It was three o'clock in the morning on a Saturday night and time once again to go out searching the streets and back alleys for Mom. Mom had a drinking problem and had been battling the bottle for a little over two years now. And being her only son, it w...
Gloria is a young divorcee who receives a very generous alimony settlement from her ex-husband and this, plus her job as an executive secretary to the legal offices that represented her during her divorce, enables her to live quite comfortably. Her marria...
"Okay Mrs. Taylor, I finished cleaning out the garage like you asked. Is there anything else I can do for you?" I asked as I entered the laundry room where she was putting another load of clothes to wash. "No, Johnny, that's about it. Thank you very much...
Callie awoke a few hours later urgently needing to use the bathroom so she quietly crawled over Doug to the front seat and slid on her jeans and sweater, not bothering to look for her underwear. She then put on her boots and coat, opened the door just eno...
Callie had been driving since early morning and hoped to be halfway to her destination by dusk. Unfortunately, she'd run into a freak snowstorm and was forced to pull off to find shelter until morning, like thousands of other motorists. There were several...
A Short Preface: This story is a continuation of the story "My Spanish Teacher” that I wrote a few years ago. This story takes up a couple years after the previous story ends. Please read “My Spanish Teacher” before reading this so you will know the chara...
It all started the summer I turned 18. I was going to be a senior in high school that fall and I was trying to earn money to fix up this '69 Camaro project car I had been working on for the past year. I was cutting the grass of some of the neighbors that...
Erin woke with a start as the wind billowed the heavy drape curtains through the open bedroom window, catching the curtains on the chair and leaving sunlight to spill directly on her face and torso. A rattle came from downstairs as the postman delivered t...
Practice Makes Perfect Coffee isn’t really my thing. I say that a lot, and it’s mostly true, even though I stop to pick up a latte on my way to work, every day, at the same coffee shop. Sometimes I sit in the coffee shop on the weekend too, just to get ou...
I was sitting at home on a Friday night, yet again, when my phone rang. I quickly answered it. "Hello?" I said. A few seconds went by without an answer. Then I finally heard "Andrew?" "Yes who is this?" I asked. "I... It"s your sister, Rachel." I heard he...
About 25 years ago I was seeing a lovely woman in a long relationship. Her divorced 59 y.o. mother would stay over quite often, we got on ok but not great, she had been divorced for 3 years, the bedrooms were adjacent and from time to time she would say s...
