Susan Mills
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Shopping For Wine
Dee slammed the door to her condo in frustration. She had let herself be talked into yet another blind date. This time it was someone that her best friend Jenny's husband John thought she would be great with. Dee had reluctantly told Jenny that her husband could give his friend Kyle her number. When Kyle called he suggested they meet at a pub near her shop on Church Street. She couldn't leave the shop until 8 and he said that was perfect. She arrived at the pub to find him already there drinking with his teammates to celebrate their win in the softball game they had just finished. He joined her at a table, sweaty, still in his uniform and continued to engage with his friends while he chatted with her. And then he asked if she wanted to go back to his apartment. They'd spent half an hour together and he asked her back to his apartment. What in the world made Jenny think this was someone she'd be interested in? She called her and Jenny answered saying, "Dee I thought you were meeting Kyle after you closed tonight."
By Susan Mills3 years ago in Humans
Going, Going, Gone
Ellen pauses at the door to the ballroom. This will be her first social gathering in more than a year. The governor has finally approved larger crowds as the coronavirus seems to be subsiding. But that doesn't mean she isn't nervous to be in a group after spending more than 14 months alone. And this will be a big one, 250 people attending to raise money to provide assistance to the homeless in her small city. It is the long-standing social event of the spring, featuring dinner, dancing, and the showpiece, an auction of the city's most eligible single men and women. She was asked in the past to participate in the auction but something about being put on display in that manner didn't appeal to her. Her real estate agency always purchases a table and she attend as one of the principal agents. She enjoys watching the spectacle of the auction even if she doesn't want to be auctioned herself. The past year was very lucrative for the agency and for her personally. If there is a man who appeals to her she has decided she will join the bidding. Her last date was shortly before everything closed down and she is hungry to share a connection with another human being.
By Susan Mills3 years ago in Families
His 5 Star Women
Caro James stepped out of her hotel in downtown Ho Chi Minh City and was enveloped in heat and humidity. It is July 4, 1996, the 220th birthday of the United States and the 20th anniversary of the worst day of Caro's life. She finds herself pondering the path her life has taken over the last six months that landed her in the one country she swore she would never visit. She pictures her brother Will arriving here as an 18 year old who had only been out of Vermont a handful of times before he enlisted in 1967 and had never been on a plane until he flew here. He was four years older than she was, as he was learning to be a soldier she was starting high school. It was obvious to anyone who met them that they were brother and sister, both had tall, slender builds and dark brown hair. Their faces were anchored by high cheekbones and warm brown eyes. As a child she looked up to him and they had grown closer as they corresponded while he was "in country". She kept him up to date about their hometown and he gave he advice on navigating high school.
By Susan Mills3 years ago in Humans
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