Diana Maitland leaned over and gave John Wayne a soft kiss on his mouth before she sat up next to him and picked up the bowl of strawberries and cream on the bedside table. As she turned back to him, she looked at his face and said, "Please, make yourself comfortable; just lie back and enjoy..." So, he moved his arms up and folded his hands behind his head...
The days passed in a blur of preparations. The RSVPs were arriving, the last details were arranged. The only thing that worried Penny was her continuing inability to reach Katherine. They spent hours leaving voice mails for each other. The day they were supposed to meet to try on the gowns, Katherine had to leave town, but assured Penny [via another voice ma...
(They thought that the skeleton was just one of those plastic ones, brought along by one of the party guests... who knew that he'd invited himself to the party!) * "Penny! My darling... good to see you again!" Greg declared extravagantly, as she opened the door to him. "Hello Greg -- I'm so glad that you could make it!" She smiled up sweetly at him, as sh...
Carl and Chastity spoke for over an hour once they were both home, the cinema, dinner and alleyway activities clearly had not been enough for either of them. Carl had made the phone call, but secretly Chastity was already planning on doing the same thing but had just been beaten to the punch. There was a spark between them that caused butterflies to dance e...
Cassie watched Sam complete the last two laps between the anchored rowboats. He treaded water for a moment, located the girls, and then swam the few strokes to the beach. She and Wendy relaxed under the big umbrella, keeping tabs on the two younger ones and licking their ice creams. Their eyes followed Sam as he made his way across the golden sand towards...
I) Travel Tessa awoke to the sound of her hated alarm clock. Five-thirty a.m. was as late as she could put off her morning and still make it to work on time. Groggily, she pushed back the down comforter and spun her legs over the side of the bed. The worst part about being the boss was having to make it in early. The ends justified the means, and she though...
She was a goddess. I thought so every time I saw her. Something of a "I'm not good enough to even think about her" level of beauty. What's worse is, she didn't even seem to know. She wore baggy clothes. She talked to anyone, everyone, at the gym. Friendly, smiling laughter with men three times her age. Her little fingers waves to everyone as he moved from ma...
Part 1 It was 4:30 in the afternoon on a Wednesday. I pulled into the driveway quickly, knowing that it would not be long before my wife got home from work. I needed to get inside and make a call before she arrived. Rushing to the home office, I opened the video chat program. Within seconds the thousand miles separating Kailyn and I closed. The conversatio...
Stone Wallace was sitting at his desk, filling out some forms to reorder some supplies when his intercom buzzed, he answered, "Yeah!" A soft feminine voice replied, "Sorry to bother you boss, but Heather Morgan is here, and she wanted to know if you could see her now?" He was always happy to hear the voice of Ms. Joy Toppes, his Secretary. He replied, "Do...
Tony heard the faint, familiar jangle of keys, the opening and closing of the apartment door. Samantha was home, and it was very late. 3am? He was afraid to look at the clock. Sam had been out with friends at a bar or a restaurant, which she did every now and again. Despite it being Friday, Tony hadn't had any plans of his own that evening. He'd spent the n...