Tony had just moved to Seattle for his job of four years. He was offered a chance for a new experience that would be valuable should he choose to stay with the company and climb the ladder. It was a small promotion in title and salary, but he was excited about the move. Bekins had delivered his furniture and boxes a few days prior, and he had just finished getting everything in his apartment set up. Tonight would be his l...

The Wedding Weekend: Weeks Three and Four Marina and I had our “off weekend” the following weekend but continued to talk to each other every single night at eight o’clock. We spoke about long-distance dating, me getting back to California, and us eventually moving to San Diego. Deep down I had been avoiding one subject with Marina. My hometown of Lodi. Jenny and I would inherit a large wine grape growing business in the f...

Chapter 7: Week 2 – Seattle After a great weekend in Palo Alto with Marina, I wanted to make sure her weekend visiting me in Seattle was something special. I knew Rina was landing at Sea-Tac just after 6:00 pm on Friday. I had plans for a casual dinner on Friday after we arrived back at my condo downtown. I wanted to do something fun and active on Saturday before going to a romantic dinner on Saturday night. In our brief...

Back Home - Week 1 I woke up on Tuesday morning a bit tired after the busy weekend in San Diego. Thankfully this day was planned to be a work-from-home day making calls to doctors and doing some August reports, but now I had some other important calls to make for my surprise. As I was making coffee my phone rang, “Hello.” “Good morning handsome!” I heard Rina’s voice. “I know we have plans to talk tonight but I just wante...

My name is Pamela Martin and I have to tell you a story about how I came to work for Mr. Thomas–Mark–and at the same time I found out my true calling in life.  You see, I wasn't always an executive secretary like I am now, I actually started out as a waitress in a small diner in my home town of Ogallala, Nebraska.  Eighteen at the time and fresh out of high school, I lived alone, having moved out of my mother's house as s...