"One last trip through the old house."
I didn’t find Gail there, in the room where our marriage had ended. Oh, it limped along for a little while after that–her desperate pleas to reconcile and the various legal nonsense kept it on life support for months–but there...
"One last trip through the old house."
I used to love our old house. Of course, that was back when it was “our” old house, when there was still an “us” to have a house together. Back before Gail had cheated, back before I’d divorced her, back...
"Fuck. Why did I agree to this?"
Ty and Kylie had a nice kitchen. A nice house, truth be told, but the kitchen really was a standout: stainless steel everything, marble countertops, and an impressive cookware collection hanging on the rack over the island. Great view out...
"Sarah finds love in the unlikeliest of places."
I never expected to be a barfly, but it turned out to be a pretty good life choice.Six-year-old Sarah expected to be a Disney princess. Hell, I looked like one; Snow White, to be specific: black hair, pale complexion, rosy...
"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...
"Two strangers meet in a bar, one married and one not."
As a rule, I didn’t mess with married women. Well, the ones wearing their rings, that is, the ones that were obviously married and didn’t even try to hide it. If a woman is in a hotel bar with her...
"A cuck and bull bromance. Now with stagecraft!"
Dee and I showered separately after she finished crying, then ate. Dinner was quiet; not an uncomfortable silence exactly, but a sort of mournful one. My wife knew now how much she’d hurt me, and I knew--or maybe just could...
"A cuck and bull bromance."
How much did I really need to dust? Ugh, I knew already. I needed to dust enough so that Dee would be happy. That’s what this was all for, after all. So that Dee would be happy. She was out...
"Two longtime mature friends discover during conversation that they are both going without sex, they rectify the situation."
"Cheer up Jim, it may never happen," smiled the mature woman to the equally mature man in the shop."Oh, hello Sally, that is the trouble, it never does," replied Jim."Sounds serious," smiled Sally, wondering if Jim was talking about what...