Immune To My Beauty — Chapter 3

"A dazzling beauty is humbled and learns that's just the beginning of learning humility."

Of all the restaurants in all of Boston, the man of my fantasies is in the same restaurant that my coworker has brought me to on the night when Carlo has a 'longstanding commitment' that kept him from accepting my...

The Debt Collection

"Continued from The Debt Pays Dividends -- The final conclusion"

I guess it's my turn to add to this novel. What would a threesome be without a third writer to write it? Patty and Vickie both tried to write this final chapter and gave up. I'm not sure why, but...

The Debt Pays Dividends

"Continued from the Debt Payoff -- Time and distance work magic"

"If they sacrifice you to the Dragon now, he'll flame the village."Hello. It's Patty again, continuing the hijacking of Vickie's novel. I hope you don't mind. I just didn't really thank Vickie for all she's done for Charlie and me...

The Debt Reversed

"Continued from The Debt Payment which followed The Debt"

Ready for a little dessert? Need an antacid? I commend you for making it this far in this passion play. I hope you enjoy what comes next."So, um, Charlie, it looks like Little Chuck is ready for another round. Are...

The Debt Payment

"Continued from The Debt - I face the hard truth"

If we continue the analogy of a feast for this psychodrama, you have had the appetizer and I hope that you enjoyed it. This is the main entree with a few side dishes. Like any good feast, this is the...

The Married Man’s Lament

"When the will is trapped in the state of matrimony, the imagination remains unbound."

We met, so to speak, after each of us had given our order to the barristas behind the counter. We did not really meet in any sense that could be called a meeting of anything other than the mind and...

The Trespasser Surrenders

"An older American man and younger Scottish woman enjoy a special day."

Alice's POVI learn online that a 'hood ornament' is the bow seat person in a canoe. The term is sometimes pejorative, especially when the that's a woman and the stern seat person is a man, because some women don't "pull...