"Daniel, our new neighbors are at it again," Linda sighed as I walked into the bedroom. "They moved in three days ago and every night it's the same thing." "Maybe they're newlyweds," I grinned. "You have to give them credit. They obviously enjoy each other's company." "Yes, but do they have to be so noisy about it?" my wife of twenty-five years asked in an...
TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 2007. It was late by the time we'd finished the Polish lorry and the driver, in halting English, asked if he could park up overnight. Well I certainly didn't want to leave him on the premises and eventually managed to convey to the guy that he needed to drive out onto the Industrial Estate where overnight parking is common place. It was a...
Part 9. Room service arrived, rolling in trays of food at noon. The four bodies disentangled slowly, drawn by the siren scent of coffee. Jerome went to the shower with his cup; he was joined moments later by Sandra. He was able to lift the slight girl like he did his own Rebekka; she squirmed against his hardness, thrashing and scraping his back. They both...
"What in the hell am I doing Abby?" I said, as I settled back on the couch and put my hand over my eyes. "It has not even been six months since the prick left. I'm not ready to date yet. I never should have listened to you!" I could hear her sigh on the other line of the phone. "Grace! You need to get over him. Besides," she giggled, "what better way then...
“What are you doing here?” Narissa asked. Jake seemed to be everywhere today. “I had an appointment. This is a law firm isn’t it?” “Your lawyer is in this building? Which attorney did you see?” She interrogated. “You’re awful curious today aren’t you?” He spoke indulgently, almost as if he were speaking to a child. “Why shouldn’t I be, you keep popping u...
Was I Lucifer, the Prince of Lies, the lord of all darkness supposed to dream? Dreams of light and love, forgiveness. A groan came from my lips, echoing off the walls of my nearly empty but lush apartment. Sitting up my hand instantly went to the empty half of the bed next to me, feeling the cold sheets. She was still missing, the one woman meant for me, the...
The drive to a friend's birthday party didn't seem like the occasion on which Mark and Lauren's relationship would completely fall apart. But sometimes it's hard to see these things coming. Mark and Lauren met on a blind date. Lauren—playing defense, just in case Mark was a disaster—set up a gauntlet of four locales (bar, bowling alley, friend's party, Chin...
It could not have been a more beautiful day. A nice breeze, lots of sun, birds chirping in the trees, and people enjoying a carefree day in the park. Couples sitting on the green, lush spring grass, children laughing in the playground, and young people on bikes, skates, skateboards, or just playing on the courts. It was the kind of beautiful day in Californi...
She was so mad at him! He had been coming home late every single day for the past two months. He said it was work, that there was just so much and he had to do overtime. She begged him to come home on time at least once every so often and talk with her, just hang out. She couldn't tell him directly that she was hungry for him, for their lovemaking. She reall...
There were two of them, as plain looking as you could ever hope to avoid picking up on a dark night. One of them was a real dogface. The other had protruding teeth and bifocals. They were Linda's cousins, and they'd stopped off on a cross country Greyhound trip to call on Linda. But Linda was away that week, and I was stuck with them. Just my luck, I thought...