Another match night and, unfortunately, my usual partner, Sue was away for a few days on work-related stuff. It meant I had to have another partner, which was okay because I had played with Chris before. June also played and again, like last time, her par...
Long way from home, it was coming up to Christmas, only a week to go. I’d been away working on an oil field for a whole month, away from my third wife of two years. My job was the main reason why my previous marriages ended: long stays away from home. But...
Friday evening and as usual Brad and I were in our local pub, drinking and talking about how we were going to change the world and make our fortunes. We also talked about girls, obviously; ones we knew and ones we never really knew, but would've loved to...
Phone rang early on Saturday morning; I was still asleep, it was my weekend off work and wanted a lay in. I wasn’t going to answer it but when I looked at who was calling; it was my brother’s home number. I answered the phone, “Hello,” in a groggy morning...
Thursday evening and I got a call from a friend who wanted me to deliver some goods. He asked if I could go round to his place and get some details and paperwork sorted. So as soon as I put the phone down I went to see him, he only lives a few minutes awa...
You get home at around seven in the evening after another hard day at work. Your wife Emma has prepared your diner but is sat on an armchair sobbing; she has her face in her hands, unaware you have arrived home. You quietly walk over to her and with a han...
I felt ill and I had been sick a couple of times in the afternoon at work and really wanted to go home and lie down. I couldn’t get to talk to my husband, confounded new phone kept losing signal and going off-line,. Didn’t matter, I’d see him at home. Not...
Summer vacation and my parents decided to go camping - not just that, but they decided to go camping with my uncle and his family as well. My dad’s brother lives in Italy, but they were coming over to The States for a two week break. I am the only child...
I had left the office and was on my way home, when I noticed Anne having trouble in starting her car; I went over and asked her if I could help. She said her car wouldn’t start, and I said that I had no idea how to do anything about that, but I asked if I...
Another work trip, another hotel, another three hundred and fifty miles from home, it’s a small world; you’ll see what I mean later. There I was back at the hotel where I stayed at for a week while I sorted out some contracts with the new customer. I had...
I did the morning and evening paper round every day before and after school. I had to earn money to pay for my hobbies. I got an allowance from mum and dad but was not enough, so hence the paper rounds. I had turned sixteen last month, had a great party,...
You love them or hate them, office parties; I could not stand them, particularly this one given by my ex, and it was one of those awkward ones. It was my ex-girlfriends fortieth birthday party, and because she was the boss of the department, she had inv...
I walked along the South Bank in London, a popular walk along the river Thames. All sorts of cultural events and street artist perform there; it is very entertaining anytime, any day. My mobile rang; it was Tom, a friend of mine from New York. I hadn’t...
I ran home straight after school as usual; it was Tuesday and again for some reason Kevin was at our house and as usual he was just leaving as I got home. He gave me a peck on the cheek and said, “Hi Abby, had a good day at school?” I placed my school bag...
I was on my way to pick up my partner, a playing partner in badminton. We had a match. My name is Pat. I am six foot tall and eighty kilos, medium build and I am thirty six. I have played badminton for many years in local leagues. Call me big headed, but,...
