Chapter 2: Midnight SnackingThe clock in the dining room reads 9:45 p.m. 'Chase should have been home by now.' Star thinks. She sits there and sighs, motioning for Aldalia, the Chief Maid, to clear the table. Star helps by washing...
romance
Speaking with Fire
"Sometimes we don't need words when our bodies can do the talking for us"
I want to taste your soft sweet lips and run my fingers down your sides.To run my teeth, so teasingly down that delicate neck.To let my fingers softly roam down your back, drawing patterns on your warm skinThen finding that...
La Bella and Il Mostro (part 3 and epilogue)
"Beauty and Beast make a passionate and powerful pair"
As Jutta entered the ballroom the party guests quieted in overlapping waves, like wheat in a windblown field. The crowd had never seen anything quite like the tall black-clad vision that swept through the room. She wore a midnight silk...
Shooting Stars – Chapter 1: Self-image
"You are my sun, my moon, and all of my stars"
"You can't be serious, Dr. Gus! A tumor?!" Star looks at her doctor in shock."Ms. Willis, I can assure you that this is correct. This tumor looks to have been forming for quite some time now. But, hopefully, we can...
A Touch of Silk — Part 1 of 2
"After many years, Brad finally gets to really know his older stepsister"
Brad was heading to his parent's house for Thanksgiving. Even though it was a seven-hour drive, he tried to make it back home several times a year to visit for a few days, to see his mom and stepfather, and...
In Hamilton Heights
"Nora's boyfriend starts as her customer."
The story of how I landed my first ever girlfriend is pretty unconventional. At first glance, one would think we were totally unsuited for each other. Yet, although we irked each other at times, for a while we clicked.Before her,...
Tim and Abbie 73: Brian’s matchmaking: Jennifer
"Brian shows his skills at matchmaking, and some just happening"
Patti and George's announcement comes at the start of November. Two of the three women are in happy and stable relationships now. But there remains Jennifer.Jennifer is a quandary for Brian. At forty-two, she is close to his own age...
Tim And Abbie 72: Brian’s Matchmaking: Patti
"Brian shows his skills at matchmaking, and some just happen"
Meanwhile, next in line is Patti and this interesting George at the church. Patti has poo-pooed all of George’s attempts over the past few years. It appears that he thinks Patti is a desirable woman and that her husband was...
Tim And Abbie 71: Brian’s Matchmaking: Jessica
"Brian shows his skills at matchmaking..."
Brian does not forget his promise to himself after the first dinner with Mark’s mother and sisters. Well, the girls, no, now definitely women at forty, deserve to meet men who will cherish and care for them. Their youth and...
Tim and Abbie 70: At the strip club
"An evening of rememberances, and unique fun"
After all the excitement of Timara’s birth, Mark coming out, and Les and Phoebe moving in next door, things begin to calm down by mid-October. The weekly Thursday dinners continue, as do the football night at the sports bar.Timara’s baptism occurs...