With a long term relationship having just failed, a Mechanical Engineering Degree and an MBA in strategic management both from Northwestern University, but with significant student loan debt, at twenty seven years old I was looking for the highest paying job I could get and a way to distance myself from my former girlfriend (almost fiancé) and her family....
When the fourth round of the 'Can You Take Five' sex contest at the TLR started, Vivian was scheduled to compete in the first semi final match. So this time she did not have the advantage of witnessing a prior match of the round to help formulate a winning strategy. Her opponent was Connie Snyder, whom as a result of prior introduction by Kristina Vargas, Vi...
The governing board for the Club met early one weekday evening the following week. The board consisted of Aggie, the community center manager and managing director of the Club, Linda, the Club's lawyer, Harold Pierce, the community's Security Director and two couples, Leon and Anita Sherman, and Cindy and Steve Karlsen from the membership committee. Agg...
= = = = = = = = = = Chapter 12 — Alex (Sappho and Socrates in the Back Seat) = = = = = = = = = = My ride to Spring Break was in Alicia's car, the Girl-Mobile—a vintage pink Cadillac convertible that looked like a giant lawn flamingo. But it was roomy, with bench seats front and back (in separate time zones), and a huge trunk that looked like you could l...
I really can't believe this is happening. I'm a grown man in my mid-forties. Because of the scene I made during my mandatory company physical last week, I was about to be given a physical exam by the attractive 30 something female doctor who humiliated me at my last appointment while my 28 year old female supervisor observed. I admit I was being difficul...
Buhawi and Tala wandered off to another clearing that, obviously, served as a kitchen of sorts, though not one Tala understood at all (not that she understood kitchens, really). A stump wider than her girth and Buhawi's combined made a counter-cum-butcher's chopping block and four clay wood stoves stood in a straight line along the flattened top of a massi...
Chapter 19 - Vampires, Vampires, Vampires...Oh My! When Rain peered into the room she really did not know what to expect; her friends encountered vampires only once during times they played the game since vampire genre was not their preferred play so their campaigns had little to do with vampires. What Rain did know about vampires in this world was they wer...
Ethan walked into his doctor's office to check in for his 2:00 PM appointment. He was nervous. He'd never actually had a prostate exam before. His girlfriend Jenna had suggested that he go and see a doctor on his 25th birthday and get a full physical to make sure that all of his parts were in working, sustainable order. He knew he was a bit young to start...
Because of the early exit of Tyrone Williams, Vivian took the opportunity to take a shower. It was her first one since the morning, before she started her marathon. The refreshing feeling of getting herself squeaky clean again went a long way to dispel her foul mood after the disagreeable Tyrone. So she was perky when she left the shower, and looking forward...
Author's Note: This chapter is a continuation of story begun in Chapter 12. All errors are strictly mine. * * * Aiko and Gerald slept until late into the morning. So did everyone else. As they got dressed, Aiko decided to answer the questions she knew her husband would ask. "It's hard to explain why I went through with it," Aiko began. "It was my fault. I...