As I stepped to the podium, I looked back at Blake who was standing next to the curtain, just out of sight of the crowd. He was looking at my ass. And when I walked back toward him, after receiving the award and stumbling through my acceptance speech, he was gawking at my tits. He had made no secret of his desire that evening. On the drive. In the receiving line. At the bar. His eyes and the bulge in his pants were aimed...

“Forgive me, father, for I have sinned.” “How long has it been since your last confession, my child?” Kelly clenched a little at hearing Father Ambrose call her his child. Of all the priests in the parish, he was the one she least wanted to disappoint. Tall and thin with gray eyes, he presided over every conversation with a sort of piercing severity that made her unsteady. His low, gravel voice was unmistakable through th...

I can’t find Mia. She was the one who convinced me to come to this party — a fraternity rager on the night before our school’s biggest game of the year. Now, without her, I hardly know anyone else, and I wonder why I let her talk me into this. The only other person I know is Jason, who has just passed out in the pool. Meaning, I literally saw him close his eyes and fall into the water. He barely woke up when some other gu...

I teach second grade. It’s fulfilling work, but exhausting. I spend all day barking orders and trying to cajole seven-year-olds to follow them. When work is done, my bossy-pants come off. I don’t want to make decisions, plans or threats of sending anyone to the headmaster’s office. I don’t want to give orders; I want to take them. I want to relax in the security of someone else’s control. My boyfriend’s situation is just...