Chapter 14: An agreement When I woke up, Maureen was already awake, too. She smiled, kissed me and said: "Enjoy your freedom today and tomorrow -- remember that whatever or whoever you want, is yours." Eileen woke up also and stretched her body lazily and took off the blanket that had covered us during the night. "Well, this looks delicious..." and took my...
Chapter 16 -- Minor Surprises Dave, Scarlett, and Heather sat with Matt and Rose on the patio on Saturday morning -- the two mothers and the stepdad to the teens. Dave said, "We wanted to be sure you are making an adult decision that has more to it than all your hormones talking." The two teens laughed at his comment. Scarlett said in somewhat serious to...
White Buddha: Portrait of an ESL Teacher in China "Melvin..." "Where was he from?" "Portland, Oregon." "That's weird." "It's a weird place..." "But he hated Portland, like, really, really hated Portland, always shitted on its hipsters, and politically correct, passive aggressive people..." "He certainly was not passive aggressive." "Wasn't he...
Jennifer placed the large glass of lemonade next to Pete and plopped down on the deck chair next to him. He looked over at her and smiled. "Thanks." "Thanks nothing. Finn went nuts again. Some sort of special lemons he flew in from Florida. We've got tons. Drink up." Pete chuckled, raising his glass in appreciation, nonetheless. The sun was setting, and th...
My alarm went off just before sunrise like it had for the last few years blaring loudly into my ear before I mashed the snooze button down returning to sleep for a few seconds before the next alarm sounded from my phone. I accidentally swiped it off the mattress onto the hardwood floor of my bedroom reaching for it, but the bottle of hooch remained upright o...
This is a work of fiction. All characters depicted are 18 years and over. From forty four foot sloop to Gulfstream G650. Watson was sitting at the breakfast bar in Caddy's pristine kitchen, sipping a latte when Maya slouched in. She was all dressed for school, in a pleated, short-sleeved button-up dress and black school shoes with white ankle socks. His he...
Jill leaned against her car, looked at her watch, and then looked over her shoulder at the cigarette and adult novelty store's "Closed" sign. She had driven halfway across town in an effort to not be recognized. She still couldn't believe she'd agreed to picking up the party favors for her daughter's best friend's bachelorette party. Other than the finger-s...
Note: All characters are 18 years or older, some are way older. I have been fighting a sixty page piece that was supposed to fill this spot, but it won. So I am jumping ahead in the timeline a little and will post the other once I beat it into submission. Working title on it is currently 'The Lost Year'. Thank you for your patience and I hope you enjoy. Plea...
PANDEMIC Part 3 Final Again many thanks to Kristen2928 for editing this story and for her wonderful support. All characters are fictitious and all characters engaging in any sexual activity are over 18. CHAPTER 11. CHRISTMAS Sunday 25th December Christmas day had arrived and we would feast in the top floor of the tower. We had a two dozen marron that...
"Mom, why don't you come back home and live in Grandpa's place? We'd love for you to live here!" "Oh, I don't know Faith. That old house needs so much work. I should have fixed it up and rented it out when he passed away, but your father and I didn't want to spend the money and now...I don't even want to think about it." "But you and Dad paid property ta...