Young man and young woman come together in the mountains while trying to recover from personal disappointments. They go their separate ways then come back together later to operate a business they had dreamed about for years.
A young man finds he has the ability to read the emotions of those around him. Soon, his abilities begin to change, to grow, and he finds himself with frightening new abilities. When he takes his girlfriend as a slave by mistake, his whole world is turned upside down.
A story in the Toby Wakefield Stories Universe
In his first job 14-year-old Toby Wakefield is seduced by the Mother Superior at St. Bartholomew Catholic Church where he has relations with her and four of the other nuns. His introduction to sex emboldens him to become intimate with two neighborhood girls as well as a 40 year-old widow. This story points out the power of sex in humans including the most zealous of religious devotees.
Meiying is a 25-year-old woman who has no recollection of her life before she was 10. She was raised by her Houma (Stepmother) after she was burned in an arson accident. After Houma's death, Meiying winds up on the streets, eventually working in an 'adult entertainment' venue behind a 'glory hole'. This diary begins after her physical appearance was discovered by a customer.
A man stands on the edge of a bridge in the pouring rain, ready to end his life in the river below. Suddenly a vehicle is forced over the banister he's holding onto. He's thrown into the river along with the vehicle and its three occupants. What happens next will change many lives forever.