Jerry held my hand as we walked to the master suite. I started the shower so he could rinse the chlorine from the pool off. I urged him into the spray so I could squat for a few moments over the bidet and freshen things up a bit down there. I slid off my heels and then stuck a banana clip in my hair to keep it up and dry. I paused a moment, then stepped out to dim the bedroom lights and turned on the effects light for the...

I gathered up all the foil containers and the plates from supper. I should have shopped for some kind of apron. That would be cute. Cleanup was easy; I wiped down the dining table, swept the floor, and put the dishes in the dishwasher. I reapplied a little lip gloss, and then just for a little extra, I rouged my nipples. Sort of an evening look. Then, it was back out to my guests. Apparently while I was cleaning up, they...

I had been school shopping for the kids, picking up all the stationary products and coolest backpacks, letting them pick out their clothes with only a few minor ‘suggestions.’. My experiences in school were the stuff of nightmares. My mother abandoned my father when I was an infant, so his coping was to become a Pentecostal Christian. In the church that he attended, there was a single mother with a girl just a few months...

My Husband works as a consultant, and often he is out of town, and even when he is in town he works odd hours. I am not much of a television watcher, and our home is in a remote area in rural Arkansas. Though I was born and raised here, I have always been something of an outcast. I have a passion for literature and the arts, would much rather watch Cat on a Hot Tin Roof over Hee Haw. I have always been promiscuous, and th...