"Helen could never find the right one, but has she this time?"
As the mountain train climbed slowly approaching the rockier beginnings of the mountain, Helen was enraptured by looking out at the green pastures shining in the sunlight. She had the usual stirrings of anxiety and expectation. Almost the same curiosity...
"A different day at the spa for Donald"
When Emma wakes Friday morning, though she hates to acknowledge it, she still has a small bit of underlying anger about Donald secretly taping her in such intimate moments. But then part of her had been rather aroused watching them,...
"As Donald tells of his next subject Emma learns new things"
It is approaching six in the evening when Emma and Donald awake from their nap. Both rested now, Emma knows that they will stay up late tonight before giving in to sleep again.She rouses Donald and tells him they should...
"Our story changes from lust to love in an evening"
I pulled into Jackie's parking lot and headed up the stairs like a man possessed, and clearly, I was. I stood at the door for a moment to catch my breath after the sprint up the steps, and the most...
"Is love as powerful as it is addictive?"
The intro music finished followed by a ladies sultry voice filling the radios, i-phones, and other devices tuned into her popular podcast.“Greetings and salutations to all my veiled listeners and dreamers. Tonight's show is like my others. The letters I’ll...
"And she saw the Ocean's Daughter..."
"It was midnight. On the water..."***In the dim dark recesses of the mind where dreams are born, my imagination created a world for me to live and play in without fear of consequence. And in that place, I could do...
"A sweet story of commitment, trust, and love in five scenes."
The Cafe It was a glorious spring day in the west of Ireland, a perfect day for driving. It's over three hours from my granny's place in Donegal Town to Galway City and I was only about halfway home. The...
"Is the girl of my dreams a bogan Sheila?"
Do you know Audrey?To ask, “Audrey who?” is to lose. No breakfast at Tiffany’s for you. You'll be relegated to IHOP.My grandad loved Audrey. Because of him, I am, maybe uniquely, a millennial bought up in her image. I even...
"Love is complicated and so is revenge."
Hanna took Jerry to the Black Flamingo for dinner and dancing. The meal was so good Jerry didn’t know it was vegetarian.“Jerry, would you like a suggestion about our rules?”‘In what way?”“Julie and I aren’t the military. Our rules, those...
"Amy brings a friend."
A couple of weeks had passed since Michelle had met Amy and they became good friends. Amy would meet her in the gym every morning and they would work out together. Afterward, depending on their plans, they would come back...