"The house is coming along nicely, and so are James and my wife."
I didn’t get home till after eight that evening and I asked Christy how her day went; she told me that she would tell me when we got into bed. After I’d showered and eaten, we watched a movie before...
Kelly swallowed hard and knocked on Louisa’s door. It soon opened to show Louisa’s green eyes and smiling mouth, which even without lipstick looked suited to an advertisement. “Hi, Kelly!” she said happily, and as she opened the door Kelly...
"My new lodger is a young police officer with a need for relief"
It took an acute illness and a long period of recovery at home to make me realise the difference between living alone and being lonely. With no close friends or family living close by, I might easily have become seriously...
"Jen gets to rehearse with Tony and gets much more."
There were no rehearsals for the group the following night and I knew that would give Jen and Tony more time to perfect their love scene at our house. I got home from work and we quickly ate dinner before...
"Anna offers some fast food for Steve"
After adding the lunch dishes to what was already in the dishwasher, I started it, and dressed for Mass. I wasn’t sure that Steve would be at St. Michael’s on Sunday, but since he had been at a bar with...
"The play gets hot for Jen..."
My wife, Jen and I have been married for six years and for the past four years we have been a part of an amateur dramatics group in our small town in Louisiana. I am thirty-six years of age and...
"A man and a woman make a home together."
She looked at the white-and-gray metal box with the big round porthole. Her arms were crossed and her brow was knitted.He glanced at her sideways, a small curl of a smile hiding in the corner of his mouth, underneath the...
"Nozomi gives Darren a helping hand on the sofa."
Three days later and Darren hasn’t stopped thinking about the night he got to share a bed with Nozomi. He is having sort of mixed feelings. He wishes she was awake when he finally had the courage to make a move....
"A beautiful French student brings joy to a lonely widower"
I knelt at my wife’s grave and laid a bouquet of her favorite flowers on it. It had been three years to the day since I laid her in it. Memories raced through my mind; our first date, our first...
"Christmas Eve, and the giving of gifts"
‘Twas the night before Christmas…Now this is the way to spend Christmas Eve!The halls - or at least the room - have been decked for Christmas, with a blue spruce spreading its heady scent through the living room. All the...