A story in the Drifters: Stories of coming and going. Universe
Still unsettled, Errol continues to wander around the country. He offers a ride to a fellow traveler, and while they have little in common, in many ways, they have similar needs. Pursuing their own ghosts, they meet, split up, and meet again. Each in his own way, they challenge the line between lust and love.
Landlord Victor Freeman (Major, retired) saves a tenant, Susan Clemson, from being evicted along with her two young children. She doesn't know he's her landlord or that he's getting her a job which will give her independence and restore her self-confidence: he wants a friendship of equals. Their relationship develops slowly, but is severely complicated by the intervention of her vindictive ex-partner. Then her first lover reappears on the scene.
This is a stand alone story with characters and story line from Guys with Trucks. While reading Guys with trucks is not necessary it has background of characters. Carri brings a friend out to the woods for a extended visit.
A Naomi's Journal Story On the way home from a visit to her grandparents, Naomi gets in an automobile accident. Shaken but not injured, she accepts a ride from a kind-looking man with green eyes and white hair. Illustrated.
At fourteen Clare was older than most when she had her first encounter with porn. She was a good Catholic girl and knew that it was sinful, but the effect it had on her was so very hard to resist. Her mother, meanwhile, was having her own issues.