Category: Chartan fast fiction
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The Adventures of Chartan:Intermission
(Last Sunday: Chartan reads a letter from Brazil and rushes Gina to the hospital after her water breaks.) It was nearly noon in the hospital parking lot when Chartan put baby Jake in the car seat next to Gina. Then he drove the limo a few miles under the speed limit, in part, due…
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The Adventures of Chartan: Ready or Not!
(Last Sunday, Gina and Chartan team up to turn down Thor’s job offer.) “There’s a letter from Brazil on the kitchen table,” yelled Gina from the bedroom as Chartan closed the front door. Chartan grinned. There was only one table in the house. He grabbed the heavily stamped envelope when he walked through…
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The Adventures of Chartan: The Power of Two
(Last Sunday: Gina and Chartan agree to go together to meet with Thor who has offered Chartan a lucrative contract.) As Chartan walked to the limo office, he put his arm around Gina who was now 8+ months pregnant. “You don’t have to do that,” she said. “I’m the size of a house…
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The Adventures of Chartan: Happiness or Money?
(Last Sunday: Thor offers Chartan $2,000 per week to return to the limo service. Chartan accepts but continues to distrust Minerva and Thor.) Once the limo was parked in the apartment lot, Chartan remained behind the wheel, listening to the ping of a cooling engine. When the noise stopped, he began tapping the steering…
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The Adventures of Chartan: Money, Money, Money
(Last Sunday: Chartan, in need of money, commits to teaching his Life Restoration classes again. The first class goes well but at the end Thor offers to double his pay if he returns to the limousine service.) Chartan doesn’t answer Thor, instead, he weighs the consequences of telling Gina he has changed his mind…
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The Adventures of Chartan: Conviction
(Last Sunday: Chartan turns down Minerva’s offer that would have put him in charge of the limousine service.) Chartan parked his limo carefully in the apartment complex lot. After killing the engine he held onto the steering wheel while thinking of the immediate future. Minerva will probably take back my limo. I won’t…
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The Adventures of Chartan: Just Say No
(Last Sunday: The police find the teens. Chartan promises Gina that he will turn down Minerva’s job offer.) “Talk to Thor,” said Minerva pushing back from the desk usually occupied by Sloan. Chartan, per custom, sat in front of the desk. Minerva stood up as Thor, only slightly taller than the widow, squeezed…
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The Adventures of Chartan: Crossing off the List
(Last Sunday: In a letter from Brazil to Chartan, the retired combat vet admits he lacks the courage to leave the war in the Ukraine. Chartan writes back asking his friend to return home.) The day after Chartan mailed his letter to Brazil, a detective notified him that the missing teens were found…
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The Adventures of Chartan: Letters
(Last Sunday: Chartan struggles with how to get his life in balance when he gets a letter from Brazil who is fighting in the Ukraine.) Chartan took the envelope carefully from Gina, as if it were fragile glass. He stared at the line of stamps along the top of the letter. “Aren’t you…
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