CHAPTER 1 Late afternoon Douglas Dodd drove slowly into the tree studded town, recognizing it well, a town that appeared to be sited amid a town park, which was what the town fathers at the time had intended. It was beautiful and peaceful and Douglas, who had not an ounce a goodwill around his heart, frowned. He had come here to do harm to Ida Goldsmith. T...
Chapter 1 The Lady Captain's Husband - Setting the Scene Sitting in my cell at the local police station gave me (Jack Adams) time to reflect on the events that led up to this present situation. Standing 5ft 8" tall, weighing 180 pounds and thought that I was fairly fit for a 44 year old married man. Up until 18/20 months ago I was happily married man with...
Edited by luvtaread For the most part the rest of the honeymoon went well. After the initial long love session when they arrived, the newlyweds stepped their activity back quite a lot. They chose to instead enjoy the island and used it as a much needed vacation that both, after a rather hectic year, were quite overdue for. Still they snuck in a little lovi...
It was bizarre certainly, but did it breach any moral or religious code? David and Sheila climbed the stairs. They were at the door. Sheila took her hand to the buzzer knob, hesitated for moment, and then withdrew it. She turned to her husband and looked straight into his eyes. She sought his hand and held it tightly. "I'm afraid David I have brought you...
The wedding was beautiful, the bride was beautiful, the groom was handsome, and all the right people were in attendance. The reception was perfect, perfect food, perfect music, in the perfect locale. Everything was perfect except Toni didn't love Rick and Rick didn't love Toni. They hardly knew each other. The two families, closely allied in business venture...
I stared at my husband. "You want me to do what?" "You want a child," he said calmly. "I can't give you that, Bella. We tried. The fetus was killing you." "But if you turned me, it wouldn't!" I'd been trying to persuade Edward of this for days now. "You promised if I married you, you'd turn me." "If I turned you, you'd be unable to conceive," he reminded...
By Dan57 from an idea by Dahlia57 epilogue? On the next morning, Rohini put on a business suit and arrived quite early at the headquarters of the company owned by her husband Mukherjee. She had found in the mail waiting for her, a letter from her friend Vanessa that officially informed her she was appointed senior vice president of the company. She should...
This story is a work of fiction. Some real institutions are mentioned, but they are used fictitiously. Insofar as the author knows, no real person affiliated with any of those institutions has ever behaved as described in this story. Any similarities between any character in this story and any real person are coincidental and unintended. I encourage comments...
My husband and I were sitting in a limousine heading for luxurious accommodations on a cruise to the Caribbean for a honeymoon trip. Unfortunately reality and that statement are a bit at odds. Actually, we were on a bus described as a limousine - a nice bus, but still a bus. Our cruise accommodations actually involved an inside cabin and we called it a "dela...
I glanced around the church while I waited for my father, Joseph Anderson, to escort me down the aisle. I saw the man, Rick Jameson, I loved enough to marry standing at the altar with the biggest smile on his face and his brother, Rob, and best man beside him with his own smile. I saw my sister, Brenda, and maid of honor standing on my side with an expressio...