I opened the envelope, unfolding the creases of the thick parchment paper.I scanned with bated breath.‘2020 Sapien Collective…..Congratulations, Clarion Greene….’Seventy-two brilliant minds from around the world brought together on an eight-year collaboration to project where human evolution was headed within the next millennia.The trajectory of our species would be mapped out with calculated preci...

He absolutely hated meetings. They never seemed to have much point to them, but each week he would find himself in two or three which always descended into a beverage sampling, back slapping jamboree, as too many of his colleagues for his liking spent most of their time on golf courses and in restaurants rather than actually doing any work. They earned more money than they could spend. For Philip Drake, a public sector ac...