Chapter 01 - Open It Up? It was Sunday evening, Mark and Sandy Arnolds were sitting in their living room reading. Mark could tell from Sandy's fidgety behavior that something was amiss. After twenty-six years of marriage he knew her pretty well. Looking over the top of his book, he asked, "What's bothering you, sweetheart?" Sandy marked her page and clos...
Note to the reader: As you can see by the numeric chapter, this is part of what has grown into quite a series. If you haven't read rest of the story, I strongly suggest you start at the beginning and follow the story to this major point in Mia's life. Just a suggestion, of course, but I think it would be well worth your efforts. I want to thank Josie and Dre...
To the readers: I wrote two stories about the EPT test and received a flood of comments on both stories which ended with two different scenarios. After much pushing and shoving I decided to write Shannon's side of the story and what happened after the divorce. If you haven't read either of the other two stories, that's ok. This is a stand alone story. Again...
Author's note: Desperate Measures is an anthology consisting of stories related by theme, rather than by character, chronology, or storyline. Accordingly, they can be read in any order, as each installment is a stand-alone entry. * * * Elizabeth Simmons was on the verge of surrendering to despair when The Entertainment and Technology Group, Inc., offered...
I'd been a bit down in the dumps and Chuck, Dave and Ben decided that what I needed was to get out, have a few drinks and basically get over my funk and get on with my life. They had a point and I knew it. It was time for me to stop feeling sorry for myself. The three of them picked me up and we drove into town. I was a little surprised when we pulled into...
Chapter 9: A week with Professor Williams It was the Sunday following exam week and tomorrow I was to report to Professor Williams's office. She had let me off of work for the last two weeks so that I could study for exams and I assumed I would pay for that kind jester over the next five days. She had asked Mrs. Baxter if she could use me for the week to he...
I sat there and stared at her incredulously. It took a few seconds for what she had said to register and in those few seconds my mind went back in time. I'd met Tanya Louise Marshall on the first day of school when I started the eighth grade. She had just moved to town and didn't know anyone in the class. From the first time I'd laid eyes on her I was lost....
Greg looked uneasy when I found him at the bar; but he smiled and said, "there you are, man! How about we grab a pitcher and sit in a booth?" When we were sitting, we chatted for a few minutes about the Reds and whether they had any chance this season (we concluded that third place was about the best they could hope for); about the latest political scandal...
I had been working as a sales manager for a consumer electronics wholesaler based out of Honolulu for several years when a Japanese wholesaler asked if I would head up their sales department in Japan. They wanted to bring western selling techniques and strategies to their organization, especially since we, in the US, were taking market share away from them....
Most of my story takes place in the 1970's. If you don't like interracial sex, dominance and submission, cheating wives and such, I suggest you still read it. You might just learn how things really do happen. Names have been changed but the story is essentially true as I remember it. I'm Pam. I met my first and only husband, Hugh, in the fourth grade at a...