Oh, really. This saving-up business—I guess you think you’re the only one who missed it. Huh? Well… You got a little pissy there for a while…. Well, John, you told everyone it was ovulation day! You’r...
Oh, my God, she said, looking at Jack’s face. It’s much worse than it looks, he told her. What in the world happened? I got too close to the rear end of a mule.
Now look, he said. He felt the back collar of his shirt and jacket clutched in an iron grip and he whirled on the giant, hitting him square in the jaw with his fist. He suspected he’d broken his hand,...
Not much that happened on the beach got by Charlie Simmons. He was fourteen and his mother was the nurse who tended Winnie Banks, a lady with ALS who lived on the hill overlooking the beach. Charlie c...
Nobody ever won a race by standing at the starting line.
No one should make you cry like this. Tell me who he is. I’ll kill him for you. I wasted so much time on him, she said with a hiccup of emotion. He kissed her eyes. He’s a dick, he said. Worse. He’s a...
My God, thank you for bringing her. It’s like a trip into the past. Hannah looks just like her. My sweet little Terri. And Vanni was reminded, not for the first time, that the loss of a child is proba...
Mel was fascinated by the way they talked about their women with lusty smiles and glittering eyes. No jokes about the old ball and chain here. Rather, they sounded as though they couldn’t wait to get...
Maybe you can’t see the potential here, he said. I’m going to impress you, in that case. I’m already impressed, she said. It looks like a monumental job. Where I grew up, there were a bunch of old cab...
Mac, my dear friend, here is something you should probably know about women without being told. We don’t want to have to tell a man we need to be wanted. We’d really like that to come naturally. We’d...
Listen, I was wanting to ask you a couple of things. Like about your daddy. What do you know about your daddy? She turned back to the stove again, very busy, very intent on her imaginary project. He h...
Let me stay over, he said. No. I have things to get ready for tomorrow. I teach a couple of classes on Monday and Thursday mornings and keep office hours for students in the afternoons. Then I work my...
He’d be glad you were there, standing in for him. I was just telling him about it and I thought, shit, I don’t even know how much of him is in there. None, Jack said. He’s moved on. Paul hit his chest...
I didn’t want to face it. I knew you’d be angry…she’d be confused—things could get real complicated. And I was afraid you might not acknowledge…her… He frowned. Not acknowledge her? he asked in confus...
I didn’t offer so that you’d feel obligated to me in any way. I mean, who knows? Jack Whatshisname might turn out to be just what you’ve always dreamt of. You jealous of him already? she asked. You’re...
I can count
It had been a few weeks. He was done. No more note writing, no more calls. Even he wouldn’t date someone this desperate. He was going to start looking like a stalker when what he was, was in love with...
Gee, Jack, she said, amused. You sure came around quickly. I know, he said. I’m a genius that way. Mel must have really lit into you, she said. That always increases my intelligence about tenfold. I
By the time she was serving him a cup of tea in her brand-new kitchen, Walt appeared. Dressed. Mason, I’d like you to meet Walt Booth, my— Significant other, he said, putting out his hand. He glanced...
I’m hoping for a girl, he said. Are you? I have an idea you might cut me off at two. I’m not wild about throwing up or waddling, but I sure love carrying around a little piece of you. You’re right—you...
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