"The fucking "Luke Takes Care Of His Family Show""
That wasn’t the last time that we had sex; far from it. If Allison felt the need, she would initiate, and I usually responded positively. If I felt the need, she never turned me down, no matter how tired she...
"An unimaginable betrayal. But why? And what comes next?"
Neither of us spoke at first; I was too stunned, and she too ashamed. Finally, I asked in a raspy voice, “Why?”Her gaze remained steadfastly away from mine. “I’m sorry. I’m so sorry, Luke. I… He was dying. And I...
"When is my son not my son?"
It was a letter that upended my world. Not one of the “Dear John” variety; that would have been less painful. Nor was it a “We Regret To Inform,” but the sense of loss, while not as acute, was even...
"A veteran adulteress takes a first-timer under her wing."
“You’re going to get caught.” Her voice startled me. I was at the bar getting a drink, doing the usual pre-game for Friday night out with the girls. There were five of us that night; there had been a sixth, but...
"The morning after, revelations, and future plans."
Disentangling myself from Sam as gently as I could, I gazed down with sadness at her nude, beautiful body. She was smiling in her sleep; I’d let her have her happy dreams a little longer. A renewed sense of shame...
"A sister reminds her brother about an old promise."
“Matty!”The little blur of blue jeans and blonde hair slammed into me full force, leaping into my arms with the force of a small meteor. I staggered back into my tiny one-bedroom flat as I caught my kid sister, barely...
"A stripper and her plans."
She twirled around the pole, false enthusiasm on her face. She could have chosen a gem for her stage name: Ruby, Jade, or Sapphire. Perhaps a different virtue: Faith, Charity, even the popular but inaccurate Chastity. But looking out across...
"A wife confesses; her husband already knows."
Marge was sitting at the small table, looking out the window and wringing her hands together. Her eyes were moist; not full of tears, not yet, but right on the verge. When she heard me enter, though, the first one...
"After a marriage in seven conversations"
“You could have stayed.”“You were fucking another guy!”Kelly regarded me coolly. “No, I fucked another guy. I shouldn’t have. I confessed, and I apologized. I begged you to stay and go to counseling so our family could stay together. What...
"Breeding and cruel cuckqueaning after hours at the IVF clinic"
Tae laughed. “Come on, Cora. That’s not true. You’re a decent business manager. And you’ve made a fine nanny for our son.” Then she tilted Cora’s head up to look at her. “But there is something else that I do...