The anticipation was "killing" her. Half day off tomorrow, her husband Jeff was going away with his mates for a few days including the weekend and she was house sitting for her friend who was on holidays overseas. A few stress free days. She smiled outwardly. Her happy demeanor visible to all and sundry but what no-one could see was the moisture invading her...
Remember, this is a multi-part story. Read parts I and II to get background. ***** Bedtime came. Blondie had won me, and he would get anything he wanted all night, that was the deal. He actually had the suite as his room, so he ran everyone off, Pramod sad, Baldy satisfied, and Glasses scheming about his turn. Once they left, Blondie wasted no time. He ha...
“Where are we going Father?” “You have been chosen child” I didn’t question and I didn’t hesitate to follow him down the stairs as he locked the door behind us. I could hear chanting from somewhere below but still I was like a lamb being led to slaughter. I was innocent and unknowing, ready to give myself freely to whom had chosen me or been chosen for m...
I wrote this story in 2002. It's 10:30 am, and my stomach is doing backflips. I'm aboard a Northwest Airlines flight into Detroit Metro Airport after a one-week business trip to California, but I'm not airsick or white-knuckled. I'm thinking about my wife, who I will see in just a few minutes at the terminal. I met Lucia at a party in college. She was a tr...
The weather was miserably hot and sticky in the ancient city of Verona. I was there to attend the opera CARMEN at the city's Roman arena, along with twenty thousand or so other people. I am no fan of opera but, as usual, I was under the influence of the woman beside me (my sister) who wanted to see one, so there I was, sweating bullets and being elbowed by...
Chapter 2 - Revenge From the beginning, our life was on the fast track with me in college, raising a child, and Chuck dedicated to growing our business. Our lives moved ahead full speed with hardly a minute to spare. For me it was diapers, studying, baby sitters, and maintaining a home. For Chuck, it was long hours of drafting, dealing with contractors and...
Dorothy could actually hear her own labored breathing. Wasn't anyone going to say anything? Had the fact that she had been pretty much improvising from the get-go been that obvious? Had her exhausting performance been that transparent? Then, the sound staged erupted in loud applause, hoots, yells and ear-piercing wolf whistles. Quentin was the first one to...
Due to financial concerns, the chief agreed that the department would pay for the training but not the transportation to and from it. The desire to go to the training was enough motivation to offer to drive my personal vehicle for the entire trip and not turn in for any vehicle expenses. When I was asked if I could take a passenger I was apprehensive. Given...
Saturday morning, already 85 degrees. Not a cloud in the sky. Lisa Tanner was glued to her cell as boyfriend Mark was getting dressed. Awaiting her neighbor Greg to text yet again the current number of party goers. His last text left things at 22 . "What if it's only 22?" She questions Mark as he leans over to tie his boots. "Then you tell Greg 22 is good...
This story is based on a fantasy of my partner. Maybe one day it will come true for him or the two of us. * I crossed off the last job on the list. I was finished. I looked at the clock, still only 10.30 in the morning. Everything was done and I was ahead of time. The house was clean, the bedding had been changed, food was prepared, and I had time for a q...