The cool blue shaft of moonlight wandered across my pillow. That, along with the crash of the long waves peeling the beach, was enough to make me come to from my slumber. I hadn ‘t been sleeping deeply lately. My mind, once wakened, immediately focused on the email. I got up from the bed threw on a pair of shorts and headed for my office. . It was 3am and as...
I was lying face down on a raft in the pool when Mason came home from the office. He put his briefcase down on the kitchen counter and hung his suit jacket on one of the barstools before coming outside. I didn't even know he was there until he launched into his usual diatribe about the dangers of lying out in the sun. Startled, I quickly sat up, revealing my...
Amanda and Rick are living in Newfane, Georgia. They own a ten unit apartment building; he is the property manager/maintenance technician and she is the office manager. They also own a beautiful two bedroom ranch styled house set on ten acres of land at the end of a dead end road with an eight foot wooden fence surrounding the back yard. In one corner of the...
Our family seemed to grow every year. My parents had ten children: four boys, and six girls. Being the eldest of the six girls, I was always in charge of the baking. My sisters and I would roll pastries and prepare cakes for days before the holiday. My aunts would help Mama prepare large bowls of pasta, rolled balls of seasoned venison, and a great vessel of...
On Monday as Rob came in the door from school his mother called him into the kitchen. "Miss Emma called and said on Saturday she wanted the Christmas rooms opened, cleaned, and setup for the party on the 24th. She also said Mitch McCray won't be back from Vietnam in time, so you will be in charge this year. I nodded, while happily thinking of being in char...
It was a long day at work. As I walk out to my car, I notice a long white box with a yellow ribbon sitting on the hood. When I open the box, I see a dozen yellow roses with a card that says "I will pick you up at 8". I fumble for my keys, smiling the whole time and wondering what surprise I will experience at 8. As I pull in to my driveway, I don't even reme...
Cindy fumbled with the lock and finally opened the door. She walked in, throwing her purse and coat on the sofa in the living room. She shook her head to clear it and smoothed her long red hair out of her eyes. She slapped the switch on the wall and the lights glared on. Cindy squinted her green eyes, then walked over to the couch herself, dropping onto it....
Late one night I was just getting off work when I decided to text some friends and see what everyone was up to that night. It was a cool night in spring, almost everyone was either "busy" or going to bed for school or work the next morning. One friend said what she was doing but never indicated that she didn't want to talk or she didn't want company. She w...
*She had waited sometime, lingering at the back of the church cleaning the pews with a soft cloth and lemon wax. Why did she come here every Friday night when her friends were out at the bars, having fun and living life the way most women her age did. Closing her eyes she let her head dip as the priest slipped from the confessional and moved out of the hal...
A destination wedding turned out to be a great idea, it certainly kept the riffraff away. Only Maribell's parents, her closest friends and Feldman's best man, Terrence, were in attendance. Feldman's parents had both passed away when he was very young, leaving him to be raised by his grandmother, Mildred. As far as Maribell was concerned she did a fantastic j...