Kate's husband left that morning for two days work wiring a friends beach house. She had decided not to go and to take a break from his cold rudeness. Kate checked her email and found a note from her friend Robert. He had written the previous day that he would be driving through her home town and jokingly said they should get together but then said he knew...
"The Battle of Chickamauga was the bloodiest two days of fighting in American history. The battle cost the Federals 1,657 dead, 9,756 wounded, and 4,757 missing for a total of 16,170 casualties out of 58,000 troops. The Confederate losses were 2,312 dead, 14,674 wounded and 1,468 for a total of 18,545 out of 66,000 troops," explained the tour guide. "Union...
The diner was a clatter of dishes and pots and pans. The kitchen was a steamy room presided over by Eric the cook, a huge black man who weighed over three hundred pounds. As he worked the grill and the ovens the sweat glistened on his shaved head. In one corner of the kitchen a skinny young man with a shock of bright red hair worked feverishly at the sink, t...
Marie paced in the sitting area of the hotel room, her anxiety growing as she waited for Colin. He had phoned twenty minutes ago to tell her that he and his wife were in the area. He told her they would be there soon. For the first time in real life she'd lay eyes on the man whom she'd first befriended, then cyber-fucked, and subsequently fell in love. She w...
I walked through my front door and slammed it behind me. “Honey, I’m home.” No answer. Oh well that’s what you get when you live alone. Walking through to the kitchen I pushed play on the answering machine, not really wanting to know who wanted to speak to me. I opened to fridge as the first one played. “Hi, um I was wanting to speak to Kate. My name is Mi...
CHAPTER 1 As a child Kate Childs would wake up crying, at that age unable to understand she had been dreaming vividly but the worry of her parents had her believing they were nightmares. Perhaps they were. No one got into Kate's head to check it out and of course years later she couldn't remember those early childhood dreams. In ageing Kate came to accept...
"Kate, can I ask you a big favour?" It was Friday, they were sitting in Lexie's kitchen after doing the morning chores and Kate had already noticed her friend's quiet mood. Maybe her request would explain why. "Yes, of course." "It's a bit personal, so if you want to say no, I'll understand." Lexie paused. "But if you do say no, will you promise me that yo...
I'll tell you right now, I'm a good husband. And Kate, you can tell by now, is a spectacular wife. And it's not so much that anything had gone wrong between us, but there's a thing that happens in a long relationship... I don't know, like a layer of fog over the lens maybe. You stop seeing all of the person in front of you. Or maybe you lose focus a bit. Tha...
On Monday morning I arrived back at Ruth and David's in time for breakfast. It was good to see them both after my long week-end at Lesley's. I enjoyed their company, especially Ruth's, but as I'd got to know David better I'd begun to admire his laid back attitude and determination to make lemonade from the lemons life had thrown him. Despite his success, and...
Kate Kane was not going home with dry panties tonight. The strobe lights pulsed, and the music pounded. On the dance floor, a dancing young woman bumped against Kate in her red low-cut dress. Kate seized the opportunity, placing her hands around the young woman's waist, rubbing up against her as the two grinded in the crowded nightclub. The young dance part...