Reluctant Stories

Meet Brad, a twenty-ish college graduate working in the advertising field. He is a small man with small hands, tiny feet, short stature, and a timid soul. Blessed or cursed with a soft, elegant face more suited to a woman than a man, Brad has deep-seated fears—some he is aware of, while others he does not even know exist—not yet, that is. Then there are the desires—he doesn’t know about those either or perhaps, more to the point, won’t own up to them.

A family has everything going wrong as far as a family is concerned. The father is NOT the father of the daughter. Mom got pregnant and convinced another man that it was his child and they got married. The man was to inherit a large family business, but he lost everyting and stayed drunk and in-out of jail most of the time. Mom got a job as a waitress and sold herself to help support the kids, pay bills, etc...

This is a description of the first time I cheated. I was embarrassed when I felt Mike's hand on my knee, but I was afraid to make a scene. After all, Mike is Sammy's boss. Sammy still doesn't know what I did that night.