I like to post a romance every so often. I wrote this before iPods, as you'll see. A beautiful woman attempts to release a long time lover from his obligation.
Max Pirbright's luck is out. His car is clapped out; he is out of a job; his wife has left him for a millionaire and he is broke. His Christmas is likely to be lonely and dull. Then he has a chance encounter with a lost teenager and everything changes in an unexpected way. The few days leading up to Christmas are anything but boring.
Mark had always considered himself the luckiest man alive. Overweight and ordinary, he never imagined a life where he’d be married to someone as stunning and graceful as Kate, a woman clearly out of his league. But the illusion of happiness begins to unravel as Kate grows distant and cold. Meanwhile, Julia his step daughter hated him. As Mark struggles to hold onto the crumbling threads of his once perfect life, something unexpected happens.
After his parents divorced, Kenny started spending two weeks each summer with his dad, who had moved to Las Vegas. George always made sure that they had fun together, but the summer after Kenny turned fourteen turned out to be even better than he could have wished. (Story inspired by CreepyUnclePete)