Tag: relationship
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Penance in Pike County
Jenna slept late. She couldn’t take another day of traipsing through the woods while mosquitos snacked on her, so she made it clear last night that Mary and Tristan should go hiking without her. As she stood on the back porch overlooking the lake, she watched ominously dark clouds roll in. Her sister owed her…
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Musings
My husband wanted bacon on Friday (we’re Catholic, so we are supposed to abstain from meat on Fridays during Lent, and on Good Friday). He told me he was king of the castle and if he wanted bacon, he should have bacon. I laughed, explained that I was the queen and he was prince regent.…
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Anna And The Earl Of Redmon
I was sixteen when my life changed forever. It was a Friday afternoon and Jeremy Wolfe asked me to hang out with him. He recently moved to Warwick Falls from London – his father was some banking executive sent to the United States to head up the company’s New York Office. Jeremy was everything a…
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There’s Someone For Everyone
Max collapsed onto the sofa, and sat in the dark feeling sorry for himself. Pat must have heard him come home, because he walked into the room switching the light on with his elbow. Plopping onto the sofa Pat handed him a beer. “Why the long face? Didn’t your date with Sara go well?” “It was…
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Unforeseen Consequences
“Eyes A Globe? Who are they and why are they charging us two thousand bucks?” Mary tossed the credit card bill onto the counter. Her younger sister had the grace to look embarrassed. “They’re a psychic agency. They do readings for people planning on traveling.” “For two thousand dollars? You’ve got to be kidding me.”…
J. Rusolo Ward 