This Story is Part of Jake's Universe
Social Security would not be enough. There was no 401K. Whats a guy to do? Finding opportunity instead of fate. Directly tied to Jake with Joy. Please read Jake Joyfully first. There very few
footnotes here and no explanations. The story assumes you know this already by reading the Jake stories.
This is a short story about a boy from the wrong side of the tracks that has to make his own way in life. As he works hard to get ahead he learns that different people look at life differently.
Tonya's first vacation in years gets off to a bad start when the hotel room she'd reserved is double-booked, leaving her without a place to stay. When the only place she can find with a vacancy is a clothing-optional establishment, she's so ready to begin her vacation that she doesn't care. Little does she know that she's going to get double-booked again, and in a much more pleasant way.
This is a letter I wrote a couple of years ago. It is a true story. I actually had it printed and sealed in an envelope. That envelope was in a larger one addressed to a friend of mine who had reluctantly agreed to hand deliver it to a woman in our hometown. It was to be mailed to him at my death. He died. So, I have no way to get the letter to her without someone in her family seeing it. I have deleted or shortened names of people and places. Sorry, the only sex is implied.
Two hundred years ago, humanity got a new definition - an alien generation ship arrived at the edge of the war ravaged SOL system and our new neighbors, the devonians, became an integral part of the new Human Union. But for Leo Tangent, the fact that every human has one or more devonian lover is just a little weird. He doesn't want pheromones to get in the way of his and his girlfriend, Gillian Brightly, and their relationship. But that's the thing about plans...