"Why didn't you warn me about that tea stuff?" Fredi laughingly asked me a few evenings later while we were having group dinner upstairs in the Ops dining hall. She was radiant this evening, positively glowing and not wearing too much in the way of clothes. A short cotton skirt came to about mid-thigh, almost, and she was sporting proudly a cotton t-shirt ob...
*Thank you all for continuing to read, vote, and provide feedback. I hope you'll enjoy this chapter.* After four hours of browsing booths, attending panels, checking out film screenings, and watching cosplay contests, the threesome went to a burger stand to gorge themselves on greasy food. Once their bellies were full, they said their goodbyes, then heade...
I was back from my lunch break and an hour later I was nearly done with much of the work that had piled on my IN-tray since the previous week. It felt so good when I had much time to myself in my office. It was a good time to be really naughty. My door was locked and my secretary knew not to bother me during such hour unless it was absolutely necessary or i...
I am at the wheel of my rusted, two-decades old Chevy pickup. We have pulled off the road since we're in sort of a rain white-out, a blinding storm with whipping winds that are beginning to rock the truck itself. I shouldn't be surprised. Storms like this, coming in from the Atlantic, are not infrequent on Hatteras, part of the Outer Banks island chain alon...
***** This one starts slow, so if you're looking for a quick stroke story, this probably isn't it. But hopefully you'll hang in there and find it worth the wait! ***** Emma was already waiting on a bench outside the marina's administration building when a taxi pulled up and a distinctly uncomfortable looking Nate crawled out of the tiny backseat. Even tho...
Author's Note: This story is completely fictional and did not happen. All characters and names are fictional and were made up. ****************** Miami Beach, Florida Clouds passed over a clear blue sky during the day with light wind. The beaches were filled with people out having fun in the sun, meanwhile a party was going down on a luxury yacht across S...
I looked on with pride as I watched my daughter Haley take her place in front of the stage. She was graduating from high school and getting ready to go off to the University of Michigan to join the engineering program. She had hoped to make valedictorian, ending up third in her class, but she wasn't disappointed in the least, choosing instead to celebrate...
Chapter 33 It thrilled me to touch him there Mid-afternoon, Wednesday, October 17th Malibu Alessa.... It had been ten weeks since I watched my Jimmy slip away and forever enter the world of memories. Whatever future we had promised one another was dead and buried along with him. I was amazed how I seemed to be repeating my mother's life. I sat behind...
The days when poverty stricken parents sold their children into slavery are a distant memory. They are stories from the nineteenth century not the twenty-first. This said, parents are quite entitled to earn a 'finder's fee' if they introduce prospective staff to an employer. Times were hard in Rio de Janeiro and Mateus' father wanted the best for his son....
I woke up at 0430 hours and stared at the clock's radium impregnated dial and hands. I was always afraid that I'd be late for an exam or when a paper was due which was my premier, scary nightmare. I didn't know the nightmares that awaited me in my future I'd just deal with the crazy ones right now. I pushed the alarm tab in and got up, fumbled around for my...