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ion serial in 782 words almost three months had gone by the second draft of the book had come back from the editor and a cover had been chosen they were going with the title the stones and maria s pen name barbara brewster the decision had been made to get married at the end of the month in a nice hotel in inverness needing only the smallest meeting room for them and their guests a total of six people her agent had arranged a photographer and would be publicising the very informal wedding the following month during that time a famous russian oligarch had jumped from his luxury yacht into the sea off the coast of cannes in southern france the story had been mentioned in most countries with european news outlets implying that drink or drugs might have been involved in what had been called a tragic accident it was too late for maria to include that in the book though both her and andy believed it was something to do with the stones she had kept a note of all the details to include them in a follow up book about how they had exposed the use of the stones in the meeting held to congratulate everyone for the success of getting rid of sheverenko angela had smiled and clapped along with the others both gale and the controller were lapping up the praise and they were due to have a brainstorming meeting to discuss the next target once the controller returned from his annual holiday in greece gale had secured extra funding for the clandestine department and at the end of the meeting angela was informed that she was getting a promotion to the next grade up and that carried a twenty percent pay increase she was effusive with her thanks the wedding was a happy occasion even little wilfred had a role to play as he was ring bearer with a small cushion fixed to his back by a strap maria s publisher and agent were there along with their wives and both men served as official witnesses to the marriage there was a dinner after with no speeches and andy and maria stayed in the honeymoon suite for one night after arranging and paying extra for wilfred to be allowed to sleep in their room there was no honeymoon as there was a great deal to do the first launch of the book was arranged as soon as the hardback paperback and electronic versions were scheduled for sale two weeks later it was to be held in edinburgh in the caledonian hotel in princes street with press invitations sent out and local television covering the event signed copies would be available in the large conference room and andy was going to go along to be casually introduced as her husband to generate interest in the romance wilfred was staying with morag the woman who ran a post office in elgin and was a dog owner who maria often walked with with her boss away on holiday and her new promotion giving her more freedom at work angela made the most of not having a current official project to be seen to be working on she had a project of her own and it involved keeping tabs on conway and douglas as well as a meeting with the leader of the team that had created the watch back from the stones that had sealed the fate of dowling she met the team leader away from his workshop and much to his surprise she showed him some explicit photos that had been remotely downloaded from his personal laptop they were sick enough to get him twenty years in prison but she explained a way that he could avoid arrest if he did something for her in secret if he ever revealed that secret the police would be given those photos once he had got over the shock and calmed down he naturally agreed to help her then she handed over the watch in the evidence bag you have two weeks maximum i need this done before the controller gets back from greece and you are not to contact me again until you have it following the book launch in edinburgh andy and maria went back to elgin and talked over their plans for the following month they intended to take the train south to london that was where the main sales launch would be along with a release of the publicity photos of their wedding and a press conference where they intended to announce the real truth behind the story in the novel maria was very happy the closer it gets the more excited i feel about it andy share this share on x opens in new window x share on facebook opens in new window facebook email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin like loading songs i don t like 28 august 14 2026 beetleypete 28 comments this rubbish was actually a hit on multiple occasions it reached number one in the usa in 1958 with the original by written david seville and then was covered by don lang in britain that same year later followed by versions by alvin and the chipmunks in 1961 1983 1984 1990 and a remix in 2007 the alvin and the chipmunks recordings were also created by david seville whose real name was ross bagdasarian so ross had a hit with the same song numerous times including on the animated film soundtrack as he had died in 1972 someone made a lot of money from his legacy in europe the danish band cartoons had a hit with their cover version in 1998 i hesitate to call this nonsense a song but here are some versions for you i didn t play any of them of course share this share on x opens in new window x share on facebook opens in new window facebook email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin like loading a more medieval madness mix august 14 2026 beetleypete 26 comments i found lots of new ones so you can expect more soon share this share on x opens in new window x share on facebook opens in new window facebook email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin like loading the stones part twenty five august 13 2026 beetleypete 22 comments this is the twenty fifth part of a fiction serial in 762 words once they got settled back in elgin maria got down to work in the converted loft that she used as a fully equipped office and writing room at first andy felt like a spare part but he settled into taking on the role of house husband very quickly he also became great friends with wilfred and took him out for long walks twice a day in all weathers every night after quite basic dinners andy and maria would sit and chat they went over his notes talked about the plot and characters and she would disclose how well the book was coming on having a true story to adapt into fiction had really inspired her and she was working at double her usual daily word rate on week four they began to share the same bed and both remarked on how completely natural that felt maria had changed one aspect of the plans though as she explained to him late one night as they sat drinking large glasses of single malt while wilfred snoozed on his dog bed by the fireplace i think it is going to be best to delay the wedding until i have a publication date andy let s get the book finished and edited have a few publicity events arranged then i will announce that i have married the love of my life after rekindling a romance that had been interrupted by a far too long period of time is that okay with you my love still amazed that she actually wanted to marry him andy told her it was more than okay with him as a harsh winter mellowed into a pleasant spring maria ran downstairs one afternoon clutching a memory stick i ve done it it has gone off to the publisher for editing and to my agent to make sure he keeps on top of things let s go to the pub later and celebrate with one of their bottles of very dubious champagne angela had been the perfect assistant to the controller for some months now he had even noticed that she had stopped arguing and was doing whatever she was instructed to do they had a new mission approved by mr gale who had got the promotion he had sought by disposing of his predecessor the mark was a russian oligarch viktor sheverenko the man was a front for putin s russia disguised as some kind of international playboy billionaire living on a yacht the size of a hotel in monaco and holidaying on a private island off the coast of croatia his real job was to run a european spying network for russia that extended across france and italy into the balkans even angela had to concede that he was a genuine target and definitely deserved his fate meanwhile she had her own fish to fry she worked all hours covering her tracks as she approved yet more surveillance on andy conway and his girlfriend maria douglas when the reports came back they made her grind her teeth in frustration a happy couple conway not working but just walking a dog and buying groceries douglas never leaving the house except to go to a restaurant or pub with conway if she wasn t suspicious by nature angela might have thought that they had just become a couple and established a life in the pathetic northern scottish town of elgin about as far from civilisation as you could get unless you counted inverness which she certainly didn t conway was hardly using his phone or laptop and angela had still been unable to get permission to monitor maria s electronic devices or to put surveillance cameras or sound devices in the cottage she had thought about using a teenage hacker from a south london housing estate to hack into douglas computer but he was so unreliable she was worried that it would go tits up so she was finally and reluctantly having to face it if those two brought her department down with whatever they were up to she would take her revenge and in any way possible give a chance to read the first draft of the manuscript andy was mightily impressed maria had managed to include all the facts and incidents and even though she had changed the names and many locations too he could easily see everything he had been working on clearly explained in what read as a great novel about conspiracies ruthlessness callousness and a government out of control more importantly once they went public with the real names and real truths behind it the people would immediately understand share this share on x opens in new window x share on facebook opens in new window facebook email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin like loading eclipse fail august 13 2026 beetleypete 39 comments not my photo there was some excitement yesterday as there was a chance of seeing a 95 eclipse of the sun from britain we had to go out anyway and decided to leave it until late afternoon as the supposed best time to see the eclipse was between 5pm 7pm first stop was the tile and flooring shop on the industrial estate behind the tesco superstore we chose some wall and floor tiles for the new shower room that is replacing the bathroom and told the salesman that our plumber would be in later this month to buy them back outside just before 5pm no sign of an eclipse starting quickly popped around to tesco to buy a gift voucher for a family birthday coming up still hot and sunny when we came out then we decided to go to the homeware shop the range to buy a new toilet roll holder hand towel ring and small waste bin to have ready for the new shower room that s only a 5 minute drive from tesco by the time we left there it was getting closer to 6pm but the sun was still shining brightly a short drive back to the car park in town we had found out that the turkish restaurant was open again after a short holiday closure and we were the first people in there for dinner starters and main course eaten and enjoyed we took our drinks outside to sit at the small table on the street by then it was 7 20pm and still quite sunny but a few degrees cooler on the way home the sun was shining so brightly we had to have the sunshades flipped down inside the car windscreen we concluded that we had missed the eclipse which had probably happened some time between our starter and the main course share this share on x opens in new window x share on facebook opens in new window facebook email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin like loading thursday s i didn t see the eclipse mix august 13 2026 beetleypete 40 comments hottest day of the current heatwave possibly as hot as 36c 97f i am losing track of how many heatwaves we have had this year so far share this share on x opens in new window x share on facebook opens in new window facebook email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin like loading the stones part twenty four august 12 2026 beetleypete 31 comments this is the twenty fourth part of a fiction serial in 773 words andy only heard one side of the conversation maria was having on the phone but as she was half smiling he presumed it was nothing too serious he said what and just from a story outline he wants what a complete explanation of why the stones do what they do and a definite ending well tell him from me he isn t going to get one and the reason is simple there is undoubtedly going to be a sequel and it would not do to let the readers know everything in the first book okay so you ll tell him i m not going to be around for a couple of days things to do i will call you when i get back and he will have hopefully calmed down she hung up and looked at andy my agent he s had a call from the publisher and that guy thinks the book should have a firm conclusion and also wants me to make up some crazy scientific reason why the stones make people suicidal for god s sake i only did a run through with him it s not even a first draft if he thinks he can write best selling novels he should quit publishing and write one himself angela made sure to put on some of the blue latex gloves from the dispenser on the wall even though the watch was in a sealed transparent plastic evidence bag the mortuary woman was giving her a shifty look as it probably wasn t every day that they got a call to hand over property to someone who was not a relative or a copper and her i d was non specific just stating home office next to her photo it was one of several issued to her that were used to make sure the person seeing them didn t make an immediate connection with the security services back at headquarters she went to the property room and let herself in using the door code she made an entry into the old school ledger book taking the reference number that followed on from the one above then she took down one of the security boxes opened it using the door code again and wrote the ledger reference number on the white card on the outside of the box instead of placing the watch inside she left it empty then she closed the box and took it to the shelves at the back of the room moving other boxes out of place to slot it in out of order by the time anyone noticed she would have had time to do what she intended in his london flat andy and maria were looking at two piles of stuff on the living room floor one was the keep pile the other th...
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