Randy and I had been friends for a long time. I'd seen him go through girls many times throughout this time and he had seen me do the same. He had been in sales, traveling all over, for quite a while, while I had stayed in the same business I had been in since my college days, when we had first met. While in college, I had been obsessive about working out....
I was in Dallas on a business trip, it wasn't in the best of neighborhoods, but not the worst by any stretch it was actually more of an industrial district, mostly factories and warehouses, but an occasional hotel or burger joint. I was staying in one of those hotels, not a bad one either. They had clean rooms and a well lit parking lot. One of my employees...
I entered the Greyhound bus station to get out of the bitter cold. I was shivering and very hungry. I had no money and nowhere to go. For a 19 year old lad, I was in a sorry state. I took a seat at the end of a row in the passenger waiting area. I began rubbing my hands and arms in an attempt to get warm. As I sat there, someone took the seat next to me. I...
The sun felt good on Don's suit and tie. The breeze tussled his well trimmed hair which fell back into place thanks to his hair spray. Smelling the fresh cut grass and the blossomed flowers he pleasantly gazed about the well kept city square. Charismatically he smiled at other walkers whether dressed casual, or in business attire. City traffic noises were ca...
I had not been at university more than three months when I started to get into trouble. Not trouble with my studies, which were going well. Not trouble with relationships; I had made friends of both sexes. No, my trouble was financial; I just couldn't survive on my student grant. In the summer before going to Uni I had worked in a bar, and was hoping to ge...
In the morning Logan was up before me as always. I had moored us out to sea and had fallen asleep on the deck chair. When the sun came up, I just covered my face with a sheet and fell back asleep. I awoke to someone nudging my foot. "Hey." Logan stood above me, a cup of coffee in his hand. I sat up, the sheet falling away from my face, and took him in. "Yo...
Jimmy Manley shares the cramped backseat of a Volkswagen with two men that he does not know. Roger Bones sits up front, in the passenger seat. The man sitting next to Jimmy slips his hand onto Jimmy's thigh. Jimmy's body goes tense, but he tries his best to act natural. Jesus, not here, he thinks. Not now. He twists his lean frame, trying to protect his mi...
I never really did much in terms of jobs that pay a decent wage throughout my college years. Usually jumping from minimum wage job to minimum wage job did not help pay for my tuition, plus applying for scholarships would take a lot of time, and you aren't always going to get the scholarship so it could be a waste of time. So I was going to start looking for...
I was pissed! I couldn't believe it! Five thousand dollars down the drain! I guess I should explain. About two weeks ago I moved from the small town I grew up in, out to Los Angeles to pursue a career in modeling. I'm 6'2," 185lbs, in very good shape, with well defined facial features. Growing up, it seemed like everyone I met told me that I should move out...
[This is a completed six-chapter work that will finish posting before the end of February 2017.] * The shipboard casino had opened an hour earlier, the sun was at its full height above the ninth-deck swimming pool complex, the lunch-service lines had opened at the Windjammer Café, and bingo was in full cry in the Spotlight Lounge. The Glory of the Seas cru...