My room was bright and spacious and in addition to my bed and a cupboard also contained a writing desk that I could use for my studies. I lived in great comfort compared to most of my fellow students. My mature landlady was very supportive and encouraged me to take my studies seriously. It was a bit strange to share a flat with mature woman who in many ways...
Sarina watched the people hurrying to find a vantage spot near the finish line, as she sat by the window of the Palm Tree Restaurant in the plush Westin Hotel. The normally busy Copley Plaza was practically deserted except for the groups of young and restless who were rushing towards the tent erected in the square to welcome the marathoners, as the Annual Bo...
You said yes. I can't believe that you actually said yes! We were just having coffees when I told you how lonely and broken I felt, and how you were the one I want to help me to feel again. That was two days ago, and since then I have been a wreck. I want everything to be perfect. I'm staying at the house in Leaside so at least I know that there is privacy,...
I walk down the hall into my trial partner's office. Her intern is sitting at her desk. There are case files open in front of her. "Hey Jenel," I say, smiling. "Hi Greg," Jenel says, looking up at me in the doorway. "Whatcha up to?" I ask, crossing through the door and approaching the desk. "Oh, just prepping cases for Shelly. Everything for this month i...
This is a short little story that just popped in my head one day. It is not your typical Valentine's Day tale. Don't forget to vote and let me know what you think. *** James Halloway swore as he squirmed through the window of his now upside-down car. Icy slush coated his belly and legs as he pulled himself the rest of the way out. A careful driver, he had...
"What are you doing under there?" Buffy slid her sandaled toe absently in Spike's direction. The half-eaten candy apple in her hand swung dangerously close to the fender of the 1969 Charger he had recently restored. "Watch the paint, luv," he said, tilting his head up at her from under the car. "I'm just tuning her up." Buffy grinned. "Maybe you'd like t...
Going back into the cottage I gave a lot of thought to just packing up and going hone, with or without Pam. But I had really been looking forward to this vacation for a least the last 4 years. It's been that long since we had had a real vacation, not just a weekend away from home. No, I decided, I was going to stay and have a lot of fun fishing with Bill a...
Some years ago, I had to travel to Europe on a business trip. Unfortunately, because the trip came suddenly, I had to make do with whatever seat assignment I could get, since the flights to Europe at that time of the year are very full. I was lucky to be able to get a seat in the last row of the plane. As it turned out, it wasn't so bad, because I got the ai...
Forty-five minutes. As Victoria Richmond goes back into her house, her mind is still whirring. What with the kids being so damned difficult these days, Joe's job worries and now Father Brian's odd comments after mass, it's a wonder she's thinking straight at all. But now, now that mass is finished and Joe has taken the kids for their Sunday morning kick a...
2008. Queens, New York City. "So what do you think?" I'm sitting on a park bench in one of the newly refurbed parks in Queens. They started fixing public parks up when the artists and homosexuals started moving in enmass which kind of freaks me out; if that came out bad, I'm, sorry. I actually have no problem with the gay community... I just feel a little...