L. L. Ward

That elusive dream: the mate who makes your heart skip a beat each time you see them, children you can impart wisdom to and learn from, a comfortable home worth coming home to, and no concern for money. We all want that....

Sometimes when the past catches up, it is not all that bad. Not entirely. "Now why in tarnation would that jasper leave this here?" Jesse asked himself in a low, perplexed tone; lifting bottles one after another, reading the labels of each one. "Oh, could be he just knew to for this Jasper...

The line between finding and losing yourself is often a slippery slope. One misstep and you find yourself sliding into places you never intended to go. Jesse found that in what he thought....

"No. That's it. You don't get it. I have nothing. No family, no home, no one to miss me. I'm tired of this life anyway. Just do me a favor and do it now." The old man dropped his smirk and stared at the cowboy for a long spell. He got up, walked over to a shelf and took down a bottle Jesse...