My short-legged skips were no match for Lou’s lengthy strides and before I turned the corner of my street she had caught up with me. A dull sting inched its way forward from the back of my skull. I’d had about enough of conversations concerning Claire. “Can I come inside?” Lou pointed her head towards [...]
If only it had been as easy as Alex dismissing Claire. Claire would not accept defeat after the first no, nor would she after the twentieth. I knew that and Alex knew that, Lou on the other hand, hadn’t the faintest idea who she was dealing with. As Claire deployed her strategy of adding small [...]
For exactly nine days life came pretty close to what I imagine paradise must be like. Then I received a call from my old boss Theresa. “What did I tell you about staying in touch, Lee? I know you’re probably busy courting several people, but it doesn’t mean you should neglect your friends.” “Friends don’t [...]
It was Sunday evening and Lou and I had spent another blissful weekend in bed − without a trace of that vague, earlier-voiced intention to take things slowly. We sat in her couch with plates of micro-waved spaghetti in our laps. “Please make the idea of another Monday bearable and come to my house for [...]
I checked my face in the bathroom mirror and was not pleased with what I saw. Too many sleepless nights complemented by excessive alcohol intake rubbed off on my complexion. Two weeks with Joan were hardly enough to flush out years of mistreating my poor liver. My life needed an injection of something wholesome, something [...]