“Today’s the day,” she says, intensely looking down at him from her perch. She is back from her morning power walk, and still a little out of breath. Her heart eagerly pounds away inside her chest. Straddling him, as she always does, she appears, in the moment, to be a wise, old owl. Her big […]
Them – A Love Story {7}
When he wasn’t drinking, or listening to music, or working, her daddy sometimes took her for long walks through the winding trails of a neighboring nature preserve that meandered inland from their house on the coast. He always seemed to just know things. She vividly remembers the day he taught her about “working” trees. “Do […]
Them – A Love Story {6}
She has always been a toucher. She can’t walk by him or near him without a quick caress. This is how it has been from the beginning. She runs her hand across his shoulders, or over his head, through his hair. She cups his sexy backside the same way she cups his face. She reaches […]