Making Connections

by Paul C. Steffy

Watch out! When your life and routine are settled, your partner may deliver a shocking surprise. Some say it’s like being hit by an emotional locomotive: the crushing blow and devastating results are overwhelming! Would you survive the trauma unscathed? If it ever happens, you’ll need loving, devoted, close friends to pull through.

Jim Archer was young and handsome. He thoroughly enjoyed his door-to-door cable TV sales job in San Diego. When attractive, sexy, and oh so lonely, Justine Evans opened her door that warm June afternoon in 1977 their eyes locked: irresistibly. Their unstoppable rollercoaster ride of lust and emotional exhilaration had just begun. It didn’t matter that she was twenty years older and married. Now, her failed tempestuous marriage was all the encouragement she needed to pursue an unplanned erotic forest-fire-intensive fling. The sexy young hunk standing outside her door was, undeniably, her first new man in this fresh opening chapter of her ever-changing life.

Soon, after their torrid love affair was in full swing, Justine’s daughter, Karen, only one year younger than Jim, unexpectedly stopped by to see her mom’s new apartment. Jim was there. One thing was obvious to Karen: she knew immediately they had just showered together. She was openly speechless at the realization.

Days later, after partially reconciling the relationship between her mom and Jim, Karen invites her boyfriend to join them. Both couples visit the afternoon horse races at Del mar. After their winning race, Karen and Jim visit the payment window to collect their winnings. With her mom nowhere in sight, Karen openly hugs and kisses Jim with wanton desire. She is head-over-heels for him. He politely pulls back and regains his composure. Jim caringly brushes her away while others nearby listen attentively to his pleas for her friendship only. He tells her he honestly loves her mom.

During wonderful days and glorious nights, Jim and his lover share indescribable physical splendor: their desires match perfectly: wild and unpredictable carnal attraction had kicked in. Strikingly new sexual stimulation was theirs. Without realizing the change, their shared feelings had transformed into genuine romantic love – for now!

Weeks later, through a chance encounter, Justine’s secreted latent desires became restive: her emergent liberated cravings bloomed irrepressible: was Jim her final male lover? Alas, she knew her quest for unrestrained personal gratification would drive her into unchartered territory – losing Jim was a certainty. Will she soon triumph in her own way and discover her ultimate soul mate: in the arms of a loving man her own age? Justine wanted supreme exhilaration: personal experiences still unfulfilled. Her sudden change in lifestyle is drastic. Can she succeed, or is it simply a misguided illusion. After her life-altering resolution, will Justine find genuine happiness and satisfaction? And, what will happen to Jim if Justine leaves him? The lives of everyone in the story ultimately change: dramatically. You’ll find this story poignant and richly entertaining. Scroll back and -- Add to Cart-- this story delivers high emotional impact! Forget bucking horses; this is one wild ride you won’t want to miss!

65 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 27, 2013

About the author

Paul C. Steffy has written several short fiction stories, two novelettes and one novel: Distant Wings. His travels include thirty-three countries and all fifty United States.
He enjoys flying; travel; wildlife photography; hiking; the feel of ocean spray in a brisk wind; wildflowers, pine forests and so much more; stimulating conversation; quiet moments at sunset and fulfilling evolving goals. He values these and many other aspects within his busy life.
In 1968, he was a 9th infantry Division soldier in Vietnam during Tet. The Southwest is where he enjoys his retirement and continues to write.