09/11/2024
I couldn’t believe it, yet I knew it was slowly happening. I was becoming enamored, completely taken, with my daughter’s college room mate. She was twenty years my junior, the same age as my daughter, yet it was happening in spite of all of my obvious misgivings. In spite of, or maybe because of, all […]
09/11/2024
The first words I ever said to Eve were, “Yes, ma’am!” That seems funny now, looking back on all that happened that summer, all the things we did, the things we said, all that Eve taught me. It was one of the first warm, sunny days of summer and I was working at the boathouse […]
09/11/2024
The whole thing smelled like it had been spritzed with the inside of a Cosmopolitan. I’m still not sure what kind of perfume it is, but until I associated it with her, I couldn’t stand it… It’s fairly safe to say that the promise an entire weekend with Amanda dominated my thoughts for the remainder […]
09/11/2024
A little over a year ago, I found myself as a sophomore in college who worked as a receptionist at a dental office. The pay was, to say the least, not too good. I was living at home with my parents, brown-bagging my lunches and driving an ancient car to work and school. Then, one […]
09/11/2024
Visiting VIP’s and other dignitaries are common at our offices, and we usually aren’t bothered by them. Now I was groaning as my boss told me that for the next two days I would be helping our Marketing department show a large group of people about our facilities. “Hell, John. I’m a senior analyst,” I […]
09/11/2024
Jack fumbled with his packages, juggling them from arm to arm as he searched for his key. He’d put it away just a few minutes ago, when he’d left the apartment. Now where was it? Ah, there it was, in his jacket. He tugged, but the key ring was snagged on something. He pulled again. […]
09/11/2024
It was a distinct surprise to Mr. Duchose to find himself in the empty white room, still lying in bed, but clearly not the bed, nor the room, where he had fallen asleep. He didn’t seem to feel entirely himself in other ways. When he’d retired for the night, he felt a distinct soreness in […]