Annie and I, the early days 6

"I want you just as you are"

Annie was over the moon when we got back. Nancy had told her what Frank had told me about our future working."I can hardly believe this is happening to me, David,” she said. “Two weeks ago, I was just a...

Annie and I, the early days, chapter 5

"Once again, my thanks to Jwren for his efforts and input"

Annie was also not working on the following day, although we needed to be up at a reasonable hour as the engineers were coming to install the phone, So, when we got home, we ate and then settled in front...

A Crime

"I Was Arrested That Same Afternoon"

The clock had stopped, it had been at least ten minutes since I'd looked at it, but the bloody thing still said six minutes before eight o'clock.Then I heard the warder's footsteps, slow measured steps as he approached my door....

Annie and I, the early days chapter 3

"My thanks go to Jwren for editing this story"

Squeezed into bed beside the soundly sleeping Julie, Annie and I cuddled as we drifted off.In the morning, we awoke as Julie was dressing. "I think I've got the flu,'" she croaked. “I'm going home to bed.""Stay here, we'll look...

Annie and I, the Early Days

"My thanks go to Jwren for editing this story."

Annie’s mum organised a leaving school celebration party for her on Friday night so I left my second job an hour early and ran home to dive in the bath and then get dressed to go with her.We managed to...

An Evening to Remember

"I Missed my First Anniversary Celebration Dinner Date that evening, but for Good Reason…"

I’ll start by telling you that at the time of this incident, I lived alone.  My boyfriend and I had planned to go out to a very smart restaurant that evening as it was our first anniversary together.  It was a dinner-date...

Long, Hot Summer – Ch. 9

"The good earth, the boundless sky..."

O, love and summer, you are in the dreams and in me.--Walt Whitman, The Sleepers Wednesday was the last day of my little lawn service business. It was like so many other days in that summer of 1979, hot and close, the...