/tags/coat/Recent content in Coat on Gromet's Plaza ArchiveHugoen-usSat, 30 May 2026 20:13:47 +0000/stories/2021/11/04/ghost-town/Thu, 04 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0000/stories/2021/11/04/ghost-town/<p>As the movers retreated down my new street with a friendly wave, I stood across from my new home, and thought about Josh.</p> <p>He would have thought me silly and unusually girlish for having bought such a cliché - small white picket fence, roses, the whole bit - but I knew that was a side of me that he loved. He would have loved the big garage with the attached shop - that was another reason I’d bought this place. I didn’t need a workshop myself. I’d bought it because Josh would have loved it. It didn’t look as cheery with the gathering clouds of a spring storm above, but it was - almost ridiculously cheery. Well, perhaps it was time for some cheer. I’d been mourning a long time.</p>/stories/2001/12/27/suzies-new-job/Thu, 27 Dec 2001 00:00:00 +0000/stories/2001/12/27/suzies-new-job/<p>Tales from the &lsquo;Something Special boutique&rsquo;</p> <p>She hadn&rsquo;t really wanted the job but at the interview she found that the money was so good she would have to have been insane to turn it down, so on Monday morning she reported for work at the new boutique in the local town. The shop itself was just like any other sort of shop except that the clothes it sold were made from either leather or even more kinky, rubber!</p>/stories/2001/12/27/suzies-new-job/Thu, 27 Dec 2001 00:00:00 +0000/stories/2001/12/27/suzies-new-job/<p>Tales from the &lsquo;Something Special boutique&rsquo;</p> <p>She hadn&rsquo;t really wanted the job but at the interview she found that the money was so good she would have to have been insane to turn it down, so on Monday morning she reported for work at the new boutique in the local town. The shop itself was just like any other sort of shop except that the clothes it sold were made from either leather or even more kinky, rubber!</p>/stories/2001/12/27/suzies-new-job/Thu, 27 Dec 2001 00:00:00 +0000/stories/2001/12/27/suzies-new-job/<p>Tales from the &lsquo;Something Special boutique&rsquo;</p> <p>She hadn&rsquo;t really wanted the job but at the interview she found that the money was so good she would have to have been insane to turn it down, so on Monday morning she reported for work at the new boutique in the local town. The shop itself was just like any other sort of shop except that the clothes it sold were made from either leather or even more kinky, rubber!</p>/stories/2001/12/27/the-new-assistant/Thu, 27 Dec 2001 00:00:00 +0000/stories/2001/12/27/the-new-assistant/<p>When Barbara entered the box room she again smelt the same noxious smell as before and soon realized that it was this smell giving her the head ache, being some what nosy Barbara began to search for the source of the pungent smell &amp; was surprised to see it came from a wardrobe, in the corner of the room.</p> <p>Once opened Barbara found that the cupboard was empty.</p> <p>&lsquo;What was causing the smell?&rsquo; she thought and continued to examine the cupboard.</p>/stories/2001/12/27/the-new-assistant/Thu, 27 Dec 2001 00:00:00 +0000/stories/2001/12/27/the-new-assistant/<p>When Barbara entered the box room she again smelt the same noxious smell as before and soon realized that it was this smell giving her the head ache, being some what nosy Barbara began to search for the source of the pungent smell &amp; was surprised to see it came from a wardrobe, in the corner of the room.</p> <p>Once opened Barbara found that the cupboard was empty.</p> <p>&lsquo;What was causing the smell?&rsquo; she thought and continued to examine the cupboard.</p>/stories/2001/12/16/her-last-role/Sun, 16 Dec 2001 00:00:00 +0000/stories/2001/12/16/her-last-role/<p>Finding the address had been simple in itself, obviously no one was supposed to check all the accounts. So later that night she stood in the shadows across from the warehouse of the plastic novelty company, waiting till the coast was clear for her to have a closer look at the business that funds from her business accounts had been diverted to.</p> <p>A short while later she saw her ex-manager leave the warehouse and drive off, the reason she had gotten rid of him as a manager, was that she thought he had been embezzling her money, but could never find anything. Until the day she had found that payment slip in her office and had checked the number, to find that her production company had paid the plastic novelty company over 20 thousand dollars for props that she knew they never used.</p>/stories/2001/12/16/her-last-role/Sun, 16 Dec 2001 00:00:00 +0000/stories/2001/12/16/her-last-role/<p>Finding the address had been simple in itself, obviously no one was supposed to check all the accounts. So later that night she stood in the shadows across from the warehouse of the plastic novelty company, waiting till the coast was clear for her to have a closer look at the business that funds from her business accounts had been diverted to.</p> <p>A short while later she saw her ex-manger leave the warehouse and drive off, the reason she had gotten rid of him as a manger, was that she thought he had been embezzling her money, but could never find anything. Until the day she had found that payment slip in her office and had checked the number, to find that her production company had paid the plastic novelty company over 20 thousand dollars for props that she knew they never used.</p>/stories/2001/12/16/her-last-role/Sun, 16 Dec 2001 00:00:00 +0000/stories/2001/12/16/her-last-role/<p>Finding the address had been simple in it self, obviously no one was supposed to check all the accounts. So later that night she stood in the shadows across from the warehouse of the plastic novelty company, waiting till the coast was clear for her to have a closer look at the business that funds from her business accounts had been diverted to.</p> <p>A short while later she saw her ex-manger leave the warehouse and drive off, the reason she had gotten rid of him as a manger, was that she thought he had been embezzling her money, but could never find anything, until the day she had found that payment slip in her office and had checked the number, to find that her production company had paid the plastic novelty co over 20 thousand dollars for props that she knew they never used.</p>/stories/2001/12/16/the-inheritance/Sun, 16 Dec 2001 00:00:00 +0000/stories/2001/12/16/the-inheritance/<p>So finally after a two-hour drive she pulled up on the drive of her late uncles cottage. It was just as he had described it to her, sheltered in a leafy lane 3 miles outside Middleton. Hurriedly she took her small bag of clothes off the back seat and approached the door to the cottage, as she walked to the cottage she though about her uncle and how much of a surprise it was to be left everything in his will. She had only met her uncle twice as far as she could remember, the last time was just over a year ago when she had come to Middleton to bring him a present for his 50th birthday, and on that occasion had stayed at the local pub so she could return to London early the next day. After a few seconds rummaging about in her bag she found the string with the label and the keys on it.</p>/stories/2001/12/16/the-inheritance/Sun, 16 Dec 2001 00:00:00 +0000/stories/2001/12/16/the-inheritance/<p>So finally after a two-hour drive she pulled up on the drive of her late uncles cottage. It was just as he had described it to her, sheltered in a leafy lane 3 miles outside Middleton. Hurriedly she took her small bag of clothes off the back seat and approached the door to the cottage, as she walked to the cottage she though about her uncle and how much of a surprise it was to be left everything in his will. She had only met her uncle twice as far as she could remember, the last time was just over a year ago when she had come to Middleton to bring him a present for his 50th birthday, and on that occasion had stayed at the local pub so she could return to London early the next day. After a few seconds rummaging about in her bag she found the string with the label and the keys on it.</p>/stories/1/01/01/the-chaperones-apprentice-2/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000/stories/1/01/01/the-chaperones-apprentice-2/<p>(story continues from <a href="chaperonesapprentice.html"><strong>The Chaperone&rsquo;s Apprentice</strong></a>)</p> <p><strong>Part 2</strong></p> <p>Ms Westbury looked up from her big desk in the bay window as Cecilia put down a cup of coffee. She waved a letter.</p> <p>&ldquo;It is high time that you planned and executed an assignment yourself. We have been asked to carry out a little job that will be an ideal for you to do solo. Pull up a chair and I will tell you about it&rdquo;.</p>