"Time apart and wondering 'what next?'"
Thursday 27th December 2018, early morningWhat a depressing vista? A shoddy motel room. Is this what my life had really come to? So much for high-powered corporate Exec, nationally head-hunted and offered a sixty-percent raise. The little kitchenette and the...
"The truth will set you free ..."
Sometimes you just have to know.Every morning she sips her cappuccino with a work colleague and wrinkles her nose as she laughs at something inconsequential.I have to know.We make eye contact with enough of a hint of a smile crossing...
"Ancient skeletons come home to roost"
Monday 24th December 2018, late eveningIt was about ten P.M. and Jill and I had just finished a FaceTime call with John, Becky, and our still not sleepy little granddaughter Julia. I’d just poured us each a drink and we...
"Ashleigh invites Jack to a pool party at her parent's house and later, up to her parent's bedroom."
A week had passed since Ashleigh, and I had gone to see a Wednesday night showing of “The House,” and we were both working a late Wednesday night shift. Last Saturday, we both worked the late shift that night, and...
"Is this what I signed up for?"
Sunday 11th November 2018, one minute after midnightSeeing Jill’s car parked by itself in our drive caused all kinds of feelings for me, my adrenaline and energy levels suddenly spiking. Fight or flight. Was she there by herself, or was...
"Neighbors get close from a distance."
Flynn grumbled at himself as he ran water over his hand under the kitchen tap. In his completely distracted state this evening, he had reached into the oven to remove the cannelloni, somehow forgetting to wear oven mitts. He only...
"She will be a bad girl no matter what it takes."
“He is so damn wrong about me, he has no idea. I am not a prude, he is just too pushy for me. I just asked him to slow down a little and not rush it and he huffed off...
"Luther reveals the next part of his plans for Jill"
Sunday 11th November 2018, one minute after midnightI was still recovering from the shock, blinking and hoping that the letters on Veronica’s big bedside TV were a dream or would soon disappear. Veronica’s soft and energetic hand was on my...
"An evening in the garden turns into a show"
The heat had been stifling all day, making it far too hot to work outside. I had spent the day inside doing laundry, cleaning and watching a movie. As evening approached, it became shady and cool in the back yard.I...
"My teasing comments at a neighborhood party lead to me becoming a cock sucker for my neighbors."
Knoxville is a great city to raise a family, with conservative, religious values, and I was fortunate to have lived there all my life. My name is Jason, and my life was typical I suppose, having met Emily, the girl...