This chapter is not meant to stand alone. Please begin at the beginning to appreciate this tale. Monday, October 22 Veronica picked up the phone as Ashley and Katrina hurried out the door and Mary Claire was busying herself cleaning up the kitchen. "Hello." "Veronica Bryce please." "This is she," Veronica almost snapped. Just what I need ,another off th...
I met my wife when we were seniors in high school. We dated throughout college and two years after I graduated we were married. We had gone to different colleges and I had a few indiscretions during those four years. Every girl I knew at school who had a boyfriend back home had cheated on him so I was sure Carole had at least a few hookups of her own which,...
The rest of the day passed lazily for the twelve of us. Leah and Melinda went out to the store to pick up some steaks and chicken for dinner. The younger kids lay down for a nap; somehow Mimi got suckered into cuddling up with Gwen, Gabi and Jeremy. Bryan and I fell asleep on the couch watching Kaylee, Tiffany and Geoff play Wii Bowling. When it came time f...
This is my first submission. My stories are - will be - all set in the sixties and early seventies, before everyone had read "The Joy of Sex" and girls all used the pill. Maybe I will post an essay called "Erotica 101," if the title hasn't been used. It will let you know more, maybe too much, about me. As the first line of the story suggests, this is relate...
Tom adjusted his pack as he set out on his first camping and fishing trip since his eighteenth birthday. As a birthday present His parents had given him a new three man tent to replace his old pup tent. His plan was to stay overnight and try it out. He had driven to the closest point to the island that could only be reached by boat or across a narrow gravel...
Chapter 1 The afternoon sun cast shadows on the round wooden table separating the two women sitting before it on the deck of Dominic's Bistro. It was early August and a breeze ruffled the umbrella covering the table. The air had been humid for days and clouds had been gathering since early afternoon, as if a storm was brewing. "Thanks again for buying me l...
It took me twenty minutes to lay everything out up to the point of meeting Emily in Dallas. Cyprian called in Cornelia to take notes, and two other vampires listened from chairs along the wall. "I trust Emily more than Alexander," I said. "Her motivation makes sense. If they are holding the two and it gets out, she knows your Council will destroy her Coven....
I know of no vetted statistical information on it, but my belief based upon empirical evidence is that the majority of marriages, even among people who truly are in love, go stale after a while. When they go stale depends upon the people, especially their goals, what they are exposed to in the media and daily life, and their upbringing. After twenty years of...
Chapter 6 – Confronting Mary Mary came back home around 11:30pm, Scott first heard her car then the garage door opening and closing. She was holding a sleeping Dean against her and was struggling to open the connecting door. Scott walked over and opened the door for her, a quick hello was exchanged before he carried Dean up the stairs to his bedroom. He qui...
Chapter 39 "Good afternoon," the desk clerk said to them as they approached. "Welcome to the 2 inn 1, Kinsington." "Good afternoon," Gavin smiled weakly. The trek through the brush had exhausted them. Their bodies demanded two things. A hot shower and a soft bed. And they were barking for them right now. "Dr. Gavin Steward," Gavin told the man wearily....