Everyone, I do apologize for taking such a very long time to update the story. I didn't have a computer for a while and I've been just swamped with work. I have edited (to the best of my tiredness) the next two chapters, not including this one, and will post them daily. I know these chapters are shorter but I wrote them this way because I want both the sce...
She wasn't exactly the girl next door. When I left for college, never to return, an elderly couple lived in the house. They moved to a new home and rented the house out. On one of my visits back home, I was introduced to Cheryl. She was living in the house next door with her four children. Her husband had died, and she was now a single parent. My brother ta...
The arrival of morning found me sitting out on the deck in deep thought. I had actually been sitting out there most of the night, wondering how I had turned my life into such a mess, and what I could do to make things right. I was jerked back to reality when I heard my wife Meg come outside and say "Good morning Sweetheart. Are you all right? I woke up and...
It was the last few weeks of term. I had done all my exams at school and I was only going in to finish off final assignments. The pressure was off and university was only two months away. It was a hot day and I couldn't wait to get out of this uniform. We had to wear these cheap white polyester shirts and a yellow and blue school tie. We also had a choice...
This is a 2013 Halloween Contest entry. Please vote. Father always warned me to avoid the fathomable places where mundanes may roam. I'm a wild creature and never heed. Danger excites me. Humans perversely intrigue me. I've explored the threshold of my pond countless times. The orange red lances of fading light mesmerized me with reflections on the water....
My wife is all the time volunteering me to help her boss, Julie. It involves household repairs like changing out a faucet, checking out her air conditioner or trimming her trees, the kind of stuff that I don't want to do around my own house let alone someone else's. I usually try to get out of doing it but my wife nags me until I give in. Julie doesn't even...
My wife and I worked hard to prepare for retirement. We saved and scrimped what we could in the early years. But family and kids take precedence so we didn't save much during that time. We worked two jobs each to pay off our house and send both our son and daughter through college. Once both kids were out on their own, we turned our efforts to building a nes...
I never bet but this was a sure thing and I needed the money. I bet my friend $5000 that my team would win. Well they lost. I was desperate. I really needed the money to fix my car and now I owed him $5000 as well. He was not forgiving and took my Rolex as security. Suddenly I had an idea, I offered to work for him to pay off the debt. He had a small busines...
I arrived home and found a note taped to the door. Following the instructions that said "read me first", I opened it up and saw, "Dearest. I plan on collecting on your loss tonight. Take off all your clothes, then send me a picture so I know you complied." I had lost our last words with friends game by 125 points and owed my mistress my body to use as she w...
A Holy Knight Asks for Help from Another Meanwhile Bernard searched for an Inn to spend the night. There were a few Inns in Berry but none were close enough to the la Fère estate, Bernard wanted to be as close to Monique as possible in case she needed help. The stubbiness of a lover's heart can take over the brain and make its own decisions when faced with...