- Fiction
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- Authors:
- Lee Wilson
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- Beta Readers:
- Sherye Story Reader
The Boy on the Porch 4. Georgia Sojourns
Genres:
General Fiction,
Literary Fiction
Prompt #385 –
Brendan Nelson had a tough week at work. He is a Project Manager at a small software company. Nothing went well on his current project. The last delivery to QA (Quality Assurance) was a total failure, the techs couldn't even install it. Add to that, a serious problem in the development of a new feature arose. Finally, on top of that, the customer was screaming about a bug that hadn't been fixed for months, and now it apparently crashed the system. As if things weren't bad at work, he had to come home to a surprise.
There will be instances where child abuse is described. None are extremely graphic, but still may be disturbing. Specific chapters where these occur will indicate their presence.
- Author
- 07/31/2024 (Updated: 09/01/2024)
- 16 Chapters
- 52,325 Words
- 42,065 Views
- 731 Comments
- Mature
- Complete
Story Recommendations (25 members)
- Action Packed 15
- Addictive/Pacing 17
- Characters 23
- Chills 12
- Cliffhanger 12
- Compelling 23
- Feel-Good 7
- Humor 7
- Smoldering 7
- Tearjerker 19
- Unique 13
- World Building 8
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Table of Contents
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1.
Do I Really Need This Now?
- 3,246 Words
- 2,732 Views
- 24 Comments
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2.
Child Protective Services Helps, Sort Of
- 3,333 Words
- 2,190 Views
- 39 Comments
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3.
Some Dreams Are Harder To Achieve
- 3,052 Words
- 1,960 Views
- 36 Comments
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4.
Things Move Fast
- 3,001 Words
- 2,199 Views
- 67 Comments
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5.
More Charges, and Moving Day
- 3,461 Words
- 1,801 Views
- 39 Comments
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6.
Settling In, and an Oh No!
- 3,968 Words
- 1,985 Views
- 47 Comments
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7.
Thursday Thrashing, and Friday Fun
- 3,634 Words
- 1,807 Views
- 42 Comments
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8.
Depositions, and a Problem Appears
- 3,349 Words
- 1,812 Views
- 50 Comments
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9.
A Return to Normalcy, a Change, and Discussions
- 3,750 Words
- 1,682 Views
- 35 Comments
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10.
Pool Party and A Bit of Trouble
- 3,257 Words
- 1,750 Views
- 47 Comments
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11.
Growing Relationships, Home Ownership, and Court Looms
- 3,703 Words
- 1,818 Views
- 53 Comments
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12.
More Tests, More Evidence, and the Trials Begin
- 2,920 Words
- 1,973 Views
- 71 Comments
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13.
The Noose Tightens
- 3,268 Words
- 1,571 Views
- 33 Comments
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14.
Will Things Ever Be Normal Again?
- 2,828 Words
- 1,513 Views
- 37 Comments
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15.
Ups and Downs
- 3,051 Words
- 1,683 Views
- 54 Comments
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16.
Jill Helps Figuratively Bury Her Dad
- 2,504 Words
- 1,608 Views
- 53 Comments
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