Part 5 The Wedding Dance Trish and I got James and Cathy's luggage out of her sister's car and put it into our Ford Explorer before we sat down for the usual Malley Sunday dinner. It amazed them to learn that we were God's parents to two small babies that shared our name. Dan and Carla briefly explained how we met. I noticed that James accepted it without q...
The entry gate sentry for the Seal Beach Naval Weapons Station was naturally a Marine. Katie exited the taxi after paying the fare and watched it drive away before approaching the sentry station. She already saw her next ride on the other side of the gate. "Good afternoon Corporal. My name is Katie Brandt, and I believe you have a pass for me." The Marine...
I want to thank everyone who has offered their comments and encouragement on this series. I am enjoying writing it. I only hope I can keep it to the level it deserves. If you haven't read the previous chapters I would strongly suggest you do. This story isn't about sex, but about a broken woman who has been dominated into slavery and a man who has suddenly f...
Kimberleigh Leighton was a thirty-nine-year-old, single, never married, very attractive woman, who was still waiting to meet Mr. Right. Her love life in the past had been a horrible mess. She had gone through one man after the other, hoping for that elusive chemistry to flare up, but it never did. Since college she'd had twenty-four lovers, most of them she...
Finally We Realize That There Is No Path, No Way, No Solution; Because From The Beginning Our Nature Is The Path, Right Here And Right Now. Because There Is No Path Our Practice Is To Follow This No-Path Endlessly—And For No Reward. (Charlotte J. Beck) Monica Kaye was a beautiful woman. Six foot one with long, wavy, naturally blonde hair and skin the color...
After completing "The Diary of Jewel Delacroix" I was approached via E-mail by Rachael Ricci Swede and asked if I would consider writing a story idea she had. After a few emails I was intrigued by her idea and agreed to write it. This is an original story by Barbara Jean Goodhead. Written in collaboration with Ideas and Plot Points by Rachael Ricci Swede....
Chapter 4: The Anniversary =================== Thursday morning I woke up to the sound of a suitcase zipper being pulled. As I looked, I saw Kate putting her toiletries back in her suitcase. "What are you doing?" I asked. "Packing," she said. "I wanna go home. I don't wanna stay here for one more hour." I was disappointed. I thought a full night of slee...
The Consultant: Neighborhood Wives (Ch. 5) Alli "talks" some sense into Jim (Author's note: all characters in this story are pretty clearly over 18.) One of the constants when working as an IT consultant is knowing that you're going to have to deal with dry spells where you can't find a gig. I'd been lucky so far and had always had my next assignment l...
Looking back at it, I'm still a little shocked by my behavior. Maybe it was a mid-life crisis. I don't know. I had always been pretty straight-laced when it comes to my marriage and the relationship with my husband. My name is Sophie, and I've been married to my husband, Greg, for coming up on twenty-six years. I'm forty-nine, and Greg is two years older. We...
It was a bright, beautiful Saturday afternoon, late in October, the kind that makes you wish you were sitting in the stands to watch a football game, watching your team win. I was sitting in an Adirondack chair in my back yard, sipping a beer, and slowly coming around to the conclusion that I was going to need to cut the lawn one more time before winterizing...