*Whoever said 'it takes two' didn't run away fast enough* (Thanks from many plus Shawhollow for the edit) Lydia Davies was hanging out after work with several of her co-workers from her mother's boutique when she saw this cute guy that she'd helped with some lingerie shopping a few months back. He'd been awkward in a cute way, shy yet determined to find...
Irma Franks, a hard-nosed former factory processor, fell onto good times when her boyfriend lost her in a poker game and she went to live with a wealthy guy Ben Franks, who won all rights to her. After getting used to her appalling accent, Ben married Irma after his estranged wife was killed by a sexually short-changed Russian who ran amok in the brothel cal...
"How long have we been married?" "Christ! Have I forgotten our anniversary again?" "No, nothing like that... not yet anyway... you've got another six weeks. How long have we been married?" "What brought this on?" "Answer... the... question!" "Don't poke your fingernail in my ribs like that! Ummmm... ahhhh... twenty-two... twenty-three years? Twenty-thre...
The silence, already long, now seemed to be spiralling into eternity. Oh God. What the hell had I done? Drew looked up at me at last, the confusion in his brown eyes only serving to deepen my mortification. "This is a joke, right?" For a split second, I toyed with the idea of agreeing with him. That of course I'd been kidding, only pulling his leg. That I...
"Can we please talk Martin? I have so much I need to tell you." Sofia said. She looked like she was searching my face for any sign of what I was thinking. What I was thinking was that I was damn tired. If I wasn't so beat down I probably could have stopped the flood of emotions that came from seeing her after 5+ years. Her eyes filled up with tears as the l...
For the second time in my life, I woke up naked. It was slow and gentle and enjoyable. I loved the relaxed comfort of being nude under the blankets, but I didn't immediately notice my lack of pajamas. I was very comfortable and I had been very tired the night before. I stretched and yawned and felt the sheets pull and slide across my skin delightfully. I ope...
Life Back in the U.S. © In another six months, the 82nd was recalled to Fort Bragg, NC. I had spent the previous five months working as an apprentice criminal investigator, so when I got back to Fort Bragg, I was assigned to the Criminal Investigation Division. The first thing I did was to go to the local Ford dealer where I paid cash for a new 1970 Mustang...
A week before my last day of high school in mid June of 1974, I had my first date with Kin. When I say "date," it wasn't something we planned because that was when I first told Kin I had a thing for her and we kissed. We kissed in a wooded area, behind the rec center, a converted white church built in the late 1800s, near the center of town, where we often a...
I grew up in small town America, very small town in fact. Our population was less than one thousand, way less. A few historic buildings and only one stoplight gave our main street a touch of small town charm. The kind of charm that attracted much needed tourists to boost the local economy. Nestled in a remote valley, the tiny town was surrounded by small fa...
Note: So, awkward, but I now have a level 400 class and one of my teachers is named Aria. So... Also, thanks to the wonderful editor who has been fixing my horrible mistakes and typos since chapter three. It's been a year, so this dude's a real trooper. Thanks! Intro: In case you're a little foggy on what's been going on up until now, here's a quick recap....