It was whilst reading the Notices in the local paper that Delia saw that her old friend, and one-time Mayor of the town, had died from a heart attack, leaving a wife and two married children. Sitting in her chair, glass of wine at her side, Delia's mind recalled the events of very many years previously. Society rules were very different then. After leaving...
She could feel her heart pounding and throbbing in her throat. The taste of fear forming in her mouth like the bad aftertaste of a stomach flu. A million beads of sweat broke out all over her body as she tightened her fingers a little harder around her purse strap, and quickened her pace on the sidewalk. She knew she would encounter trouble with the hoodlum...
David woke early that Saturday morning to find his cupboards bare and his refrigerator stocked with some spoiled milk and a stale bowl of instant mac and cheese. It had been about six weeks since he last worked and the portly writer had been supporting himself by working temp jobs for a local agency. The portly twenty something had recently moved to the city...
Tricia Smart was busily going over all the accounts on her computer, trying to find where she had made the mistake. It was slightly nerve-wracking, and she had spent the better part of the morning searching each and every file for the month of September, looking for her simple error. At twenty-three years old, she had held numerous clerical jobs, from bank...
Carol had been teasing me all day – not a verbal kind of teasing, but teasing of a more exquisite, physical kind that had me fraught with desperation. Teasing that had me lusting for her. She had begun with her smutty talk, guaranteed to light the fuse of my desire. I loved it when Carol talked dirty; she always gave the impression that she was unapproachabl...
"His name is Peter. He's a nice young fellow. I'm sure you will like him. Better be careful though, I hear he's quite the ladies man." "Jack you prick," screamed Jackie over the static of the old wireless, "I'll get you for this." It was just like Jack. He had picked up another stray and he was trying to tease his way out from under her wrath. It was going...
The following story is true. Only the identity of the characters and locations have been altered. * Maria bolted upright in bed, trembling, her hands moist. She sleepily turned and gazed at the blurry digital dial of her alarm clock. She squinted to make out the time. "God, it's only 2:30," she muttered. She sank back down into the softness of her feath...
Despite the fact that he came off aloof and assured, Steve couldn't help but feel he had done something wrong. Looking up from his cup of coffee, he saw Natasha daydreaming out the window, seated across from him. It had been months since their illicit affair - and that's what he was calling it now. An affair. She had taken him to her bed almost a year ago a...
'Hey, don't cover up for him.' Vijay said, hotly, to his wife. Kangna replied with an equal vehemence. 'Then, stop dragging my brother's name into everything.' Vijay was flustered. He was a very cool guy by nature. As a HR guy in a top company, his work dictated him to be cool with people around him. But the one thing which touched his nerve was his wife s...
Warning: There is no sex in this story. If you didn't like my other stories you won't like this one. * Toni barged into Rick's office like she usually did, without knocking and without him telling her to come in. Rick was in the middle of a phone call so he held up one finger to alert her to not interrupt him. She pretty much ignored him though and waltz...