My grandfather used to tell me that everything that happens to you in life, good and bad, happens for a reason. I always thought he was giving me just another one of his maternal lectures that had been passed down by my mother, as she'd told me the same thing for years. I never realized how right they both were until..... Chapter One My name is Tom Mason a...
For Paige Prelude I sat in the chair at the kitchen table looking at the arrangement of Calla lillies I had gone to pick up from the florist only a few hours ago. Their beauty mocked the feelings that were dwelling inside what soul I had left. She had texted it. That was how my marriage had ended. With a text. Four words: We need 2 talk. Are you fucking ki...
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Chapter 11 - The Story of Lorrie = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = I begged Michael to let me write this part of the story. I was taking creative writing in school when all of this went down and, so, I think the story needs my touch. So yes, I was completely in puppy love with Michael at this point. I was also a virgin, t...
"It was so good to hear from you, honey. I can't remember the last time you called." "I know, Mom. I'd rather email than call and I'd rather text than email. Calling seems like something from the Stone Age, you know?" His mother laughed and said, "Yes, I do. Even your father and I text each other now most of the time. In fact, we sometimes text each other...
Many afternoons Paul Cantor stood at his office window in the English Department and looked down at the campus below watching the students walking to their classes, some riding bicycles, others romantically holding hands, some sitting on the benches or along the wall of the large circular fountain sending splashing rainbows of water into the air. This day, h...
Mid-September, 2019. Near Seattle, Washington. "It's funny, but I don't want you to go, Morgan," her therapist said with a warm smile. "No. I understand. We've gotten very close over the last three years," the woman she'd been working with over that period of time replied. "We're not supposed to get attached to our patients, but we're just human beings wi...
Chapter 26 -- Louisiana II Sometime during the night, another co-ed had snuck into Phoenix and Devon's room in the sorority house and inserted herself into the lovemaking that the threesome had been engaged in. Amazingly, she'd brought two things with her when she arrived -- her bathrobe and her test results from the day before. Both were quickly dispensed...
We landed in London late in the evening. Although Jennifer and I had both slept on the plane, the time difference and long flight had made both of us incredibly tired. We entered the car made available to us by the studio and headed towards the city. "Where are we staying?" Jennifer asked, placing her head on my shoulder in the backseat of the car. "I go...
Authors note: Hello everyone. Thank you, everyone, for the positive feedback and comments they mean the world to me and have brightened my days. Thank you once again to Paul who continues to be my second set of eyes. ~ellie. ***** Matteo stepped off the plane in Kuala Lumpur. He'd dozed on and off during the flight, his mind going over details of all the...
Hello and welcome to my readers. Thanks for your votes, PM's and e-mails on my stories. Legends have sprung up over the centuries regarding the origins of the elements and physical phenomena that surround us. They recount tales of mythical beings as being the sources of and controlling these forces. Zack Pearson discovers that these myths may in fact be real...