"Things escalate quickly when our obsessions explode. Of course there are consequences."
Tina's Revelation===His body stiffened up as he gasped, "What?"I sat back so I could see his reaction. He was truly shocked by my question."Someone is manipulating files on the network to pull funds out of the company," I explained. "It's...
"To paraphrase good advice: Don't sweat the small messes; they're all small messes."
She pauses at the door to collect herself.There has to be a better way.She shakes her head to scold herself. She's been over this a thousand times in her head. She fears this is the only way.She opens the door...
"Like the line from the Live song, sometimes everybody needs a little fucking change."
From my point of view, nothing had changed.I mean, even if I am a smart-ass, I've always been a nice guy. So when I left work one night, and Angie from the Parts Department had a flat tire, I didn't...
"My 'daughter from a different father' needs more than a kind word to help her hurt feelings."
I slipped quietly into the living room to check on my wife. She was sound asleep with some form of CSI blaring on the TV set. Another grueling day of watching daytime TV had left her exhausted. I covered her...
"All I ever wanted was to replace a lost book."
The girl behind the counter swallowed hard and asked, "The second book?"She struggled to maintain eye contact as she waited for me to confirm my request.I paused for a moment. It wasn't as if I had asked for a Salinger, Blume...
"Is she real, or just another personality? With the insanity of lust and love, does it matter?"
She gasped and then went limp, melting into the bed. It took me far too long to decide something was wrong. As I slowed to a stop, she took a shuddering breath, and her eyes popped open.There was surprise and...
"The insanity of lust and love continues as a visitor tells her story."
After dinner, I tried to watch TV, but I couldn't concentrate on the show. I tried to check my work email, but the words didn't seem to matter much. Money was tight, so I mixed myself a weak whiskey and...
"Just how crazy do you have to be to believe in lust and love?"
I'd like to think that I own a reliable car. Sure, it's more than ten years old, and it does have more than one hundred and fifty thousand miles on it, but it always starts and it doesn't burn oil....
"No matter what anyone thought of me before, all I ever wanted was to make her happy."
My wife left me alone at the party with specific instructions. In less than five minutes time, I was hopelessly in trouble.I was politely mingling with the crowd, as instructed, which I rather enjoyed. Most of them had already paired...
"Shopping for gifts should always be this much fun."
The woman behind the counter frowned when I showed her the picture on my phone of the ring my wife had sent me to get.She was a pretty young woman in her mid-thirties with short blonde hair and pixie features....