I felt nervous, this being our first function at the club. My wife Jen and I didn't fit into this crowd of ultra-rich people. We joined this exclusive country club about a month ago so I could get to know people like this, to help me at work. Jen looked as nervous as me. Not only were we poor compared to all these rich people, but also much younger. I was 2...
Jane and Jon (not their real names) are a married couple in their late forties. Married twenty-two years. They had finished dinner and Jane was just cleaning up the last of the dishes. Jon was sitting at the kitchen table reading the sports section of the paper when Jane finished up and said, "I'm going up and take my shower." After taking her shower, she d...
Lawrence was my friends' boss. He was a former theatre director who was now running a successful online store selling showbiz memorabilia, my friend David was his 'assistant', delivery driver, storeman, auction attender, diary secretary and from time to time guinea pig. Lawrence loved to mix cocktails and on occasion would invite a few associates of his to...
He wasn't my uncle. He was just some guy my aunt divorced. But he was family, the only family who would give me a place to stay in the town where I was entering college. Nobody had money to put me in the dorms. College was supposed to be harder than high school. Everyone thought that's what I needed. My own parents' divorce made me somewhere between nowhere....
"What's this?" asked Joel, holding up a handful of gold and silver jewellery he had just found hidden in a sock on Sandra's desk. They were at her place, though her housemates were out. He had come over now that her lectures were finished for the day; they had made plans to catch a film together later. "Oh that." Sandra had just re-entered the room and she...
She opened the sealed envelope that he had left for her. It read BRUSH YOUR HAIR OUT. MAKE IT SOFT AND SILKY YOU MUST GO TO "CUT N CHATTER" BEAUTY SALON 2525 NORTH DAYMAR BLVD YOU MUST BE THERE BY 3pm ASK FOR KATHY, SHE KNOWS WHAT TO DO. It was 2:30. She went in the bathroom and began to brush her hair as instructed. It was long, it hung to her brast...
Master was away on business for two weeks and I have been instructed to keep the house impeccably clean during his absence: this would be subject to a strict inspection on his return and of course there would be consequences for any failings in that regard. Also to keep me on my toes, he planned three Skype sessions at precisely 7PM on the 4th, 8th and 12th...
For Don, who has always been my #1 fan. Thanks for the idea, the historical background, and the willingness to let your mostly fictionalized past be posted here online. Thanks, hunny! :oD ------------------------------------------------- I met him in a bar off 6th St. Things were different then. It was the middle of the Korean War, 1951, and in our little...
I've been a bad kitten. I was only curious, as I often am. Master was away, and the collar caught my eye, its silver loop shining in the waning daylight. Master likes to slip his finger through it to pull my gaze towards his while I kneel at his lap. "Look at your Master, slut," he'll say. Then I know it's playtime. But there are rules about the collar....
It had been a long day at work. Meetings had been long and boring, figures hadn't added up and I was tired after drinking too much red wine the night before. My frustration cranked up another notch when my PA announced another hastily arranged meeting. Now driving home in my car I was cranky, trying to loosen my tie, which doubled as the collar that bound me...