The primary aim of the "Novel Excerpts" blog category is to showcase my creative writing, specifically from the novels I've written. Hopefully, these posts will provide a glimpse into my storytelling style, themes, and narrative skills. It's an opportunity to share my artistic expressions and the worlds I've created through my novels.
The Boaz Scorekeeper, written in 2017, is my second novel. I'll post it a chapter a day over the next few weeks.
I was sitting in my study drinking coffee Saturday morning November 4th. There was no good reason to be hesitant about checking the Grand Cayman account. There was no way in you know where that Fitz Billingsley was going to wire $4,000,000 to a Caribbean Island. I thought it a stretch for him to put together that much money in one week. I booted up the laptop computer that I had used to write the demand letter and searched for Fidelity Bank Limited’s website. I entered the login information for Edward Simmons and clicked on ‘Bank Accounts.’ Once again, I was shocked. The account balance now was $6,005,833.33. Within the ‘Account Transaction’ section, I saw a $4,000,000.00 deposit had been made Thursday afternoon at 4:30 p.m., Alabama time. Not only had Fritz wired the requested amount, but he had done it nearly a day and a half early. I felt like celebrating but knew that sharing this information with anyone, even Karla, would end in disaster.
I then checked my law office email account and there was one from Fitz. He said that he had been instructed to contact me and donate $500,000 to the Boaz Spinning Mill project. He asked me to call him on Monday.
The Pencil Driven Life 