"Danielle manages to take the sting out of Adam's discovery that his wife wasn't as faithful as she claimed."
Entering our kitchen, I found my wife, Andrea and her boss, Danielle, leaning against the worktop, giggling thick as thieves. "Hi, darling," Andrea said enthusiastically."Hello, Adam, how are you?" was Danielle's somewhat cooler greeting.I cursed to whichever deity was listening because,...
"Can a good marriage be saved before it's too late?"
She looked at him with a bewildered expression. He smiled as he read her mind. “Don’t worry, honey, there is plenty of time for me later! It’s a you and me kind of weekend!”“What? where? huh” she asked confusedly.“Just GET...
"Can a good marriage be saved in time?"
She sat back in her chair and took several breaths. “Oh my God, Oh my God, Oh my god, what am I gonna do? I can’t back out on Andy, but I can’t say no to Donald either!! Oh my...
"Can a marriage be saved in time?"
Donald’s legs burned as he did his last set of squats for the morning. “Great job Coach, you have really been getting after this spring!” said one of his senior basketball players. Donald smiled and said, “Just trying to get back...
"Hall pass with Wife’s Employer"
I have supported my wife's career goals by following her from job to job, location to location, as she worked for a large multinational corporation. Her expertise is international finance and her jobs have carried us from the east to...
"Amanda gets her way."
The week after Amanda's overnight date with Glenn passed quietly. They tip-toed around their memories of the weekend and Sy felt a chill between them. Mandy seemed solicitous and distant, and a trace of formality drifted into their relationship. She's...
"Dual aftermaths"
Downtown at the Savoy Hotel.Amanda awoke before Glenn. It was early morning and sunlight played across the walls and ceiling of the hotel room through gaps in the curtains. She looked at the ceiling and recalled the events of the...
"Sy in prison."
***The ride in Amanda's SUV to the downtown Savoy Hotel was not what Sy had prepared for. He had imagined his wife, Amanda, and her boss, Glenn, sitting close together in the backseat while he drove. He would have had...
"A confident woman"
The next Sunday, Amanda returned home following morning Mass to find Sy just as she had found him the previous Sunday; still in his bathrobe, sitting at the kitchen table with the Sunday newspaper, cup of coffee in hand. But, what...
"The Main Event"
All day long, Sy was useless at work. He could think of nothing but his wife, Amanda, and her boss, Glenn, going on a date tonight, a date they all knew would lead to sex. It was really going to happen! He...