Roads and Revelations
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Romance, Anthologies, Contemporary (2000+), Short Story Jo Brighton 58 14th Nov, 2023
This book contains three tales of forbidden lesbian love.
Story one.
Obsession.
Courtney is in her mid-thirties and is a successful businessperson with an equal share in a greeting card company with her ex-girlfriend Libby, an idea that came to them after a drunken romp about twelve years ago.
She has an apartment which overlooks the river, and an expensive car, a black convertible. She has her girlfriend Fay, to keep her satisfied, and to see to her every whim inside and outside of the bedroom, but that doesn’t stop her cheating.
Life is good for Courtney but that is all about to change when she meets the older woman Maddie, and life becomes a challenge.
You see Courtney, has never felt love before, or so she thinks, and these feelings are all rather strange to her. She has never had any trouble with the younger ladies, but this is an older, wiser, and a straight married woman.
Courtney’s life, is just about to change as she now has feelings she has never felt before, what is she going to do about it?
And is she ready for the big shock that awaits her?
Story two
Sordid affair.
Jade is in her mid-twenties, and living a lie to everyone in her life, apart from her best friends Ryan, Maria, and her girlfriend Eve, who she had been in a two-year relationship with up until three months ago, when Eve, left her.
No, the problem in her life is being unable to tell Family, and friends, about her Lesbian relationship with Eve, the Woman she loves without losing her Family.
So, the easiest way to keep her Family and Eve, was to always keep them apart.
Three months ago, when Eve, could take no more she finally walked out, and never came back.
For the first time in those three months, they are about to see each other at a mutual friend’s wedding.
The Love Jade had for Eve, never went away as she seeks help for her problems Will all the old feelings come flooding back for Eve giving Jade, the chance to explain her problems, and put things right between them to start again?
Or is it over as far as Eve is concerned?
Story three
Torment.
Jac and her friend Stevie, had always dreamed of joining the army together for a better life, after meeting at a children’s care home as teenagers. But Stevie was found to have a medical condition involving her heart and was refused on medical grounds.
After the initial disappointment both women moved on with their lives and started a job together at the local gym. It was while working here Jac met Ami; another girl in a long line, everyone thought.
Ami wasn’t Jac’s usual type of girl, she came from wealthy parents, and she had been educated in a boarding school along with her younger sister Annabel.
So, it was a surprise to everyone when after a romance of five months Jac, made the commitment of moving her into her flat five months ago.
Jac and her friends had started playing football against another group of girls in the local park on a Sunday afternoon before moving on to the pub for a drink and something to eat before returning home early evening.
Ami preferred not to go along with her, and they started to have arguments about it, which resulted in them going through a bit of a rough patch.
To avoid another full-scale row Ami, decided to go along with Jac, the following Sunday, and was glad she did as one of the Women playing on the opposing team was a girl she knew from her school, but not only that she was also an ex-girlfriend.
It wasn’t long before Jac, realised she had a rival both on and off the pitch, but she also needs to start looking a bit nearer to home.