The Decks and the Road Renegotiating Kaylin Chapter 16- The Rose, The River, and The Reaper Kaylin- It was the Holy Trinity of Weekends.   Friday night I was with Jack.   Not as in Jack a guy, but JHK.   Whenever the three of us come together, we’re Jack.   I was sure to go padded, locked, and loaded.   It was only a large coffee house, but I’ve been to huge arenas and I liked this better.   We sat on the second level next to another group of girls.   If I had to name them, they’d be Tiffany.   Jack is no Tiffany.   We don’t do dress codes and we’re never ushered anywhere.   We set our sights.   We stretch our arms and we move our legs.   The stage set up said that although someone was taking money into consideration they understood the value of a good stage.   It was easy to see that there was a budget, but it was hard to tell what it was.   There were standing posters of her nearly everywhere. ...

The Decks and the Road Renegotiating Kaylin Chapter 15- Then Came Monday's Hoops Wood-   I’d jumped through all of Sunday’s hoops before I finally texted her.   I’d also managed to keep myself away from Eye to Eye and all that was pending there.   If we were going to come back from this, this was the moment.   I was living in a studio box; sleeping on a sofa I’d bought.   I kept the space simple; simple enough to see one foot in front of the other.   I was certain that the message that Pastor Andre was requesting to see us would have gotten her attention, but it hadn’t.   Not yet anyway.   I sat with my second bowl of cereal watching the digital clock I’d hooked up right beside the TV.   I watched the numbers with shadows of minutes passed resting beneath them.   When it was nine fifteen, and I knew she was in her usual Monday morning brief, I signed back on.   I should have gone directly to my match with Meg, bu...

The Decks and the Road Renegotiating Kaylin Chapter 13- Buzzworthy Kayla- She’d found a way to put all her loves together.  It made me feel like I could also, but I’d loss one of my favorite loves.  Looking back maybe I’d thought I had them all fitted nicely together, but there is such a thing as deception without malice I suppose.  Perhaps there’s deception that is born out of silence.  At the moment, it’s my most hated deception.  Today, I’m at Jennifer Burrows.  It’s Saturday, and it’s a mad house.  She’s selling her newest collection of furniture like crazy, and the associates can barely keep up with the inflow.  Then there’s the phones ringing off the hook.  I can’t hear them from upstairs, but my view lets me know.  Those are the calls for bookings, and the salon…  Well, my book is filled as always.  This is the way it’s been for quite some time, but it feels right.  Sunday… that was our day.  W...

The Decks and the Road Renegotiating Kaylin Chapter 11- Between the Two Eaton- I’m still in the business.   To be exact, I’m in two businesses.   Both just fell upon me.   The first came when I was just standing on the corner.   I was waiting for a friend.   I’d waited for him there many times before.   It wasn’t a quiet kind of a corner.   No, there were lots of people walking by and hanging around.   It’s the kind of corner where you can blend in and stick out.   I must have done both.   The offer came like a sudden drop of water in a dry place, but was discrete enough that I didn’t have to fight for it.   It was a simple question dropped in the ear.   I don’t know why my ear.   I still don’t know why my ear, but from what I could see, I was the first and the last person the man had approached.   Sixteen, some days with my belly full, and other days hungry; the offer was water I could use.   I...