"Flattery will get you everywhere."
“We’ll miss you, Jake. Cheers!” We raised our drinks and took a sip. “I need a refill. Jake? Emma?” We shook our heads and watched Bill stride off, and I turned to her.“Hope you’ll have no trouble without me.”Emma shrugged...
“Woman would like to speak to you.”I looked up from the negatives and grinned, “What did we fuck up?”“You didn’t fuck up anything this time,” Jane retorted.I smiled and nodded. “What is it about?”“Wants a photo set, wants to make...
It was the fourth time I saw her that I nearly got up the courage to approach her, but she got to me first. “Hello, finally.” I felt as if sinking into warm isolation as her eyes drank me in.“Hello,”...
Grace’s car was in the driveway, so I slipped quietly through the front door to avoid waking her. I tiptoed through the dark house, moving slowly to avoid hitting anything. Jake and Imelda must have cleared out of town as...
“Might we chat?”“Nilufar, of course! Always.”She walked to the stand and glanced over her shoulder, “Join me.” She poured two glasses and held out my drink. Her hair was elegantly coiffed, her dress emerald-green perfect against her rich brown skin.She...
Another old fogey came in from smoking a stogie as Jim grabbed a beer from the cooler. Once he had left, I said quietly, “How did we get invited again?”“Congratulations for graduation.”“You know, I couldn’t wait to get out of...
As I turned the corner of the shelves, I had to stop short to avoid running into the short plump woman in the charcoal suit and green silk top, mile-deep cleavage meeting the V of the blouse to make down-pointing...
“I tell ya, if we play our cards right, we can nail’em.”Rob shook his head, “Japanese women are very traditional. And there’s a real prejudice against it. With us. Black guys.”Cal snorted, “Bullshit. I’ve seen what they do.”“You watch too...
June locked the door behind her and did a quick walk around the property room. Being the weekend during the summer, it was as empty as she had expected as well as cool, quiet, and secluded, since few had the...
“Though of course, not so much evidence was recorded, the sources make it fairly clear that many of the peasants were practicing some form of birth control at the time.”A girl up front raised her hand and asked, “But what...