Alice failed to show up at work one morning. Her roommate thinks she's headed cross-country to her childhood home on a now non-producing ranch in Montana. Her parents receive word that Alice's pickup truck was found on a remote corner of the ranch. Inside is no trace of her; however she has left behind her journal that describes a strange encounter she experienced ten years earlier when she was an unhappy girl in high school.
He'd been shot, and was in a bad way. Her situation was just as bad, if not worse. So he helped her, and then hoped she'd help him. They couldn't speak the same language, but they were all each other had. All things considered, it turned out well.
Alyssa has the best assistant - and friend - she could have ever hoped for. Sarah's help is especially welcome now that Alyssa is very pregnant as a surrogate for her sister, but she is torn by a secret lust for the younger woman. Little does she know what her irritation at the difficulty of shaving around her pregnant bump will bring.
Gary (Just One Kiss, Gary's Girl) Returns once again. He's finally found a nice girl who doesn't have a brother, he's stood up to his mother and grandmother, and is ready to change his life. But now his cousins girlfriend wants him, everyone around him doubts his relationship with his new girl will work, and he keeps bumping into his ex best friend and his ex girlfriends. Will Gary finally find happiness?
This Story is Part of Jake's Universe
Cancer ended his happy marriage. Now he is lost. But someone is even more lost. A romance with minimal sex.
While NOT directly tied to Jake, please read Jake Joyfully or with Ganda first. There are no footnotes here and no explanations. The story assumes you know this already.