You Could Have Stayed

"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...

The Hooker, Her Client, His Wife, and Their Divorce

"A California trophy couple split up on Valentine's Day, but not before a torrid send-off with the husband's favorite escort"

Valentine’s Day, 1994. Redondo Beach, California.When I got home from the dealership, my wife, Suzanne, was not there. Instead, there was a note on the kitchen island, written in her girly, flourished handwriting on a monogrammed note card, the ones...

Oak Valley High School – Part Two

"Friends? Fuck Buddies? Dating? Kathy & Jack have to figure it out..."

+Please read Part One for context...I arrived on campus early for the first day of school, far before the teacher’s contracted time of 8:00 am. By the number of cars in the teacher’s parking lot, it looked like I was...

Family Funeral – Part One

"Second Cousin's Connect"

I had heard from my parents that my mother’s cousin John had passed away. It was expected as he had been sick with cancer for several months. He was eighty-five. My folks were close to John and his wife Donna...

The Reboot

"Jacob's wife accidentally sends him an email with her getting nailed by their boss."

My name is Jacob Lennox. I am married to Julie and had been for five years. I am a database engineer. The owner of the company I work for is Brad Reaver, and Julie is his secretary. He started TechFlow...