Check, Please!

“I think they need this table,” he said.

Their waitress, a round-hipped redhead with stray ringlets loose over her ears, was indeed hovering nearby, waiting for tables to clear so she could refill them. The cafe was small, but clean and airy, the gold fixtures and muted tans and browns making it look old fashioned without being stuffy. It was full to bursting here in the middle of the lunch hour.
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Bad Habits Die Hard – Chapter Three of ‘Hijinks’

She looked out from her bedroom window, thinking about the day. Why had he been so kind to her? It seemed suspicious, all of it. After all, he was so good looking, and she was so plain, she said to herself. Read more

Buckets of Rain

I had to keep him away from Caroline. I always did. It had been a long time for me, and this one seemed like a catch. I just had to somehow keep him from seeing her too soon, and keep him from making the obvious choice. Read more

The Siren’s Call

She could read men before they knew what they wanted.

She could see it in…

The One About Spreading the Goodness

I met Jack when I was twenty and I immediately wanted to be his best friend. He had just arrived in Seattle after graduating from college in Michigan. It was the end of the summer and I had just started dating Ian, who was nothing like Jack. Ian was a clumsy big kid who smoked too much, worked too hard and thought showering was a chore. He had as many problems as I did, and I loved him for it. Read more