"Again, you never quite answered my question. Why didn't you tell me?" Daphne looked up into his eyes, knowing she shouldn't hide anything from him, she decided to tell him the truth. "Honestly." "Always." Mark gently touched her cheek. "I was terrified that you were going to get mad and leave me." She shook her head. "I figured if I did the leaving it w...
Love, Lust, and Betrayal, Part 2 Alternate Ending Those of you who enjoyed both Part 1 and 2 may like this ending better. I decided to write an alternate ending to this story to portray another possible outcome to this love story. Some of you will like it. I'm sure some won't. I know most of you will just skip over the repetitive part of it and that's ok u...
Copyright Oggbashan August 2017 The author asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work. This is a work of fiction. The events described here are imaginary; the settings and characters are fictitious and are not intended to represent specific places or living persons. - All our troubles started when we found the old pram. It had be...
“The bloody shit, leaving me like that!” A passing couple looked at me, startled. I realised I had spoken my thought aloud. I was walking my terrier along the river path and for the millionth time was contemplating the ruins of my marriage. It was only the day before that the divorce had become absolute, and Vic was now free to marry his slut. There are t...
I met Lynda, my future wife, in the third lecture of the sociology course I had decided to take to help satisfy my liberal arts requirements. I was late for class because I just made it to the campus that morning. My car had broken down in the middle of Nebraska, and I had missed the first four days of class. I grabbed the first empty seat I saw, and there w...
Donny was angry. "You stupid bitch! Pregnant? What the fuck for? I don't want a god damn kid! It'll fuck up business and my lifestyle!" "Well, it's your fault too!" she yelled right back at him. "I told you a couple of months ago I ran out of birth control pills. I reminded you too, but no, you had to go sell your goddamn drugs at every party you could find...
The girls at the office went nuts over our engagement. One of the older ladies told Kat she must be something else for me to let my guard down and ask her to marry. She told her how hurt and devastated I had been when I discovered Helen's infidelity. How she thought I would never trust again, just keep using women for my own needs. Kat smiled at Louise. "We...
Diane Clark. "You're sure about this, Crystal?" I asked. "Yes, the room is yours for tonight. I'm bunking with Corrine and Milla, and Jimmy's sleeping with Liz." She whispered in my ear, "Strip the bedding in the morning; I'm not dealing with your sticky sheets; I draw the line at that," she giggled. I turned down the bed, freshly made with clean sheet...
Chapter 17 - Domestic Bliss ***** Moving Muiri into Riftweald took barely a couple of hours as she didn't need to move any furniture, only her clothes and personal mementoes. I'd bought her a wardrobe and a chest of drawers to hang her clothes in and the drawers for her more personal garments, and made sure she had plenty of space for any other personal ef...
Vessala "I can do it myself, mother," Vessala pouted as her mother carefully adjusted the ceremonial headdress over Vessala's straight black hair. The white feathers and gold thread of the adornment contrasted sharply with her coal colored skin. "Everything needs to be perfect, dear," Mother responded. "Today is your big day." Vessala paused. "Mother......