1 I bought something just for you. She changed her mind, unsure, hidden, sweltering in the overwhelming feeling to turn and walk away. Besides, she reminded herself, it's just coffee. "I expected more people." He scanned the room, his eyes returning to hers, looking down. He wasn't much taller, only three inches. "We don't have to stay. I thought we'd hav...
I was walking down the terminal searching for the gate to my connecting flight at the Atlanta terminal when it all fell apart. I had just turned on my cell phone so that I could check in with my secretary when it rang in my hand. The caller ID showed that it was my wife's cell phone. "Hi hon." "You Son-of-A-Bitch!" My wife's tearful anger radiated from the...
Chapter One - The Dutiful Girlfriend Lena watches the city streets in the late night from the passenger side window of her boyfriend's car. Having quick glances of the different groups of friends, street entertainers, bikers, cops as she goes further in the city. Though Lena would find the drive mildly enjoyable, she finds her boyfriend's choice of destinat...
My twin sister Laura had already left to go back to college this fall season, but I had decided to take off a semester as I was totally burnt out on school and needed a break. We were twins but not identical though we did look a lot alike and roughly the same size me being a few inches taller. My parents were fine with fine me taking a short break but adam...
What was Jackie to do... when your husband leaves you for another woman, do you forgive him and take him back when he wants to come home... especially now you've met someone else too. Sometimes it's... A DIFFICULT CHOICE I shall remember that morning for the rest of my life. The night before I had slept in the big bedroom alone and cried myself to sleep, a...
I snapped the phone closed and tossed it on the bed. I had known all along that the day would eventually come even though I'd hoped and even prayed that it never would. The email had been sitting on my computer when I woke up and logged on. Email was the only way my family could get in touch with me. The message was from my sister Ellen and all it said was,...
First timer here. This entire project was actually too large for its own good, so I broke it up into 3 parts. Parts 2 and 3 are coming soon. * "Just keep doing what you're already doing. As you work, I'm going to place my hands on certain muscles to make sure you're not overly straining anything." Gabrielle turned back to her task and rolled her eyes when...
Give me a break, I thought angrily as I walked out of the Carleton University library with Samira Zeidan, holding her hand while a group of young Middle-Eastern guys stared at us angrily. Want to hear something funny? These guys are glaring at me, the tall brother happily married to the young Qatari woman, while one of them is with a blonde-haired white chic...
Alicia and I had been friends since 9th grade. We had first met when I randomly sat next to her in history class. I remember catching a brief whiff of something floral, and looked over to my right to see her sitting there shyly, her red hair framing a little pixieish face lined with freckles. Over the next 4 years of high school, we more or less became best...
The phone rang again. Kathleen answered and it was Nathan, calling again for Colleen. "I'm sorry, Nathan, for some reason she doesn't want to talk to you. I don't know what's going on with her." For three days Nathan had called, emailed, always with the same result. His last email said, "I'm so sorry, Colleen. I promise it will never happen again." Collee...