Sarah excitedly waited there, her eyes staring through the front window of her boyfriend’s first-floor flat. She was hoping to catch sight of Liz’s silver Porsche, get in the car, and get out of there before anyone had a chance to see her with her older female lover. It was the one thing that frightened her: the possibility of her family discovering that she was bisexual and was now regularly sleeping with other women. Sa...

Liz and Sarah’s room was on the third floor, the highest the hotel offered. It was spacious and, unlike many hotels, had the extra luxury of an ensuite bathroom. After dropping her case by the bed and slipping off her high heels, Liz wandered to the window and pulled back the curtains. In doing so, she flooded the room with the early winter sunlight. Below her was the hotel's long garden stretching out to the fields, whic...

Even with the winter sun out and the Christmas shopping fever in full swing, the drive down the hill into the seaside town was quick and easy. After parking, Liz took Sarah’s hand and walked with her while holding it, knowing her younger girlfriend was far from comfortable doing so in public. “Sarah, we are a couple. I don’t know your thoughts on this, but I now see us as genuine friends in a casual sexual relationship, n...

After her shower, Sarah slipped into her lilac wrap-around dress, which had been purchased from Chelsea Girl in the summer. The last time she had worn it was for David, on the day of her second sexual awakening. It was when she had modelled for him under the old-fashioned security lamp and, importantly, accepted Clare into what had become a three-way relationship. Sarah examined the dress once again in the mirror, having...