"The giver gets a gift in return"
We departed our ship late in the morning after a leisurely breakfast. Before departure, we dropped our gratuity envelopes in the box at the reception desk. I gave the crew and cruise director the suggested amount. I left our housekeeper...
"In the series' finale, the step-duo make use of Dante's gift. Frankie's vacation ends."
Melissa proved useful to Frankie once again as she helped her to locate and identify the two girls she had seen meeting Dante at the abandoned cabin. One attended Melissa’s college, while the other lived on her own with a...
"A graduation present she didn't expect"
I was twenty-two when my sister gave birth to my one and only niece, Melinda. When Janie gave birth to Melinda, I was determined to be the doting aunt. Over the years, as Melinda grew, I made a point with...
"What's a girl to do when something so wrong feels so right?"
What Just Happened? Mom and my step-dad are no longer together. They split up a few weeks before my eighteenth birthday. It's the mid- eighties and life is essentially a party. My mom is out enjoying her newfound freedom. I can't...
"The step-duo put Bill's plan into action."
Telling her mother she was meeting a guy for coffee wasn’t untrue in the least. Said guy knowing there was a meeting on the other hand?Different story.Telling his wife he was giving Frankie a ride to meet this guy and...
"My first waterworks experience"
After taking early retirement, I decided to take a road trip to see parts of the country I'd never seen. I started my journey by heading west from my home in Denver. On day three of my trip, I stopped...
“Thank you for helping me get a job here,” she told Mark, “although I hope they actually wanted to hire me and it wasn’t all a favour for you,” she added quickly to her thanks.He, of course, had to tease...
"Bill and Frankie follow up on a possible lead."
On their way to the abandoned cabin, a stop was made for Plan B in which Bill quipped to her, “You really should just use birth control and be done with it.” In response, he received a scoff, and the...
"Heather and her stepdad have fun in the garage"
“Daddy, you think I’m hot, don’t you?” Heather asked from the doorway of the garage. Her stepdad Caledon was there holding the hose, filling a bucket with soapy water to clean the SUV that sat in the two-car garage. The...
"Kim begins to express her need to be used and offers me anything."
It was the following weekend, and we'd decided that we should spend Saturday night over. I could finish the second coat Saturday, but it would have to dry overnight before we could sand and paint. Then, Sunday, we could finish...
