“Do you remember love?” Craig Neilsen pulled a face as he reached the ground floor. That was the second time those words had drifted through his mind. From the office frontage, he could see the taxi waiting. His car was in the garage for service and now he was thinking that maybe he shouldn’t go home on this night. October 31st could be considered an anniversary of sorts. To hell with that. He had never been that romantic...

  She was the first one I noticed as I entered the cafe. Sitting in a booth by the window she looked up briefly from contemplating her coffee cup. A pale, pretty face, no make-up, vivid blue eyes, that I thought, in that brief moment, may have been crying. A full, but not oversize bosom, emphasised by the short-sleeved blue summer dress she was wearing. Taking a seat at a table in the next aisle, from where, through the w...

It was an unbearably hot day and Maria Atkins’ body was perspiring heavily, causing droplets of sweat to trickle down her milky-white skin. She placed her key in the front door lock. Turning it without effort, she made her way through the doorway after another long day at college. She threw her satchel down on the couch before heading to the fridge. She took out a cold bottle of water and brought it to her mouth. Gulping...

I try not to shake as his hands slip over my shoulders, his body close to mine while he watches me, his mask now gone, abandoned somewhere on our journey between the ballroom and here. A dark room that smells of him, musk, cut grass, and mint. How can I possibly know that already? My heart is hammering at a hundred miles an hour and I feel like I might not survive being observed like this for much longer. He lowers the fa...

CHAPTER 10 Her tears ran riot for the entire hundred miles back to Phoenix. Her husband would be out of town for the next two days—a sudden business something or other—but he was on the cell and ready to join her on a moment’s notice if she needed him. He’d promised her that. She would wait to talk to him though. She very much needed to talk to her parents first anyway, and Sam’s dad too. When she talked to her husband sh...

CHAPTER 7 The next nights all I could think about was him screwing her. In my mind’s eye I could see the kids, Sarah and Mia, running into the house and calling for him: “daddy, daddy!” I was sick at heart and ruined of body. Jeff said I needed to move on and live my life, but I could see no upside to that. I just wanted to die. Dying would be good: an end to all of the pain and emotional suffering. The odd thing: I felt...

Meeting one night by fate.We spent the whole nightTalking.Of our fears,Past,Lovers,Heartbreaks,And triumphs.On day three,We really dig,Each other.Now here it is on daySix.Feeling like we have talked for years.The feelings we have for one another is,Taking our breath away.Making us speechless,Confusing us,The more we are apart,The stronger we dig each other.Wanting each other's touch.To feel each other's lips.We see the pa...

Under a star-filled night,Two strangers meet for the first timeNot knowing what to expect.They begin talkingFinding out each others'Deepest secrets,Worst fears.Crying together,Laughing together,Falling together,Hearts beating as oneTheir lips falling closer and closer.Hands shaking, knees weak,Butterflies in their bellies,Dancing around to the buzzing of the bees.Enjoying the highs,Waiting for the lows,Continuing talk.Not...

CHAPTER 23: I was literally shaking. I was terrified. The man strode in major concern in his look. “Jim, the nurse told me. Have you heard anything else?” said my ex-best friend.“No, no, not yet... Rodney...” I started, but paused. I really just didn’t know what to say. I knew what I wanted to say but not how to express it. I just started bawling like a baby.“Rod, she can’t die she just can’t. I mean she just can’t, Rodne...

CHAPTER 21: “So he seemed to soften a little? Is that what you’re saying?” said Claire.“Yes, sort of. He said he’d think about things. And I think he will. He has her to think about now too not just himself. That little wrinkle might just be what he needs to get him of the dime,” said Rodney.“My God I hope so. It sure as hell is time, no fucking doubt about that,” she said.“You have never been more right,” he said.“So whe...