The Meeting In DC – Part 2

"What a night? Secrets are dangerous. When suspicions surface, what then?"

My day in DC went as planned. When we arrived, I was driven away to my hotel. I changed into my business suit and called the client to confirm the address of our meeting. A car arrived and took me...

Meeting In DC – Part 1

"A Normal Life, Maybe Not, But Full Of Love."

It had been a rough week. I was away for two nights the first of the week, and when I got home Wednesday, I found out Sarah had a rare one-night trip to DC on Thursday. It was Friday midday,...

Unexpected Date

"A night out for a martini, with a twist."

My God… my body is on fire!My legs are spread wide, shaking violently as my hands gripped the duvet, squeezing it as my knuckles turned white.My eyes are squeezed tightly shut, making many spider wrinkles spread on the sides of...

Edna’s New Job – Part 2

"What looks golden is many times tarnished and, in the end, will love be the winner?"

I lay on the floor sobbing. God, Albert knows! But how did he know? Who else knew? Oh God, I have fucked up so badly. I have destroyed my life. I have betrayed my loving husband and children. How could...

Early Arrival

"Doing your duty is not always appreciated. Love is fickle."

It was early morning on April 6th.Our boat had just arrived back in port two weeks early from our standard, one hundred twenty-day silent underwater deployment, cruising the Pacific shelf, on the ready, to silently defend any aggressive movement toward...

The Dinner Meeting

"Big deal. Big mess. Big surprise."

The clock on the cable box read 4:18 am. I was still in my recliner, having fallen asleep watching the late news while wondering where my wife Margie was at that time.Margie had been to a business dinner with several...

Gone Missing

"The past meets the present with explosive results, and devastation!"

It had been six years since I walked out of my house with four suitcases of clothes and my two adolescent children. It was the day we disappeared!Today we were standing on the porch of that same house, looking at...