Category: PART OF A SERIES
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PICTURE PERFECT, PART III: Framing the Shot
This is Part III of a seven part series that will conclude on Sunday. Proving the adage that “the rich are different”, Angela Crane didn’t spend the night in jail. Her attorney, Franklin Danbury, made arrangements with Chief Martin that his client be released into his custody with a $100,000 bond posted. Angela was tucked…
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PICTURE PERFECT, Part II: Black & White
This is Part II of a seven part series that will conclude on Sunday. Angela Crane’s revelation in Franklin Danbury’s office that she’d murdered her husband immediately shifted his focus from admiring her physical beauty to building a defense for her actions. “Before you say another word, I’ll need you to sign a retainer making me responsible…
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PICTURE PERFECT, PART 1: Angle of View
This is Part I of a seven part series that will conclude on Sunday. Franklin Danbury hadn’t taken on a new client in several years. There were newer attorneys in the firm who handled those cases. Franklin had made his name and money meeting the legal needs of Fort Stockton’s blue bloods. Settling the land…
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PERRY’S PACKARD, Conclusion: The Punch
A big, long car deserves a big, long story. This one will take a week to tell, a new installment, a new car every day this week. This is the finale. The trip through New England was beautiful, but the enjoyment was tempered by the homesickness Perry felt. The freedom he’d enjoyed and the excitement of…
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PERRY’S PACKARD, PART VI: The Producer
A big, long car deserves a big, long story. This one will take a week to tell, a new installment, a new car every day this week, with the finale on Sunday. Thinking the loss of his virginity might change his luck at the slots, Perry found out the two had no correlation at all…
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PERRY’S PACKARD, PART V: The Prostitute
A big, long car deserves a big, long story. This one will take a week to tell, a new installment, a new car every day this week, with the conclusion on Sunday. True to the routine laid out by his mother, Perry and Mr. Holden rolled into Phoenix early Sunday evening after a hot, humid…
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PERRY’S PACKARD, Part IV: The Painter
A big, long car deserves a big, long story. This one will take a week to tell, a new installment, a new car (or motorcycle) every day this week, with the finale on Sunday. Breakfast at The Pantry, located next door to the El Rey, was interesting. Perry and Mr. Holden had never actually sat…
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PERRY’S PACKARD: Part III, The Proposal
A big, long car deserves a big, long story. This one will take a week to tell, a new installment, a new car every day this week, the final chapter on Sunday. Perry slept through most of the four and a half hour drive to Amarillo, waking up in just enough time to wipe the…
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PERRY’S PACKARD: PART II, The Process
A big, long car deserves a big, long story. This one will take a week to tell, a new installment, a new car every day this week, with the finale on Sunday. “Have you lost your mind?” Perry asked, slurring his words ever so slightly. “A limousine? I thought I was getting a sports car?” “It’s not…
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PERRY’S PACKARD: PART I, The Present
A big, long car deserves a big, long story. This one will take a week to tell, a new installment every day this week, with the final chapter on Sunday. ” I swear to god … ” Perry’s mother mumbled to herself as she stared out the picture window the living room, watching her son float…