TUESDAY Maggie smiled, turning off the 7:00 a.m. alarm that had drawn her from her slumber. Sunlight streamed in through her window. Birds could be heard chirping outside. Jack was coming over in a little under an hour. Throwing off her covers and hopping...
Monday At exactly 8:00 a.m., a thunderous knocking at the front door of the large suburban home jolted Maggie awake. Groaning in frustration, she tossed off her covers and sat up in bed. Still groggy and a little confused, she checked the time before stum...
In the dimly lit lot, a car pulled up next to hers. She and the other driver made eye contact. She checked her watch. Right on time. “You know, I’ve never done this before,” she whispered as she climbed into the other car. “Put this on,” was the only resp...
“Hello?” “Hello, my pet,” came a familiar voice over the phone. “Do you know who this is?” She swallowed hard. “Yes.” “And you know what that means, don’t you?” “Please,” she pleaded, “not today. Not right now. My husband is on his way home from work. He...
CHAPTER FIVE: SAM Sometimes I can’t believe how lucky I am. After all, I’ve got not one, but two beautiful women in my life who adore me. At first, Penelope and I were hiding our love (and let’s be honest, lust) for one another from Judy. I was so worried...
FEBRUARY 16 The magazine came down onto the cubicle desk with a papery thud. “Is this you?!” Pausing his work, Tim dragged his eyes away from the TPS report on his screen and down to the fitness magazine that Michelle had plopped down on his desk. It was...
CHAPTER FOUR: PENELOPE I couldn’t believe it. I’d been so convinced this was a hoax that I wasn’t prepared when it actually worked. I probably spent the first half of my birthday dinner mostly staring into space as I came to terms with what this meant. Wi...
Have you ever felt like something was just… off? That’s how I’ve felt for a while now. There are a few things that stand out, but for the most part, I can’t pinpoint what’s causing it. Everything in my life is as good as it’s ever been. Still, I can’t see...
It was a drunken mistake. An error in judgment. I shouldn’t have said it to her. Hell, I probably shouldn’t have even been in that bar. If I had been in my right mind, none of this wouldn’t have happened, and that’s a fact I’ll take with me for the rest o...
On an otherwise average Friday, Danni smiled into the mirror of her dormitory bathroom, checking herself out on her phone’s screen. Unbeknownst to her, tonight would be a night where she came face to face with desires she held so deeply that she herself h...
CHAPTER TWO: SAM Just when you think you’ve got life figured out, it always seems to throw you a curveball. If you would have asked me a week ago what these last few days were going to look like, I’d have never predicted what actually came to pass. Everyt...
Deep within all of us exist dark, unspeakable desires. Often, these desires are ignored, hidden away, or outright denied. Unbeknownst to Sam as he drove home from work on a pleasant Friday afternoon, today was to be a day where he would come face-to-face...
Chelsea Stevens was fuming. “You knew?! I can’t believe this! Kris, this doesn’t make any sense. Tell me you’re joking.” Ten minutes earlier, Chelsea had raced into Kris’ office certain that when she shared what she discovered with the Director of Nursing...
Sitting up in his bed, Chris shook the tiny present, but it refused to give up its secrets. “Just open it, babe!” Hannah pleaded with husband. “I’m dying to know if you like it!” Chris chuckled at his wife’s enthusiasm. It was his thirtieth birthday, and...
EPILOG A bottle of bourbon and a mostly empty glass sat on the desk in the dimly lit office. Moonlight flooded through the window as a desk lamp illuminated a stack of papers. In the dark, a man sat there, his eyes running over the notes from the morning...
