Stuck Between Rock And A Hard Place Novels & Stories

“Don’t do this to me, Betty. Don’t do this." I take a deep breath, trying to calm myself. This is a bad situation. But I can handle it. I just need to stay calm. I take another deep breath, feeling the tension in my shoulders ease slightly. I turn the key again. But this time, the engine remains silent. I slump back into the seat, my head resting on the steering wheel. The dam of my composure finally breaks and the tears I’ve been holding back spill over.

“Shit. Ugh I hate talking to these old men, they never listen to me.” Rock laughed softly, handing her notes for the meeting. “Well you are in a man’s world Miss Thang so you better get used to it.” She grabbed the notes with a smile. “Afterwards you have your four o'clock.” He frowned. “It’s your friendly neighborhood stalker David. What does he want you to do this time, hog tie you on the ceiling?” Rock sounded annoyed. “I swear for him to be such a preacher’s son he be doing the most banging around here.”

Chap. 4 One month later. Braaakk! "You incompetent piece of work!" snapped Zack in an angry tone. He pounded the table to vent his anger. Because until now his assistant could not find the whereabouts of the woman who had spent the night with him. It's been a month since Zack tried to find the woman's whereabouts. But he didn't get the results he wanted. This made Zack even more anxious and afraid. Afraid that she would cause a big problem for him.

The air was electric with tension, fury, anticipation. Then the murmurs turned into mockery. “Isn’t that the ‘perfect’ twin?” someone shouted. “Not so pretty anymore!” yelled another. A pup picked up a small rock and hurled it at her. It struck her leg. She winced. Then another pup threw one. Then another. Before long, the first stone turned into a rain of them. Small rocks. Mud. Rotten fruit. Buckets of cold water. She slipped and fell, landing hard on her knees, chains clinking as she tried to crawl forward with one hand.

'You know I want you it's not a secret I try to hide, I know you want me so don't keep saying our hands are tied, you claim it's not in the tide', Running a towel through my wet hair, I walked out of my bathroom and followed the sound of my ringing tone, it was from my favorite movie, 'the greatest showman', my phone lay on a side of my bed, I sang along as I picked the phone up and answered the call, it was my mum.

Too loud. She tried pressing her ears on the door but she could only hear muffled conversations. She couldn’t make out the words. Resigned, she went to eat what she could stomach. The coffee is not sweetened. The bread is kind of hard to swallow. Eventually, she dunked it in the coffee and allowed it to soften a bit before she put it in her mouth. What is she supposed to do now? Who are they after? Her dad? Her family? Or Christan?

Palms sweaty, feet tapping on the wooden floor slowly, making squeaking noises, heart racing, thoughts wandering but above all these traits of nervousness, Cara's heart is in the right place. She stood in front of Jim's door with her right fist curved into a ball as she considers knocking.

He has only left me one choice, and that is to beg harder. ===========================

It was a tradition that has been kept sacred for decades, it was used to prepare them for the full moon. I kept carrying the blocks one after the other. I could feel my fingers losing its grip on both ends of the block. I was almost close to where the other blocks were kept. Suddenly, the blocks slipped, shattering on the mowed grass. "You know the drill. If you drop one you add one to the next round." "Do you know what? I'm so done." He fiddled with the newspaper on his crossed legs. Raising his eyebrows at me in question. "What's wrong this time?"

She's stuck between a rock and a hard place, and she doesn't know what to do. Anna decides to change her name to Alice and move to a new city, where she can start over. With the help of Samantha and Andrew, she packs up her belongings and starts fresh in a new city. She begins going by the name Alice, and she finds a job and an apartment. She feels like she's finally free of her ex, and she's excited to start this new chapter of her life. But then she gets a phone call from him, and he's threatening her. He says he knows where she is, and he won't stop until she comes back to him.