"Santa’s helpers shouldn’t tease…"
“C’mon, do it. Just once.”We were half-a-day into a two-day road trip to my parents’ house in Iowa for the holidays. We had been listening to a smutty book for the past hour, and we were both wound up. I...
"Trouble brings trouble home."
PAK!I opened my eyes to a sharp cracking sound. I wasn’t sure if I had dreamed it and was trying to remember what I had been dreaming when [PAK!] I heard something hit the window again. I carefully peeked out,...
"Terror! Terror! Oh...boobs..."
I told them I was too old to be scared. My older cousins, herded into each room of the High School of Horrors, laughed, screamed, laughed again, but the masks and strobes terrified me.Rushing from one room, cardboard coffins spilling...
"She has sexy designs"
Things were easier when we started flipping houses back in 2009. Interest rates were low, building materials were cheaper, properties were plentiful. Our first flip netted us a $50K profit. The second was almost $100K and we were hooked. We...
"We abuse our hot tub privileges"
Two days after a storm ripped away most of our roof, we moved into a room in the next town over at the Gardener Inn & Motel. The insurance company said it could be anywhere from four to twelve weeks...
"We get to act out one of our favorite fantasies."
“If we ever do this again,” I thought, as I scanned the lobby, “I’ll find a hotel where I can be alone somewhere other than my room.”( . )( . )Lillith had insisted on coming to a restaurant in a...
"Julia gets to meet the band"
We were on our way to see a band my wife loves. I didn't know much about this band, but she was excited and I was desperate for a night out. What with work and the kids dropping in for...
"Faith and her friend motivate me to meet my deadline"
How are you coming along with the grading? Faith’s text floats on the screen. I debate not answering. If I get into a conversation with her about the fact that I am making very little progress on the stack of...
"friends in need are friends indeed"
The highway rest-stop looked like a polar refugee-camp. The plows had their hands full with I-95 and hadn’t been through here in several hours. There had to be fifty or more cars left haphazardly in the parking area, some partially...
"New friends, big plans, high hopes"
“Ouch! Take it easy!” Faith hissed. She reached back and rubbed the welt from the crop. Her dark nails were striking against her bare flesh. “I think you're supposed to start light,” she whined. “Now kiss it to say you’re...