"Max and Virginie Becker work at making a baby while visiting Mac and Grace"
Chapter Forty-OneWhile Mac was making love to his wife in their bedroom on the sixth floor of their home in the Lenox Hill neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, their guests, Max and Virginie Becker, were about the business of...
In my quiet times, you fill my mindWith pleasures untold and the magic of goldClosing my eyes, I trace your formAs if I’m reading braille, no part unassailedLips and fingers dance, swirl and caressYour quivers leading, my fingers romanceMy body...
"An unexpected end finds a new beginning."
Twirling in my dress, I tingle at bringing in the new year… with him. Then, my husband forgoes traditional resolutions for a revelation. I watch the clock tick toward an uncertain new year while listening to his reasons. Shocking us both, I say,...
"Can two loves exist in the aftermath of betrayal? We will see!"
I heard Ally banging against the wall as she ran up the stairs, sobbing loudly. I heard her feet slapping on the hardwood as she ran down the hall toward the guest room. The door slammed, and then there was...
"Mac realizes why he has struggled to be done with Alice."
Chapter Thirty-SevenMac’s head was hurting when they arrived home. Reluctantly, he took one of the pain pills Grace had tucked away in his wallet so his headache wouldn’t get out of hand. While he was still annoyed, it was hard...
"LUST is a powerful drug, addictive and can overpower LOVE."
My late afternoon meeting had just broken, and I was walking out of the lobby with Bob and Ted, my partners. We had just brokered the biggest deal our firm had ever completed and were euphoric. We had worked on...
"For my muse, with love xxx"
Passion for you forever ablazeInto your hands I commit my heartWith every drop of love in all waysLike the sun and its blinding raysWhen the day is at its startPassion for you forever ablazeSometimes I can’t get the right phraseMy...
"I see Ann, my sisters best friend in a new light when i see her after capsizing nher kayak."
I can still remember the day like it was yesterday. My sister, Sandy, Ann, her best friend, and I went out on the Delta in kayaks. We started at the marina at the end of Bethel Road near Franks Tract,...
"An old friend, but not such a good friend, but then again maybe he was."
It was 6:15 pm. I was sitting in the den playing the video when I heard my wife Jamie come home from work. I stopped the video and rewound to the beginning. I called out, "Hey, I'm in here."I usually watch...
