Category: PART OF A SERIES
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WHAT DRIVES EILEEN, Chapter 12
Eileen could have told Mason to set himself on fire and he’d have probably reached for the matches at that point. The alcohol certainly played a part. She may have even slipped something into the alcohol, he couldn’t tell for sure. The way she’d strung him along for hours on end took him somewhere he’d never been…
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WHAT DRIVES EILEEN, Chapter 11
“You never said much about your time in California.” Whiskey was testing the waters. “When you’d go out and spend time with that woman.” Mason just looked at him. He hadn’t heard from Eileen Parker in a few years. That’s not to say he hadn’t thought of her often. On his last trip to Las Angeles things had…
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WHAT DRIVES EILEEN, Chapter 10
Everything was coming at Eileen almost faster than she could process. And yet, most of it didn’t require any thought at all. There was never a question whether or not she’d sign the contract, move to LA permanently, and take the position she’d been offered. She’d had a taste of money when the book started…
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WHAT DRIVES EILEEN, Chapter 9
For the two weeks following the passionate encounter after bringing Eileen’s new Mercury Marauder X-100 home, it was as though she and Mason were attempting to break some kind of record for copulation in The Guinness Book of World Records. Mason, not usually one to speak of such things, couldn’t help but finally saying something…
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WHAT DRIVES EILEEN, Chapter 8
It didn’t take long for Eileen to pack up the Cadillac and get ready to head home. The scene that had just taken place in the motel office at the Shamrock made the need for departure even hastier. She figured she’d drive to Oklahoma City and stop for the night. She vowed to not have anything to do…
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WHAT DRIVES EILEEN, Chapter 7
St. Jo was 531 miles due north from Texarkana, roughly a nine hour drive. Cass had tried to insist on following Eileen up, getting her settled in a motel, and then driving back to Texas the next day. “It’s not safe, a young pretty girl out on the road by herself,” he tried to tell her. She thought…
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WHAT DRIVES EILEEN, Chapter 6
Eileen had thought she’d get out and see more of Texarkana, maybe spend some time out around the lake with a picnic lunch. Get some sun. Meet a few folks. But by early summer she was doing nothing but research, interviews when she could get someone to talk to her, and driving out to see where the murders…
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WHAT DRIVES EILEEN, Chapter 5
Eileen pulled out of Fort Stockton in the Buick Super Estate early on a Saturday morning, the back end of the wagon containing everything she owned. There was still plenty of room to be had. It was warm for a February, not unusual for west Texas, and it made the drive easier. Traveling with the windows open…
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WHAT DRIVES EILEEN, Chapter 4
Eileen Parker was met at the depot in Fort Stockton by Her mother, Judith Walker. Judith had taken a cab to the depot, her car having been confiscated along with most everything else. After a ceremonial hug on the platform, Eileen’s things were tossed in the trunk of the taxi and they headed to the Naughty Pine…
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WHAT DRIVES EILEEN, Chapter 3
Loyd’s funeral took place the day Eileen’s class field trip was scheduled to go to the original “fort” that Fort Stockton was named for, and then a picnic lunch in the park afterwards. “All the arrangements have been made, it’s too late to cancel now,” her teacher explained to Judith. “She’ll be able to go to the next…