1. Into the Abyss--Chapter 9


    Date: 1/29/2016, Categories: Love Stories, Author: prairiedogg, Rating: 30, Source: LushStories

    you, it was like musical beds for me, as if I had to make up for lost time and pay him back in spades for cheating on me. Well, I didn't exactly find what I was looking for and I had a very young daughter who needed a full-time Mom. Ever since I realized that I've devoted myself to raising Jennifer, so much that I haven't had time to get involved with anyone, and I mean it's been years. I suppose it's also because the right man hasn't come along. I can be a little picky about some things." "And Frank, I hope you don't mind me being blunt, but what your wife Susan did to you was just plain mean. She didn't have to rub your nose in shit the way she did. You know, when Dean and I divorced it was because he cheated, but I knew that it was over before I found out about his affairs. That made it a little easier for me to get on with my life. I also knew that he is always going to be Jennifer's father and he needs to be in her life. Understanding that made our lives since the divorce quite civil, if not downright friendly. He has his life and I have mine, as unspectacular as it has been, but Jennifer has been our calming point, so to speak. We both put her before everything, and there's no sense in being unreasonable. What's done is done, I guess." "I wish it were that easy for me. I fell hard for Lucy, but maybe I jumped into it too hard and too fast. It had been over five years since I had any kind of , let's say, romantic activity. I think that her sexual openness turned my ...
    head and may have clouded my judgment. Maybe it just wasn't meant to be." Jan moved closer to me in the booth and took my hand in hers. "Please don't beat yourself up about it, Frank. I can help you get over it, if you'll let me." We sat there looking at each other as Jan continued to hold my hand. I wanted so badly to kiss her at that moment, but I didn't want to move too fast and spoil things. "I'd like that, Jan. You have a way of making my problems seem less significant than what I think they are. Yes, I'd like that a lot." Just then our food arrived and the moment was interrupted by the server. Jan withdrew her hand and we prepared to eat. But suddenly the food didn't matter to me. All I could think about was this woman sitting next to me. She had sacrificed her personal wants and needs for all these years in order to give her child what she needed. She had a way of disarming difficult situations and difficult people. Her work at the facility was evidence of that. She was witty, kind to a fault, even-tempered and, despite her attempts to conceal it with her choice of attire, quite beautiful. In other words, she is everything I desire in a woman. And she likes me. Jan noticed that I had hardly touched my food. "Frank, is something wrong? You've been sitting there staring at your plate since the food arrived. Trust me, these are the best fish tacos you'll find on the entire West Coast." Her words snapped me out of my reverie. "I'm sorry, Jan. You're probably right about the ...
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