Their time with Thomas was wonderful, but temporary, as is most with life. The girls spent as much time separated as they did fully merged, Jana, as they referred to themselves. It was thrilling, having a secret night life. Jana thrived in the night scene. Everything was doubled, they found. They could handle twice their usual amount of alcohol, with twice t...
Dawn was just breaking when Sherri woke in desperate need of a pee. Carefully, so as not to waken Naomi, she slid out from under her duvet and made her way outside to the dunny. The morning air was cold and damp, and incredibly still. She left the corrugated iron door wide open so that she could watch the sun coming up behind the Cavalli Islands and sat and...
It had been fun hanging out awhile. The afternoon had passed quickly. The sun had been very nice. "Well, I've got to get going. My parents have some big thing planned," Helen told Rita as they lounged on the balcony of Rita's hotel room in bathing suits while smoking and drinking Diet Coke. The two gals were on vacation with their families. Their fathers w...
Longtime friends, and part time lovers, Rita and Jenn shared everything in their lives. Childhood friends, they followed one another throughout their lives, even into college, and into their decision to buy their first apartment together. Their interests were so similar, when one spoke the other would finish. One suggested something, and the other's interest...
Rita was sobbing at the kitchen table; she worried how she could survive and take care of her 18 year old daughter Kimberly. The 37 year old mother was distraught; her whole world had turned upside down in an instant. No sooner had Kim went off to school when her husband called to tell her that he cleared out their bank account, was running off with another...
Heather and her mother Rita moved into their new house a week ago. It was not a difficult move and they hadn't moved very far; it was only a few blocks away from their old place. The house was considerably different. It was a large house in a very upper class street. It was in a practical sense too big for the single mother and daughter, but Rita loved big h...
"Something's wrong, Lacey. What is it?" She had always respected Rita's intuition. "What do you mean?" "The wedding's in four days," Rita reminded her. "I know I'm just a regular bridesmaid and not the maid of honor, but there's something ... off about how you're acting." "Crap. Did I turn into a bridezilla? I was really trying not to. Did I snap at you?...
PROLOGUE (Friday, 18th February 2000) Heather had been looking forward to Marcia's party for weeks. According to all predictions, it was going to be wild. Legend had it that Marcia's parties were always wild. The stories told by past attendees could be positively toe-curling. Apparently her shindigs set off as raunchy and steadily progressed to debauched....
Katherine got out of her car in the health club parking lot on a bright sunny Friday morning with a smile on her face, thinking about seeing Rita, the red-headed health club owner. As she kissed her husband good-bye earlier that morning, her only thoughts were of seeing Rita, wondering if the signs Rita had been giving her were real. She couldn't shake the t...
Jordan hung up the phone, happy to hear that her friend-turned-lover was enjoying her visit with her daughter and grandchildren, but still missing Lara's sensual lips and soft touch. She was glad to hear that Lara would be home in a few days and they could resume the heated affair that got her through the lonely days. A few minutes later, Mandy stormed into...