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The Favor: A Chronicle Retelling

“She’s not going to do it,” Sebastian said, not bothering to look up from the book that he’d helped himself to from her backpack while she tried to figure out why Cole and Jonathan were staring at her. “You don’t know that,” Cole said as he gave her a hopeful smile that matched Jonathan’s. “I really do,” Sebastian said, sounding bored as he reached over and helped himself to the PB&J sandwich that his mother made for her. “Know what?” Mikey asked, rolling her baseball between her hands as she sat there, trying to find the willpower to do her homework. “We need… Read More

The Barbecue Challenge

An R.L. Mathewson Chronicle

Something felt...off.

She couldn’t quite figure out what that something was, but whatever it was had Mikey reaching down with trembling hands and grabbing hold of her comforter. Swallowing hard, she pulled the comforter up to her chin as she slowly took in her bedroom, from the outline of her bedroom door that she could barely make out in the dimly lit room to the soft moonlight that spilled into her room, and felt a chill race… Read More

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Bradford Style

An R.L. Mathewson Chronicle

“Never gonna happen,” Reese said as he grabbed his Coke while Zoe sat there, running her eyes over him, taking in everything from his short, neatly styled black hair, sunglasses that gave him that bad boy look, and freshly shaved chisel jaw before taking in the crisp, dark blue uniform that hugged his muscular build just right.

As she took in the utility belt lined with… Read More

Late Night Talk

“They’re evil,” Trevor muttered against her belly, which was immediately followed by pressing a kiss against her belly through the Bradford Construction tee-shirt that she’d helped herself to from his closet before he turned his head and released a heartfelt sigh. “What did they do now?” Zoe asked, placing her book down next to her on the bed and- “Exist,” Trevor mumbled, making her lips twitch. Knowing that he wouldn’t appreciate it if she smile right now, Zoe cleared her throat and wrapped her arms around him and began running her fingers through his hair. “What else did they do?” Tilting his head… Read More

A Bradford Birthday Flashback

A Romantic Comedy Short Story

An R.L. Mathewson Chronicle

Read Part I Here if you missed it.

“This is a really bad idea,” Uncle Trevor said, rubbing his temples with his fingertips as he glanced from Uncle Jason down to her and then back again as he shifted from rubbing his temples to pinching the bridge of his nose.

“This is a great idea,” Sebastian said… Read More

A Bradford Birthday Flashback

Freshly Re-Edited

An R.L. Mathewson Chronicle

Part I

“I just cleaned that,” Zoe mumbled sadly as she stared down at the muddy footprints covering the floor that she’d just spent the past hour scrubbing.

“Damn it,” Trevor muttered as he glanced down at his dirty boots before taking in the muddy trail of footprints that he’d left behind. “I’m sorry, sweetheart.”

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An Excerpt from Difficult: A Neighbor from Hell Chronicle

Chapter 1

Several Years Earlier…

“Don’t say anything,” came the harsh whisper that had Sebastian biting back a sigh as he opened his eyes and-

“What are you doing here?” Sebastian asked the girl who was apparently put on this earth to drive him crazy.

Eyes narrowing, Mikey said, “I told you not to say anything!”

“So, I’m just supposed… Read More

Thanksgiving Negotiations: Part III

“I…I don’t think I can do this,” Zoe managed to get out as she stood there, wringing her hands together as she shot another nervous glance at the large kitchen door, which was the only thing protecting them from a room full of Bradford men waiting for Thanksgiving dinner. “They have it coming,” Haley bit out with a firm nod as she reached up and pushed her glasses back up her nose with a look that she probably thought was intimidating, but really, she was just too damn adorable for words to pull off, Rebecca thought as she forced herself… Read More

Thanksgiving Negotiations

“No,” Lucifer said, not bothering to look up from the iPad on his lap as the small woman that loved tormenting him more than anything climbed onto his desk. Rebecca didn’t say anything as she shifted to get comfortable, letting him know that she was still trying to figure out how she was going to pull off whatever her devious mind had conjured up. That was fine with him. More than fine… Normally, his incredibly beautiful wife used a few whispered promises to wrap him around her little finger, but when she had no idea where to start, those times always ended… Read More

The Repairman Part II

“Why are you doing this to me?” Zoe asked hollowly as she stood there, telling herself that this wasn’t happening, but she knew better.

“I’m not paying someone a fortune to do something that I could do for free,” Trevor said as he finished pulling the refrigerator that was going to need a miracle to fix, away from the wall with a satisfied sigh that told her that this wasn’t going to end well.

“I really think that we should call someone,” Zoe said, wondering why he was doing this to her when they both knew that he had absolutely no… Read More