Mike Pearson's Adventures on a Pale Blue Dot

A Swing and a Miss. The Old Man and Mama were still snoring powerfully as David Lee walked out of the orchard field and towards his car.  The old dog was still outside, checking all corners of the front yard. The dog knew better than to trot over towards the incoming David Lee and get some attention. The dog knew it didn't want what that guy had to offer. It was apparent that Destiny had high tailed it in the night at some point. It made zero sense that she took his idiot nephew, Billy Brown with her. And…it was really obvious, that Billy Brown was way too fucking stupid to make any plans of his own. Something definitely was off. David Lee Royce got into his muscle car and slammed the door shut with no concern about waking anybody up. A few seconds later. He twisted the key, and the big V8 roared to life. The car sounded loud, angry and pissed off. David Lee was going drive into that little shit hole town and see what he could see. He backed out of the bootlegger house driveway on...

Do You Have a Bathroom I Could Use It was about 6:45 am when Destiny finished her breakfast and coffee. Lilli never did come around to offer a refill, though she seemed to keep the other customers cups full enough. The snide remarks and comments from the diner patrons became white noise while Destiny planned her next few steps. She kept a cautious eye on the road, looking for any sign that David Lee Royce was up and about…looking for her. Hunting for her. Destiny got up from her booth and moved towards Lilli and the cash register. She purposely met the stares of the men, plus the rubber neck gawking of Always Right Rose and Paula Pissypants. “ How much do I owe you?” Destiny inquired. Lilli for her part, was by far the most attractive woman in Beetlebottom. Lilli had the full attention of every adult male that had a heartbeat.  Other women knew that their men thought that Lilli was the greatest thing they had ever seen. Men that didn't like coffee, would go to the HazBean Cafe, to ...