One week later: The following weekend, we had been invited to a party at the home of our friends Jim and Melissa. It was to be a relatively small, casual gathering and we offered to bring some homemade chili, which I told Jason to prepare. I donned my clothes, put on my makeup, and packed my travel humidor with a variety of sticks. I told Jason to wear pan...
Chapter 1 The situation I now find myself in is something I never dreamed would ensue when I began corresponding with Ariana. It started seven years ago as a brief e-mail correspondence and has now become my life. But I must here digress, in order to give the reader some background information about me that relates to this tale. It will sound a bit weird t...
I don't know why this crazy notion had seized my imagination. And I certainly don't know why I decided to act on it. After all, I have always been a rather goodie-goodie type of girl. And I am known to be shy. But, what the heck, I thought. It's my birthday and I am definitely going to do this. So I did it. I tried a cigar. And I liked it. And now I'm going...
The following week, Marilyn and I decided that we would go out for dinner on Saturday night at Samuel's Steak House, the fanciest restaurant in town. We invited Lillie and Anne to join us and Jeff, and they accepted. On Saturday morning, I told Jason to draw my bath and then to pick up my dress at the cleaners while I bathed. I had developed a new habit of s...
I had been sitting at the bar for about twenty minutes, drowning my stress from work in a glass of scotch. I do not know how long she had been there or when she had come into the dark bar. I have to say, I noticed the smell first. Now don't get me wrong, it was not a foul body odor or a lingering of a pleasant perfume. It was the rich smell of a fine cigar....
Two weeks later... Debbie and I were relaxing one night on the patio. I had just served her an espresso and she lit a Montecristo Number 2 with her new Zippo lighter. After a deep drag, she said to me "thank you dear, the dinner was wonderful tonight." I had to agree--the grilled salmon had turned out very well and the side dishes had complemented the main...
After Marilyn and I finished our cigars, my dirty little mind came up with a new scenario that would have shocked and ashamed the old me. "Marilyn, are you completely sure that you have Jeff under your control? I mean will he do anything?" "I'm not sure of everything, Alexis, but ... where are you going with this?" "Well, you have discovered for yourself,...
The following morning, shortly after breakfast, I got a text from Marilyn. "You were 100 percent right-last night was awesome," she said. I smiled to myself and replied, "You can fill me in on the details later. It can get even better if you want it to, my dear sister-in-law." I went out to the patio to smoke my morning cigar. Jason, kneeling, presented me...
Debbie and I used to be a typical suburban couple. We had been married for just over a year after having lived together for two years. We had no kids yet, and were anxious to start a family soon in our new home. We were conventional and, I thought, pretty satisfied with our lives. We were apprehensive about moving, but once we did, we were sure we made the r...
Danny, short for Daniela stepped out of the rear seat of her Cadillac that pulled in to the entry court of the old Townsend house. She was dressed in a modern interpretation of a 1920's flapper dress. Several cars were unloading with people rushing to enter the party. Danny was attending what the invitation said was a night in Old Havana. It was a charity...