I'm a 32 years old self-employed engineer specialized in ventilation, a married guy with two kids. We are an almost average Scandinavian family, living in a county capital. My pretty wife Evelyn wasn't my first choice and I wasn't her first choice either. We dated for a while and when she got pregnant we married. However, our marriage wasn't bad in any way a...
This story doesn't fit very well in this category, but I don't know where else to put it. Suggestions are welcome. ***** Contents The Phone Call The Meeting The Visit Dancing The Negotiation ***** The Phone Call "Hello. This is Jim Grinsted, returning your call. I'm a business broker. That means I sell businesses on commission in the same...
It took her a while to catch her breath. Eyes closed she leaned her head back against the wall behind her. When she opened them Gina was still standing looking at her. Gina, breathless, continued to stare at her, their eyes met and she felt a slight spark. Her body jolted again. She didn't know if it was Gina's gaze or his hand rubbing her. "Wow," said G...
Copyright Oggbashan March 2019 The author asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work. This is a work of fiction. The events described here are imaginary; the settings and characters are fictitious and are not intended to represent specific places or living persons. ******************* Story so far: I had met Fiona when my niece M...
It was a Friday night; Jack had been invited to a wedding tomorrow. It was a friend of his mum's daughter. May was like a second mum to Jack, when he was younger he used to call her Aunt May, but a few years ago she had asked him to call her just May. May was a widow; she was a doctor with her own practice. Her oldest daughter Ann had got married seven years...
Kai Espiritu and Abner Espinosa exited the airport terminal. A taxi waited for them as the two Rim-Cat Mercenary Officers entered the cab and told the driver where to go. "Kai, why did you choose to have our free time here in Alabama?" "I met a girl here and I wanted to visit her Abner," Ghost replied to his best friend Hazier. "No wonder," Abner sighs a...
Cancun is a beautiful location to escape on vacation. Sun, sand, beaches and plenty to see, eat and drink. We had left the cold of Calgary behind and dove headlong into a week of worrying about nothing except where we were going to eat and dance each night. Our first night was uneventful, but we did get a good sampling of the tequila and the fun atmosphere a...
It is early Thursday morning as the telephone rings -- at 6:30 am -- in Gil's hotel room for his wake up call. Now, there is no one else in the room. Slowly, he climbs out of bed and walks to the window of his fifth floor hotel room located near the downtown area of a major city. Gilbert opens the curtains and looks out of the Northwest window. Distant dark...
Chapter 3. Nests I had two office affairs, Joanna and Jo, both during my time at British Airways. Not together, that would have been mind-blowing. Jo was first and lasted during a week long business trip to Beijing. We sat together on the long flight chatting about office gossip and our lives. Cockney Jo was bright, a first class honours graduate, petite...
Changes I had just turned twenty and anticipation of change filled my thoughts. I was finishing my second year of community college and next spring I would be starting pre-med courses at USC. I would be spending one more semester at community college to complete courses which would allow me to start as an upper division student at USC. I had not anticipated...