Once again, I would like to thank Flavian for his editing expertise and logic. There is not a lot of sex in this story. ***** Jungle Fever---Two women and three men go on Safari. They don't call them the big five for nothing. The big wide-bodied jet lifted smoothly off the ground at Dulles airport and I thought, yet again, how amazing it was that airpl...
BRUSSELS, VIENNA: APRIL/MAY LUKE, ANITA, ELENA 'Well, if she has to, she has to, I suppose. I'd better load her down with some self-study material, and she can e-mail me her written work for correction. The exam's only two months away though, and I'm not really happy about losing nearly half the class time that's left.' Anita and Elena looked at each other...
Author's note: As the wedding approaches, many threads draw together. Pardon if I miss a couple. The next installment will conclude the story. Chapter 18—Releasing Steam Interlude: 25th Anniversary Cindy: Aunt Francine's famous party ended fairly early. I think it was because of the drive home. In any event, Mom went up to Dad, while Aunt Francine, Aunt...
It was the spring of the year 1773, and the blossoms of the lilies had never looked so ravishing to the fresh and vigorous woman of 21 years, Miss Katherine Richardson. Having just established their new domicile in New England, life had begun to possess all the riches the New World promised. Katherine was the only child, with her being the only female of the...
Author's note: No sex this chapter. Nothing but politics, business and real estate. Chapter 21 -- Deja Vu, but Not What I intended to do had many difficulties. For starters, I was dressed to meet with high priced lawyers. For another, I was not about to expose Shadow to the south side. Most important, I was not about to expose Elspeth to Veronica, or vice...
Chapter 9: Growth Sucks, I hate it and I don't want to do it anymore. Trigger warning: Death/Suicide is discussed in this chapter. ———— "I killed my father," I whisper, "I don't think that's something I'm allowed to get over." I wipe my face and take a deep breath. It tumbled out of me so quickly I can feel my heart racing, I try to steady it with my h...
Shane and Carmen: The Novelization Chapter 26 Robin Saturday after lunch Carmen sat at the table in the studio with her laptop open in front of her and her headphones on. In the morning they had done their weekly chores, Shane cleaning and vacumming the house while Carmen went to the supermarket to food-shop. Shane was dressed in maximum boi -- a pair of o...
Katie Thomson looked out of the aeroplane window and saw the city of Hamburg spread out below her. The young English woman was very excited about her weekend trip to Germany's most hedonistic city. The final year of her postgraduate economics degree had proven to be very demanding both in terms of time and energy, and Katie rarely seemed to have a chance to...
Author's note: Virtually no sex this installment. Siobhan goes into business and gets pulled into politics. Chapter 17 – Office Politics The dinner in White Plains would echo for years. I am very glad I had no true understanding of the importance, because even Dr. Richards might have frozen. That said, it had little impact in Hanover. There is a reason hi...
Bjorn fiddled with the tie, but nothing he did seemed to straighten out the mess that he had made of the knot tightening uncomfortably about his neck. Any more than he could straighten out the mess that had become their lives. If the week had gotten off to a mixed start with confirmation of Kirsty's pregnancy to lighten the load of their run-in with Greta a...