My wife and I had bought a house in a very small town when we were around twenty years old. It was a older two bedroom home right on the corner of a quiet street. One of my wife's friends lived acrossed the street with her husband and two girls. In the summer time we would go over there and swim with them and cook out. Then came the day they told us that the...
Author's Note: This is for RedShftAway who wrote to me in January from Iraq, requesting my return. I was touched and I wanted to write something for the soldiers that I now know are reading my work. Since I have never been a soldier, nor the girlfriend of a soldier, this is all purely from my imagination. I'm sure I got some details wrong, and for that I apo...
This is the story of how God left his unmistakable fingerprints on our lives once again, something he'd been doing a LOT of since the time shortly before the birth of our son, Ryan. Ten years ago, 12/11/2005 to be exact, I was awakened around 4:00am by the phone call that no parent ever wants to receive. My wife awoke me, calling from the hospital room wher...
My wife, Debbie, called me at the office a few minutes after four: "Hi Jason...I'll be a bit late getting home. Geri and Rachel are going to stop at Bob's Bar & Grill for a drink and they asked me to join them. That idea didn't thrill me — Bob's is only about ten minutes from home, but the place doesn't have a great reputation. "Okay Deb, but be careful, a...
It was four o'clock in the afternoon with the sultry heat rising in the air as it always did during the summer in Louisiana near the marsh and swamp lands. The air was still and the lake was as still as glass. Sarah Weathers sighed and stood from her rocking chair on her back porch and walked inside, her mind drifting to another time and another place. Most...
She looked at herself in the dressing table mirror and wondered why she was wasting her time with putting on makeup when it didn't matter. A short skirt, a low cut blouse and high heels was all it was going to take. She could have a bag over her head and it wouldn't matter one little bit; she knew she would be hit on before the waitress even got there to tak...
Chapter 01: Sandra's Story Author's note. This was going to be the part one of a two or three part story. But as I had just finished this part and was starting on the second; the wife called to tell me that our oldest pony was down in the stable. After five hours of pushing and shoving and a vets bill that is going to make my eyes water. I had lost the in...
It all started one day, four years ago, when we decided to build a new home. Happily married and pregnant with my second child, I was hardly looking for a crush to complicate my life. I walked into the model home and was smitten. The house was perfect, and the realtor that showed me the layout had a personality that I instantly clicked with. "Hi, I'm Robert"...
"I really ought to move to a warmer climate," I said to no one in particular as I limped across the intersection toward my townhouse. The damp April weather was playing hell with my arthritis. As I walked down the block, I noticed a tall overweight man standing on my front steps. "May I help you?" He flinched at the sound and looked behind him. "Yes, I'm...
This is a typical cheating wife story, written in a hurry to fill a void because my favorite authors, The Wanderer, DG Hear, The Troubadour and others haven't been submitting too often lately. It might be the summer blahs but I thought someone should fill in. This plot has been in my mind for some time so I thought I'd use the time to put it in the PC. Pleas...