"Husband is given live updates about his wife's behaviour. But surely she won't go too far...?"
I don't know what started me having the absurd fantasies about Gina--certainly nothing comes to mind when I think back to it now. We were just a normal couple: we were dating for a year before we moved in together;...
"He's sixteen. His parents go on summer vacation. Two weeks with a babysitter? Blegh! ...or is it?"
“But, Mooommm,” the way I stressed the last 'm', the tone came out a lot whinier than I had intended. “I don't need a babysitter. I'm sixteen!”We were standing in the doorway, my parents ready to leave.“Our point exactly,” she...
"Staci's life starts to get better or worse, she can't decide which"
It had been four months since I started my new job as a teacher. It felt good to be back in the school system, even though it was way out of my area of expertise. I usually taught English or...
""It's getting stronger...""
It was an unseasonably cold night in October and Amber Shelton had had a bad feeling.She would have them from time to time, the bad feelings. When she was a little girl she would call them her feels. They were...
"Michael suffers the cruelest cut of all."
I have always hated hospitals. Loathed them, in fact; the clinical aromas, the sterile feel, the gloomy atmosphere, the poker-faced staff. I would have given anything to be miles away from the damned place.As of this moment, however, I had...
Making love and fucking may reference the same thing, but they have two very different meanings, to me anyways. And I want both. I need both. I need you to understand.Say the words out loud. The way the words flow...
"Between apartments."
I took the leftover cheese, crackers, and wine back to the kitchen. There wasn’t much wine left, so I poured the remainder into my glass, then put the bottle in with the recyclables. I hummed a folk tune while I...
"Hope continues to tease..."
Two weeks had passed since my wife and I had moved into her sister's house. The move from Florida to Texas was a big one, but so far it had paid off. Hope had got me a job with one of...
"The first day of the rest of their lives."
Tommy“Tommy, thank you.”“For being your baby brother? It’s my honour and privilege.”“Thank you for seeing what I couldn’t or refused to. Thank you for being there when my eyes opened.”“Laura, it’s what we do for each other. We look out...
"Staci goes out for the night and gets an earful"
It had been a few weeks since I saw Shannon, our neighbor, screwing with the help. Robin had told her what I had done. Although Shannon was mad at me for spying on her, she was grateful that I had...
