As I knocked on the door of a building in the refurbished warehouse district of the town, wracked with uncertainty, my mind replayed the circumstances that had brought me to this. I am a 35-year old Professor at a middle-level women's college in a small city in the north-east. The students are the kind that didn't make it to their top Ivy choices and ended...
(This story was written with/influenced by, a good friend of mine who got me started writing on the net. It gives you, the reader the rarely afforded opportunity to 'see' what both sides are thinking. I hope you enjoy it) * * * Bad day. Rough shift, and to top it off, the stop at the mailbox had a letter from the ex-wife's lawyer. Likely trying to squeeze...
I woke up a bit groggy and tried to figure out where I was. I could tell I was lying on top of someone as my head was moving every time they breathed. I lay there for a minute as the evening slowly came back to me. I was lying in bed with Toni, the store manager where I worked. I'd come over to her house that night to give her a massage, which had led to an...
Chapter 1 The room was dimly lit as Master Jared led me to the middle of the room. Tonight would be my first time being alone with him and heart was beating in anticipation of everything that I would experience. He pointed to a pillow that was in the middle of the room and instructed me to get into position one. I closed my eyes awaiting his next instructio...
It was a beautiful summers evening and I was cruising down the highway in my silver mustang with the top down and music blaring. Being a single woman with not a care in the world, I was enjoying life to the fullest. Just starting my two-week vacation, but had not decided what I wanted to do yet. Therefore, I am taking a long drive along the coast to clear my...
Teresa and Dominic Scalia were busily brainstorming entertainment ideas for the upcoming Community Chest gala. "We've got the band with a featured singer, but I think we need something else. Something for a change of pace." said Teresa. Dominic thought for a moment. "How about a magician? It could be the first act right after dinner and before we clear the...
"What do you think they're going to do?" I said. "You sound a bit nervous." I looked at my husband, driving us toward a northern suburb of the city. "I am," I said. "Do you want to back out of this?" "No," I said. "But I'm starting to think that I'm going to be very embarrassed." "Well, isn't that part of the game? Isn't that part of the fantasy we've t...
Trying the door she was amazed to observe it push open. Renée quickly stepped in and said, “Ms. Johnson?” She realized Betty was not there presently. Apparently the older woman hadn’t shut her office door properly. This was the first thing that had gone Renée’s way in the last hour and a half. She decided to see if she could keep her winning streak going an...
Cat squirmed on the hard wooden chair and watched the seconds tick by on the clock. 4:55 on Friday afternoon. Five minutes until doomsday. She worried at an almost non-existent hangnail, nibbling it smooth. Was she a glutton for punishment? Had a death wish, perhaps? She smiled ruefully to herself. Why, oh why, was it so hard to get kicked out of school? T...
Chapter 23 -- Homecoming Cecilia Sanchez and Maria Elena Rodriguez-Torres quietly stared out through the van's windows as the line of lights in the distance marking the edge of Danube City grew brighter. Within a few minutes individual buildings came into view; then suddenly the vehicle passed the first houses lining the city's edge. The van turned onto a s...