Ordeal by Cheque By Jimmy Roney

All through high school Larry Exeter was in love with Stella Davis. He dreamt of the day that they would marry. When the graduated college they began to plan their wedding. Larry wore a blue tux, and Stella had on a long, white wedding dress. Everything was going great until Larry saw the bridesmaid's dresses which were orange. He hates the color orange.

For their honeymoon they took an airplane to France, where they spent a week. It was the best time. Stella had some great lingerie. Larry and Stella went sightseeing at the Eiffel Tower and Larry lost his wallet. He had to hurry to the bank for more Euros. What and adventure!

Nine months later Larry Jr. arrived. On the way to see the baby he had to stop and shop for some baby clothes. When Larry Jr. was a young child him and his dad played with his toys all the time. When he was six he got his first bike and his dad taught him to ride it. That bike was his favorite thing. As Larry Jr. got older he stopped spending time with his dad and started getting into trouble. When he was fifteen they sent him to military school for stealing their new Cadillac. They were so angry.

Around this time things started to get bad with Larry and Stella. He forgot their anniversary. He tried to make it up to her by buying her flowers but she threw them in his face. He got mad and decided to go to the casino with some of his friends. This is where Larry met Audrina and he started cheating on Stella.

Stella's best friend saw Larry out with Audrina and tried to blackmail him. So he decided to pay her off with a trip to Hawaii on a boat. He didn't know that he was being setup until he got a letter from his wife's attorney telling him she wanted a divorce along with everything he owns. Stella's friend double crossed him. When they go to court the judge says she gets the house plus alimony. He's so mad but at least the divorce is final.

Larry Jr. is so upset about his parents that he starts gambling heavily with a bookie. He is always losing his bets and now his bookie wants his money. Larry Jr. doesn't have it so the bookie comes after him and breaks his arms and legs. In the hospital he gets a bad infection. The doctors are not able to save him. Now Larry Sr. has to pay for his son's funeral.

Ordeal By Cheque By Jacob Burke

Lawrence Exeter, clearly a man of great wealth was preparing to become a father. He buys many items for his newly born boy who's name is also Lawrence. Lawrence Sr. pays for the hospital bill and for the Doctor who looked after his son. For Christmas Lawrence junior receives many toys that little kids like to play with. As he ages Lawrence Jr. is sent to the school for boys, his father buys him a bike so he can ride it to school as a punishment for his misbehaving son. His son continues to be bad so he is sent off to military school. As a gift for graduating military school and becoming a man Lawrence Sr. buys his son a Cadillac. His son's reckless behavior stills persists as he wrecks his Cadillac. His father is so furious that he is sent to Stanford University just to get him out of his sight.
One day as Lawrence Sr. is mourning over his son's horrid behavior a woman by the name of Daisy Windsor comforts him. He ends of having to pay her a hefty amount of money to keep her quiet about the incidents that went on during his mourning period. Lawrence Sr. decides to escape his troublesome life and take a trip to France. He buys many flowers which he sends back to his wife on his trip and he also purchases a boat. Lawrence Sr. decides to live in France so he purchases a house. His son found the love of his life and plans to marry her in Hawaii. Lawrence Sr. give his son a large amount of money and lets him live on his own. Lawrence Jr. writes checks pertaininng to his wedding. He then goes to the bootery and buys a pair of boots suitable for fighting and or running away.
He gets mixed in the Italian mob where he saves himself by paying off a man called Tony Spagoni. Lawrence Jr. has secret meeting with a woman called Flossie Wentworth he pays her off just as his father did. How ever this time Lawrence Jr.'s wife finds out and then they get a divorce. He then proceeds to marry Flossie Wentworth. Once again Lawrence Jr. gets mixed up with the mob, this time however the mob does not let it slide. They scare him so much his hand is shaking while writing one of the checks. The mob gets furious and just kills Lawrence Jr. His father pays for the funeral and the Morse. Lawrence Sr. once again just becomes Lawrence Exeter. This story shows how being spoiled as a child will end up wrecking your life and destroying any dreams you have for yourself. Parents also need to be aware that spoiling your children with eventually lead to their death.

Ordeal by Cheque

Ordeal by Cheque

Everyday the sun rises and sets, the birds sing, the rooster does that annoying thing they do. Today, however, there is a change. Lawrence Exeter hears the worst news he can bare. His girlfriend is pregnant. Now some would say that this is unexpected considering the precautions he has been taking, but it doesn’t always work. “How can I be pregnant?” He tells himself on his way to the doctor’s office. When he arrives, he looks around to see the ailments of others. Three young men have Elephantiasis. Another woman has “jumping Frenchman disorder”. When Lawrence opens the door and a bell rings, she jumps up flailing her arms wildly, hitting him in the stomach. The hit knocked the wind out of him but did no harm to the embryo. The doctor confirmed the pregnancy.

Nine months later, before Lawrence Exeter Jr. was born. Lawrence goes on a shopping spree for baby clothes, cribs, and stocks of food. When Jr. was born, seemed to be really healthy, apart from the fact he has Pica. At age 3, whenever he is outside he runs straight for the flowerpots, scooping the dirt into his mouth. He would drink glue eat dirt and sand. All these habits caused him to get very ill. By age 4, he had contracted Bubonic Plague from eating rat poop.

Jr. spent a good number of years in the hospital, somehow still alive, so Sr. bought him a nice little play pen complete with a slide, swing, and seesaw. This came with all that but no dirt, which Jr. is in withdrawal from. Jr. was required to stay in the hospital until 6 years old. When he got out, he did a face plant in the dirt. “You stupid child!” yelled Sr. outraged. Jr. received a few bruises after he was punished.

A month after Jr. was out of the hospital and cured of the Black Plague, he started kindergarten. Sr. warned the teacher about his Pica disorder, but Jr. was caught chugging glue. Doctors had to surgically clear his esophagus. When he returned, he was put on a leash and dragged around by the teacher. The bad behavior hasn’t stopped there.

When Jr. got out of control, Sr. sent him to a boarding school. Palisades School for Boys. When in there he started his own version of the Mexican gang La Eme. Upon forming this new gang, Jr. started to run drugs through the school, kill kids at will, and ran a speakeasy in his apartment. He was the school’s most popular and also feared student. With this behavior came a consequence. Jr. was put into a military academy instead.

Two weeks later, Sr. decides that it’s time for a new car. He settles for a Cadillac. Even with Jr. in the academy, the La Eme is still going strong. They still sell drugs through the school and now the whole city. They have racked up one million murders, all untraceable, and the government needs to send people to repopulate the city countless times. To get revenge on Sr. for putting Jr. away, La Eme decides to put on a show. As Sr. wakes up on a Monday morning, he is greeted by the sight of his car blowing up. Thankful he was not in the car at the time, Sr. gets an epiphany and decides to get a homeless man through college. So Sr. donates a library to Stanford University and gets the man in.

Sr. decides because of all the ruckus of family and everything, so he goes to France for a month. While in France he does a job for Italian Mafia, which turns into stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars. When he gets back to the States, Sr. learns of Jr.’s engagement. While in the academy, he fell in love with a young lady by the name of Shanaynay. She was a charming girl, which could always put a ghastly face on Sr. using her fluent Ebonics. They were sent away to Hawaii for their honeymoon, only Shanaynay’s second time out of the Bronx. They had a blast, Shanaynay learned how to surf, dive, and went on long beach walks together. It was a marvelous time. When they got back, however, they needed some money to live on. Sr. reluctantly writes them a check of two hundred thousand dollars.

When Jr. cashes the check, Shanaynay wants as many pretty dresses as she can find. So they go on a shopping spree consisting of dress shopping, lingerie shopping and Jr. decides to get some golfing gear. He also buys enough shoes to fill a room. Now, Sr. has always been good to Jr., wanting what’s best for him and everything. In his ignorance, Jr. hires a hit man, Tony Spagoni, to kill his father for all the bad things he had done to him. When Tony contacts Jr. saying his father is now dead, Jr. takes his celebration out on a woman not his wife. In the middle of it all, Shanaynay catches Jr. in the act, announcing her will for a divorce. When the divorce is final, Shanaynay continues to haunt Jr. by breaking windows, toilet papering his yard. Finally, Jr. goes to a law firm and files for a restraining order.

Even after the restraining order, he still has problems with her. Jr. decides enough is enough and summons Tony Spagoni to end her. When Tony sends word of his success, he is paid his full amount. Life starts going smoothly for Jr., still working as the leader of La Eme; he brings in a profit of five million dollars a month due to his expansion of drugs, alcohol, and now arms dealing to numerous warring countries. This all turns to worse when he is confronted by Sr. as a vampire.

Sr. tells his story, about being shot by Tony and crawling away. Just before he died a crusty vampire by the name of Edward shows up and injects him with the poison. It was a grueling process, very painful, but when it finished he never felt more alive. He tells Jr. about all his advantages now like super strength, speed and agility. He then steps into the sunlight, Jr. expecting him to burn, but only sparkles like millions of diamonds. At this moment, Sr. leaps at Jr. biting into his veins sucking all his blood out.

Discovered by Tony, he is sent to the coroner’s office to find out why he died. All they find out is the bite marks and no blood. They proceeded to put him in a fire and burning him, sending his remains to his lieutenants in La Eme. That coroner’s name is Stephanie Meyer, intrigued, she starts searching for said creatures wanting to learn about them. What she doesn’t know, is she is doomed to become one of them.

The End

Ordeal by cheque by Melissa Gregor

In the year of 1903, Mr. And Mrs. Lawrence Exeter were expecting a child. Lawrence Exeter was so excited. He truly could not wait to have a child of his own! They had a son, who they named Lawrence Exeter Jr. They loved Lawrence Jr. to pieces. They bought him anything a little boy could have ever wanted. While growing up, Lawrence Jr. started developing a rebellious streak. So, when he was only 12 years old, they pulled him out of his prep school, and enrolled him into a military school. Not being able to see their son for long periods of time made Mr. and Mrs. Exeter feel guilty. It made them feel like failures as parents. To make up for it, they bough Lawrence Jr. a brand new, shiny red cadillac for his 18th birthday. Lawrence Jr's rebellious streak only got worse with age. Only a month after first getting the car, he ended up crashing it into another car while out riding with his "friends" after dark . Of course, spoiling their child again, they pay for all of the damages their son had caused. After the crashing of his expensive cadillac, Lawrence decided that it's time to grow up and start taking responsibility for his actions. Later that year, he wised up and started attending Stanford University. Mrs. Exeter decided that she needed a vacation to clear her head about her son leaving for college. Now that his wife and son were out of the house, it was time for Mr. Exeter to have his own fun. He had met a lady named Daisy Windsor. Daisy and Lawrence had started to see each other exclusively. While Mrs. Exeter was out of town, Mr. Exeter and Miss Windsor spent all of the time they could together. Little did Mr. Exeter know, Daisy was using him. She was using him for all of the fancy, expensive things he would buy her. One day, Lawrence wanted something more from Daisy. He bought two tickets to France for him and Daisy. Daisy, still using Mr. Exeter for his lavish gifts, accepted his offer. The next day, they were on their way to the France. While in France, Lawrence bought Daisy more and more gifts. About two weeks after they arrived in France, Daisy had started to develop actually feelings for Lawrence. She never saw it coming, but she had fallen in love with him. While still in France, Lawrence had went out early, and bought the most beautiful ring money could buy to propose to Daisy that night. He had promised her that he would leave his wife, because she was the one that he truly wanted. She began to cry, and said yes. He had bought her a dress and everything else she would need for the wedding. They had their honeymoon in Hawaii, and he sent his son a checkbook, stating that he could spend it however he wanted. Lawrence Jr. started off by buying little things for friends and special women. Then he realized how much money he actually had to spend now. Buying different women gifts soon got him into some trouble. He bought a gift for a woman in a relationship. But, the woman's boyfriend soon found out about the matter. His name was Tony Spagoni. Tony had taken Lawrence Jr. into an ally and started beating him up. Lawrence and Tony made a deal. If Lawrence would pay Tony money, they would both forget that the whole situation happened. Lawrence Jr, scared for his life, reluctantly agreed to this, and tried to put it behind him. But, it was not only a week later that Tony was back, asking for more money. Lawrence gave him the money, then Tony was on his way. Lawrence Jr. was more focused on marring his new lady friend, Flossie Wentworth. They two had gotten married, but soon grew tired of one another. About a year after getting married, the two got divorced, and it was on to the next one for Lawrence. Her name was Marie Wharton, and Lawrence had offered her $75,000 dollars to marry him. With all of that money, how could she refuse? She said yes, and the tow got married. Lawrence's life had seem to be going in the right direction. He had a wife, who he loved, all the money he could ever want, and everything he needed. But, what he didn't need was another unexpected visit from Tony Spagoni. Tony was, yet again, demanding money. Lawrence answered with "I have no more money for you. You won't be getting any of it out of me." Tony responded with, "You'll see what happens when you don't pay me the money I need." One night, Lawrence was walking home from a night out, when he felt as though someone was watching him. He looked all around, but he couldn't see anyone. So, he kept walking. The next thing he knew, he was pushed down, kicked, beaten, punched, spit on, and so much more. There were 5 men around him. One of them being Tony Spagoni. Tony held a gun up to Lawrence's head and said "I told you you'd see what happens to people who don't pay me money I need." And shot him in the head. When the news had come back to his father, his father felt more guilty than ever. Guilty that he wasn't there for his son like a real dad should have been. Guilty that he wasn't there to help his son in his time of need. Guilty, that he didn't get to speak to his son before he died. He decided to bury him in Hollywood. He spent a ton of money on the burial. Then realized that money is what got his son killed in the first place. From that day on, Mr. Lawrence Exeter Sr only spent his money on things that he needed.

Ordeal by Cheque by Sean Halsel

Lawrence Exeter, a wealthy man prepared to be a father. He somewhat spoiled his child with toys and even a bike. While enlisted in an all boys school, the child defied his father and was eventually sent to military school. Eventually, Lawrence Exeter Sr. decided that his son deserved a car, but the son crashed it and had to get it repaired.

While paying for his son to go to college, Lawrence Exeter Sr. lost a lot of money in a divorce case. Weary from the troubles of his life, exeter Sr took a trip to France to relax. But, Exeter Sr. still missed his wife. So he sent her flowers. Many of them. He also sent gifts. Still feeling weary, he bought himself a boat and relaxed a little more.

Realizing his son is a man, Exeter Sr. pays the son 200,000$. Then stays in a hotel while in Hawaii. He sends more flowers to his ex-wife whom he misses.

Lawrence Exeter Jr. heads out to buy some groceries and gifts for his sweetheart. He then buys sports equipment and golf shoes for a quick game of golf. But, a friend of his is in a rwal tough spot. Knowing that Exeter Jr.'s father is wealthy, the friend asks Exeter Jr. for money. Exeter Jr. then buys flowers and jewlery for his sweetheart. But, also knowing Exeter Jr.'s father is rich, his sweethearts threatens to file for a domestic violence case. Exeter Jr. pays her off hoping this will be the end of it. He hires his best lawyers just in case. But realizing marriage can bring her closer to the money, she decides to marry Exeter Jr.. The wife asks for 75,000$ knowing that Exeter can't deny her unless he wants a lawsuit on his hands. He then pays the lawyers for wasting their time.

Exeter Jr.'s friend needsmore money so he reluctantly gives him some. But the friend thought of a better idea, Kill Exeter Sr. and take all the money. He does, so Jr. pays a doctor and buys a casket for his decapitated father, Lawrence Exeter Sr.

Ordeal by Cheque by Sonny Breeger

Laurence Exeter always wanted to become a father and the day has finally come. Before he had the baby he went out and bought all the supplies he needs to father his new son Laurence Exeter Jr. One day while Laurence was playing with his son he noticed a strange bump on his head, so he decided to take him to the doctors. After some tests were conducted in turned out it was just a little bruise and he was perfectly alright. While they were coming home from the doctors, Laurence stopped and bought some toys for Jr. to make him feel better after being stuck in the hospital for a few days. A few years later when Jr. turned 4 Laurence decided it was time to enroll his son in a private school. While Laurence's son was at school he went out and bought him a bike so that after school he could teach his son how to ride a bike so they could spend some time together. Jr. had just graduated middle school when he was just riding his bike around when he wrecked it. Laurence was so upset at his kid that he decided to enroll him in military school. After 5 years of military school (Jr. failed one year) he finally graduated. As a graduation gift his father bought him a brand new Cadillac. While driving one night Jr. wrecked his Cadillac while driving home from hanging out with his friends. He had no money so he had to have his dad pay for his car to be fixed.

Laurence decided it was time for his son to get him out of the house so he went and enrolled him into Stanford University. While Jr. was at college Laurence met this women and the traveled to France together. After going to the bank in France to translate all his American money into European money he goes out and buys his girl some flowers and takes her on a romantic date in the Eiffel Tower. While his girl was sleeping Laurence went out and bought some rose petals to put around the bathroom and bathtub, so that when she wakes up she has a romantic bath to wake up. That day Laurence decided to finally go buy something he has always wanted in his life, a boat. After he buys the boat him and his girl go buy decorations for the boat. Laurence goes out and buys his girl a fake diamond to ask her to marry him. After many weeks of trying to convince his girl to take a boat trip from France to Hawaii she finally agrees. While on the boat trip he proposes to her and she says yes! When they finally arrive in the port Laurence buys he receives a phone call from his son Jr. asking his father to give a two hundred thousand dollar loan. He agrees to giving his son the loan but only if he pays him back. After the phone call Laurence and his girl check into a hotel.

The story leaves Laurence Sr.'s life and now moves into Jr.'s life. The two hundred thousand dollars that Sr. gives Jr. he uses to start planning the wedding for his father. He goes out and buys the gown for the bride, buys the bride mates their gowns, buys the guys their tuxedo's, and buys shoes for the wedding. Laurence Sr. thought that his son was just using him to get money for drugs, so he goes out and hires a hit man because he knows his son is never going to pay him back. Jr. goes out and buys the flowers for the wedding and the wedding ring. Laurence Sr.'s girl finds out that he is actually married to another girl the whole entire time they were in France and Hawaii. Laurence then tries to pay off his fiancé so that she wouldn't tell his actual wife about any of this, but she just takes his money and says she wont say a word but then she finds out her number from going through Laurence's phone and calls his wife telling her everything. Laurence's wife then files for divorce and his fiancé leaves him to. After paying off all his lawyers and giving his wife the settlement check he then has to deal with his son who he thought stole two hundred thousand dollars from him but it turns out Jr. was actually paying for the whole wedding without Sr. knowing. You may be wondering how did Sr. not know Jr. was planning his his own wedding. Laurence had a date planned for the wedding already and wasn't worrying about it while in Hawaii, so Jr. wanted to surprise him by planning everything for his dad by the time he gets home, when he would get home he would tell his father about it, but it was too late. The hit man that Laurence hired stalked Jr. while he went out to dinner with an old friend. While Jr. went to go the bathroom the hit man walked into the bathroom with him, locked the door, then shot Laurence Jr. with a silenced pistol, and walked right out of the restaurant. Laurence Sr. comes back home to find out the hit has been complete and pays the hospital bill and the examination bill. He cremates his son and spreads his ashes in the ocean on his boat.

Ordeal by Cheque by Myah Olson

Laurence Exeter was excited to become a father. His son was a healthy child and was the pride of Mr. Exeter. Laurence Exeter Jr. was given a proper education at Palisades School for boys. He went there for many years until the age of 15, when he decided he wanted to go to military school.
Now about this time, Laurence Exeter Sr. had had a nasty divorce with his wife. She had gotten into drugs and became a heavy drinker. Her state of mind faded and she was hardly at home. The drugs and alcohol abuse had gotten to the maximum when she stole Laurence Jr.'s graduation Cadillac car and crashed it. The son and father started to get nasty threats and warnings from Daisy Windsor, his ex wife.
Fearing for his life and his son's life, Laurence Sr. took off to France with his son where Laurence Jr. went to college. At his new college Laurence Jr. started to fancy a lady. His father was thrilled. So thrilled in fact, he let his own son use his checking account to send her multiple gifts such as flowers. On the day of their engagment, Laurence Sr. woke to find the house aflamed. Worried for the well-being of himself, son, and soon-to-be-daughter-in-law they all traveled back to the United States and resided in Hollywood again.
His son's wedding to his wife was all paid by Laurence Sr. The wifes family was not wealthy but was kind nonetheless. Letters of hatered and death came to the Exeters from Daisy. Even though with the attempt to pay her off didn't last. Miss Flossie Wentworth, the Exeters maid, thought that the family was in need of a restraining order against her. So she testified and got the order.
On his son's special day, Laurence Exeter Sr. was shot through the back of his head. the blood spewed out onto the snow white dress of the bride and glistened like a diamond. Daisy had finnaly gotten to him. She had finnaly shot the man who had divorced her. She had killed him and would never get to see him, never get to see anyone, and never get any money from it.
During her questioning the police had learned that she had hired a man named Tony Spagoni to kill him for her, but Laurence Sr. had found out and paid Tony to not kill him.
The funeral for Laurence Sr. was a very sad day. His loved ones stood by in the pouring rain. Everyone dressed in black. The rain spattered and washed down over the thin umbrellas. The trees and wind whoosed around. At this very moment Laurence Exeter Sr. was happy. His son, the pride of his life was alive. The women who had hunted them down was in jail, and now he would get to see the one he loved, his true love, his partner, his husband.