Month: July 2021

I always loved rainy days. Ever since I was a small child, being out in the rain was one of my favourite feelings. The cold rain hitting my skin would immediately bring a smile to my face. The fun of splashing in the puddles was an added bonus. Then, the sprint indoors to be bombarded with the warmth and hot […]

“Mr. Norris, you have two visitors out here who say they need to talk to you,” said Layla at the front desk to one of the assistant vice presidents at Commercial Credit Union in Houston, TX.

Of course, it was a favour for a friend, nothing more than that. We were in a trendy city wine-bar and Philip — my boyfriend, gets into talking to this guy, in his mid-forties I guess, says his name is Geoff and he’s a friend or colleague or something, I’m not really paying attention. Seems Geoff’s wife is away visiting […]

“Luke, why won’t you commit to a nice girl and have some kids?” There my mother repeated it, again! Like nails scratching a blackboard! I must have heard that from her a thousand times in the last two years. And it was grating on my nerves. It wasn’t a question. It was a statement, and order, a demand.

I remember the night I met Clarissa McDonald. I was at a wedding for a college friend, James Dupree. He was marrying the girl he’d been shacking up with the whole time we’d been in college, keeping it quiet from his parents, since they would never have approved of him being in a relationship with an Indian girl. Quite why, […]

I was watching TV when I heard the doorbell ring. I got up and went to the door and looked through the peephole. Fuck! I wondered how in the hell she had managed to find me. I considered just going back to the TV and ignoring the doorbell, but then figured if she had gone to the trouble to find […]

Marvin Johnson was on his way home from work in a very cheerful mood. So far, this week had been a success and he was looking for a great improvement in his life. He was the President and owner of Midwest Financial Services, a company that provided accounting, investment, and management services for his community. It was not outlandishly profitable […]

“Where are we going?” Linda asked. “To my house.” “What about Genna?” Ken laughed, “She’s at her Dad’s tonight. She hates football.” “We don’t have to do this.” “Of course we do.”

I tried to catch her eye. My wife was sitting opposite me across the dining table but her head was turned towards the man sitting next to her as she spoke to him. I would have loved to have heard what she was saying, but I couldn’t. I noted that he was smiling as he nodded his head in acknowledgement.

After being married for two years to the woman of my dreams, I finally confided my darkest fantasy to my wife that I wanted to watch her with someone else. Her reaction was not the disgust or immediate rejection I had expected. In fact, a curious and naughty smirk came over her face as we discussed the fantasy at length.