Donald Reese Novels & Stories

"Red, dogs, white roses, and anything from a Chinese buffet. Daffodils are kind of plain, aren't they? I thought you'd like a prettier flower, like a rose or something." "Yeah, daffodils are a little plain, kind of like me. Besides, they have a simplistic beauty." "Kind of like you." He's staring at me in such a way that it makes me suddenly nervous, and slightly uncomfortable. Reese is a handsome young man, with his dark brown hair and dark blue eyes, but this is the middle of the zombie apocalypse. Should I really be flirting with someone that might be killed or lost to me at any given moment?

AUTHOR'S POV Reid left the house feeling good and satisfied. He finally felt like things were falling back into place and he was succeeding in making her stay with him. He got to his office and found Donald there, leaning against his desk, waiting for him. "You are smiling," he said with his eyebrow raised. "Is the world going to end? When did Reid Brown finally learn how to be happy?" Reid scowled at him but he still couldn’t wipe the feeling away. "Shut up, Donald."

COUNTY JAIL, VISITATION ROOM 3. Reese looked different in orange. Hair grayer. Shoulders smaller. No tailored suit to hide the weight loss. He looked like a man who’d slept on concrete for 72 hours. But his eyes were the same. Cold. Calculating. “Good morning, Mrs. Knight,” Reese said. His voice had a slight echo through the jail microphone. “Or should I say Ms. Vane?” “Don’t,” Adrian said. Quiet. Deadly. “You don’t get to use that name.”

"Miss Gia Wilsons, has your previous case been resolved? Have you found your family and relatives?" "Miss Gia, have you recovered your memory?" "Miss Gia..." Deep holds me close to him, deciding to rescue me from this savage media basting. "Ladies and gentlemen, Gia has a scheduled interview with a TV station. You can all wait to get all the answers to your questions then. Thank you, and please excuse us." He makes an attempt to leave, but they block him with microphones directed at him. "Mr. Moore, you two have been seen on several occasions together. What's your relationship?"