"Forget your contract. You're fired. I'm firing you for cause. You have betrayed me - and him, in my opinion."

		Trans. Plant. Heart. Chapter 6 (conclusion) by **Sigh** Copyright © 2013 plaintivesigh All Rights Reserved.

Bishop smiled and Bateau returned her smile. “Always remember, for Francesca it is just a game, one she is very, very good at playing. He is the mouse to your cat, nothing more.”
 

“I really love you,” she repeated. “I’ve never felt this way about … anyone. Ever. Lately, when I’m not with you it feels like … I dunno. It’s like everything is a commercial, and the movie doesn’t start again until you’re there.”
Richard said “I feel the same way,” as he snuggled his date.
“Really?”
“Yes,” he said tenderly. “You’ve turned my whole world upside down and now I find I can’t go back to living right side up.”
“What if,” Christina said as she watched the stars poke holes in the night, “we couldn’t be together? Would you be sorry?..."
 

Oh, my God - I'm in love with him! I - I can't be in love with him!

		Trans. Plant. Heart. Chapter 5 by **Sigh** Copyright © 2013 plaintivesigh All Rights Reserved.

Synopsis:

A youthful Conan, having just won his freedom from his eastern masters, has traveled to the wild coast port city of Costa. Conan has settled into Costa and is using his skill as a thief and a warrior to survive. The sorcerer/merchant Captain Zula commissioned Conan the thief, to retrieve a pair of spell books from his mother’s (the infamous Sea Witch) island. During the raid Conan and Infidia the ‘Blade of Costa’ fall victim to the Sea Witch’s magic. Now they must use wits and blade if they are to survive and return to Costa!

The nurse took the CNA’s hand. “It’s basically a big, strong magnet,” she said. “It will stop the defibrillator from shocking him and restarting his heart.”
Aubrey felt her chest grow numb, and her arms and legs suddenly chilled. “Why the hell does he need something like that?” she whispered almost inaudibly.

		Trans. Plant. Heart. Chapter 4 by **Sigh** Copyright © 2013 plaintivesigh All Rights Reserved.

"Fish! God, no! Not that, not again! Please don't! What will your wife think?"
"Hell, Honey. I'm filming this. This gets my own rocks off," laughed Mamie.

		Trans. Plant. Heart. Chapter 3 by **Sigh** Copyright © 2013 plaintivesigh All Rights Reserved.

CHAPTER 10
Meet Ashley

"Bambi, why would you say that? You're 'living the dream', so to speak."
She looked up at him with tear-striped cheeks. "I'm living a nightmare!

		Trans. Plant. Heart. Chapter 2 by **Sigh** Copyright © 2013 plaintivesigh All Rights Reserved.

Wheels and wings 34

Chapter 34

Character List.

Wheels and wings 33

Chapter 33.

Character List.

A cabby's story.

Fiction by Johnny Cumlately.