A Big Deal

I had been having some trouble with my computer at home and a friend from work offered to come home with me to see if he could straighten it out or at least tell me what was really wrong with it. Tony is a good guy like that, always willing to help out if he can. He is also a very big black man and, though I didn't know it, I was about to find out just how big he really is.

DADDY AND HIS DAUGHTER MEGAN

DADDY AND HIS DAUGHTER MEGAN

Megan was 12 when John and his wife Had split up.  He had moved

out of state, and even though he had really wanted to see Megan
and he had visitation rights, there was just not enough money for
a ticket.  That wasn't a problem anymore, though, because his
work had finally paid off.  He had a beach front house at Malibu,
a brand new 944 in the garage and, most of all, had sent Megan
a first-class round trip ticket to come see him for three weeks
over the summer break.

Cousins (Chapter 1)

                                       Chapter I

         Laurie and I were first cousins and next-door neighbors.  We

         were both fifteen, though I was six months older, and were in

         the same grade in school.  We were both only children, and

         not having brothers or sisters, we had grown up close to each

         other, almost like brother and sister.  If asked, we would

         both characterize the other as best friend.