Parting Gift

"Mom's friend gives him a parting gift before she moves out of town."

Ed heard drunken laughter coming from downstairs, and knew his mother was home. Their neighbor – one of her best friends – had taken a job in another city, and would be leaving in a couple of days. His mom...

Bedside Manner, Chapter 1

"Jimmy got hurt playing football, but he's in excellent hands with his hot nurse, Pam."

Jimmy Nichols looked so small and fragile laying on the hospital bed; it was hard to imagine the sleeping seventeen-year-old as a high school football star. But that was the problem–he was a football player and it was why he...

How Did You Like Me?

"She asked, "How would you like me?" I asked, "How did you like me?""

I never questioned why you wanted me there. I just knew it would be for something I would also want, or at least I thought it would be. I was only partially correct.As instructed when I arrived, I went directly to...