They stood in the light rain, but the bad weather could not dampen the glamor of the event. Except for wind, perhaps. And then it got windy.

He asked questions that made her uncomfortable, went on and on about innappropriate matters. And that’s why I tied you up, she reminded him.

Jim would kiss her if he could, but he’d lost his lips in a freak gardening accident. She didn’t care if he was disfigured. But he sure did.

It was the wrong schoolyard in which to announce “I know Tom Cruise.” He might have expected a punch. But it was the laughter that hurt more