Author: Brom_Nighthawk

Bat Tab

(TITLE IS BAR TAB)
I’ve passed it often on my way home from work, this bar that has been calling to me for a week, “Come in, have some fun, meet new people!”

It was an extremely rough evening, even for a Security Guard. I prefer boredom to the excitement I was getting. It was just the wrong kind of excitement.
Last week I had actually thrown a polo shirt into my work bag so I could stop at the store and not have to go shopping in my uniform.

I changed into it before I entered, the heavy smell of smoke burned at my eyes as the doors opened.
Scanning the room, I spotted you, sitting at a table alone, trying to fend off the wolves that were circling. Your blonde hair reflecting the neon signs around the walls. I stopped in my tracks and just looked, maybe a little too long because you sensed it and returned my gaze. Your blue eyes sparkled as you looked at me. Read more »

Discovering the internet after 20 years of a stale marriage.

(A little back story. I was a courier on call at the time and married with two kids. I had just recently discovered chat rooms, and I was on the prowl.)

In March of 1998 I joined a dating site on AOL. I was searching under the disguise of a divorced man. The year before, I tried another hobby to try to stay busy, photography. Last year, I stood in front of a mirror and took my own picture. Soon, my profile on that site contained my picture and an AOL screen name.
As I was on the computer one evening, someone that I didn’t know sent me a message. Her name was Debra and she lived in Mason, about a twenty-minute drive. It was 10 P.M. and the kids were in bed, as was Sherri. (The wife).
She wasn’t asleep yet because I could hear the TV going.

Debra said she wanted to meet me now. Of course, I told her that wouldn’t be a problem. She didn’t have a picture so she told me what she would be wearing. I was to meet her in thirty minutes at the TGIF in Mason. Read more »