...impersonal, judging, murderous. When judged by their own strict codex, they failed as well. Before culling themselves they left what remained of mankind with a gift.
Richards Enterprises
Elspeth was born to Boston's elite. She never expected to find a place and a purpose beside a slouching nobody from New Jersey. Ain't life a bitch?
Adam, smarting a recent divorce, is renting a bungalow from a friend until he can find a permanent residence. A call to an electrician to fix a faulty outlet results in Kara showing up for the job. He discovers she has similar interests and invites her to dinner, which she reluctantly accepts. They fall in love. Adam is surprised to learn Kara is a 29-year-old virgin. At her request he deflowers her. Their love is tested when Kara suspects, despite their engaging in safe sex, she is pregnant.
A story in the Southern Belles Universe
Because of a flight delay at the Columbus, Mississippi Airport a Los Angeles fifty year old businessman is forced to spend the weekend in Northern Mississippi. Sitting at a collegiate bar in Starkville, Ms. he is approached by a Mississippi State University co-ed and spends a wild night with her and a surprise guest.
My sister and I were half way through a road trip when we stopped at a hotel where we had reserved a two room suite. Because of flooding in the town our suite was given to a flooded out family, Shelby and I had to do with one bed and a fold out sofa bed.