Ch 3 - The Result At long last the polls had closed and now all that remained was for the results to be declared. City Hall's main conference room was packed with candidates, their partners, friends, party activists and, inevitably, representatives of the press. Despite the fatigue of campaigning – felt by all the candidates and their loved ones – there was...
***April 28th, 2017 18:13*** Clara nervously got out of her car, took her bag from the passenger seat, and locked the car. To say she was nervous would be the understatement of the century. She was about to walk into a situation she didn't really know she wanted to walk into. But she had no choice. Well, she did - she could just walk away. But she knew that...
"I bought you something," Carlos said, holding up a bag as he walked into Ria's hotel room. "Really," Ria replied, closing the door behind Carlos. "What is it?" Carlos reached into the bag and pulled out a slinky black dress. Carlos held it up and let the fabric fall. Ria could see that the dress would be tight and short and showing ample cleavage. "Very...
Marie, "Mi" among her friends, and I are still regarded as a nice couple. Just after we had met, the local newspaper used to mention us as "Our own Ken and Barbie" which I never liked. The simple reason was that both of us were well-known and popular sport stars in our small town. I was the star in our successful soccer team and Mi, who was National Champion...
The year was 1972, about four months since the Watergate break-in and just weeks before the presidential election between President Richard Nixon and George McGovern. Those of a certain age might recall listening to such Top 40 hits as "Saturday Night In The Park" (Chicago) and "Nights In White Satin" (Moody Blues) and watching "The Godfather" and "Deliveran...
Ada sighed, leaned her head back, and kissed the automobile manufacturer James Shaffer deeply on the lips and then turned back and watched Shaffer watching her in the mirror. Shaffer, naked, was sitting on a velvet-upholstered boudoir chair closely facing a wide, full-length mirror. They were in the master bedroom of the Highland Park lakeside mansion of J...
This story is part of an ongoing series. The chronological order of my stories is listed in WifeWatchman's biography. Feedback and constructive criticism is very much appreciated, and I encourage feedback for ideas. This story contains graphic scenes, language and actions that might be extremely offensive to some people. These scenes, words and actions are...
The chronological order of my stories is now listed in WifeWatchman's biography. Feedback and constructive criticism is very much appreciated, and I encourage feedback for ideas. This story contains graphic scenes, language and actions that might be extremely offensive to some people. These scenes, words and actions are used only for the literary purposes...
Chapter 21 - A problem, a question, and a solution The following day the reception area of the University Memorial Center was reserved for conferences and the visiting Danubian leaders. The university president, the governor, and several local politicians and union leaders awaited the foreign delegation, while Cecilia Sanchez and Cynthia Lee stood waiting w...
I walked in the door, carrying the bag from our favourite Chinese restaurant, knowing for sure that I'd be too tired to cook anything real for dinner. The weeks leading up to Election Day had been busy, to say the least. Our time together seemed to pass in too brief conversations early in the morning, or late at night. I vowed to make up for the last month,...