Part 1 – Community Buzz Nancy Drool locked the door of the Community Buzz coffee shop as her coworkers, Stacy, Darcy, and Marci shook their ponytails loose. Watching the prettiest girls and sleaziest guys mingle on a Friday was exhausting, but she allowed the prettiest and sleaziest to stay after closing time. Frank sat in a large booth with his back to the window, watching the girls seat themselves with loose blouses bar...

Sylvia, my wife of 16 years, wanted a life of excitement and nothing I did was enough to satisfy her insatiable appetite for adventure. She demanded lavish vacations, dream houses in exotic locations, sex acts I wasn’t inclined to perform. I was only focused on the future, not the present. The pandemic changed that. We had been saving since I began my career as an accountant and Sylvia insisted it would be a perfect oppor...