Overtime
I wasn’t surprised when Derek called to say he’d be working late again. He’d been staying until the early hours of the morning at his office all week. I ate dinner by myself and watched a movie. I always waited up for him, but I was getting bored. I decided that I’d take him a [...]
In the Saddle
The morning after David left me for another woman, I’d gone running. I had been sitting at our kitchen table swirling the spoon around in my cereal bowl with complete disinterest. I stared across at the chair he usually sat in. I looked at his empty coffee mug next to the sink. I let go [...]
More Than Old Friends
Before Ethan moved away during his senior year of high school to live with his mother, he and Laura had been best friends. They’d lived next door to each other since their early teens and had shared in many adventures and secrets. She had missed him while he was away, but busy with their own [...]
Bound
He lays me on the bed and straddles me. He slowly begins undoing the buttons on my top. I try to help him, but he brushes my hands away. He appears to take his task seriously. Once all of the buttons are undone, he gently raises me upward to remove it from my body. He [...]
Sin
It wasn’t like me to cry. I wiped the tears from my eyes and splashed water on my face. I dried and left the bathroom with the hurt still lingering inside of me. He came to my door at just the right moment. I hadn’t even bothered to ask why he was there. I had [...]
