When I was a freshman in college my grandparents introduced me to a woman from Mexico. They had met her parents through some travel plan or elder hostel trip, though I really couldn't tell exactly what it was. Regardless, they became friends with her parents who were ranchers living a few miles outside Mexico City. They were wealthy in Mexican terms, and sol...
The Farra winter could easily have persuaded Jennifer to break with tradition and to exchange her skis for swimming gear and summer dresses in sunnier places. Once the year-end festivities had ended and the new year had begun, the entire weather pattern underwent a fundamental change, with a seemingly endless string of increasingly powerful storms causing ma...
Freja & Jeanie Disclaimer: Welcome to Freja & Jeanie. This story is part of my larger story cycle, commonly known as "The Alexaverse." As always, many thanks and gratuitous panty-shots courtesy of Freja and Jeanie are directed at my long-suffering editor and Beta-reader, who makes sure my grammar is on point. Constructive reviews and critiques are w...
Chapter 5. ...Tom and Laney.... Tom arrived at home early on Monday afternoon, after spending the weekend with his grandparents. His visit with them had been very enjoyable, and he was happy to have been able to help his grandfather with some jobs that the 65-year-old felt uncomfortable with. All of them involved using the ladder, and Tom had no problem...
Nick was getting out of the cab in front of his grandparents' home for the first time. He had never met them. He was alone at 18, his Mom having been killed in a car accident. The youngster was nervous. Nick had spoken to his grandmother a few times over the years and she seemed nice. Nick's Mom had no kind words to say about his grandfather. He was an old s...
"Are you coming to the flea market with us this morning, Zoe?" My grandfather put his newspaper down and looked at me. He was still in his robe, his short grey hair a little mussed from bed. He gave me an affectionate smile. "No, not this week." I tried to sound casual, but my heart jumped a little. "I'm going to the zoo with Nico and Lena." "Oh, that sou...
I've done a lot of stupid things in my eighteen years, from the day I was born almost. I won't go into a lot of detail, but lets just say I gave my folks more gray hair then any parents deserve. My name is Benji, and no I ain't some cute little puppy with big eyes and a lot of scraggly fur all over my body. I have no idea why they named me that, they never...
Ch.12 Pay the Piper The meet with Jimmy's men went easier than they thought, the stacks of money fitting in the bags with room to spare. The exchange made, the ride to I-99 was a short one, before they opened their bikes up and cruised the highway south. Despite being a man short, Tom recovering with the help of the girls tender loving care, the club rode...
Everyone portrayed is over eighteen. This is fiction; as always, all characters and events, etc. are figments of our imagination and have no connection to any living or dead persons, or true events. Sally I met Sally at one of the semi-annual get-togethers hosted by our apartment complex. The pretty blonde wore a modest blue bikini partially hidden by a c...
Ty and I have decided to open a restaurant. It was decided late last night after three days of vigorous housecleaning and lengthy discussions about all we knew of food. Both of us have our specialties and preferences, and Ty knows just the place for us to locate what we have deemed Ty and Holly's Kitchen. It turns out that about two years ago, his grandparen...