Sotto Voce

He calls for phone sex and asks in a rough, low voice, “Have you come yet today?” I shiver a bit and think about lying. If he’s the first one today he’ll be happier, right? But something in his voice tells me that he’d know, and he wouldn’t be pleased by a fib, no matter …

Excited, nervous.

Your hands prickle out in a hot sweat as you climb the final stairs to my door, dreadful anticipation beginning to pound its way through your system. Your heart catches a beat as you knock, and then runs away in a fearful rhythm. I answer, and you can’t say anything, staring at me. I chose …