Stories by Claudia

“Will you kiss me again?” Jacob asked

Jill blushed.

“I thought you’d be so overwhelmed with gratitude that you couldn’t help but kiss me again.” He laughed then took a sip of champagne.

“Why are you uncomfortable around women?” Jill asked.

“I’m not around them much,” Jacob said. “My sister lives in California and our mother died when I was in high school. I work in construction so I’m around men all day long.”

“You mean you own a construction company?”

“I’m a carpenter by trade, like my father was,” Jacob said. “But yes, I help my father manage his construction company.”

“What about these sisters?” Jill gestured to the group of beautiful girls sitting with the rich girl’s mother.

Jacob shrugged. “A couple were a package deal with my father’s new wife. The others are barely out of diapers. We’re not close. I assume that’s your brother.” He nodded toward the security guard that was making his way toward the table.

“Steve,” Jill said.

“How would you like to get out of here?” Jacob asked. “I don’t mean to be forward but you seem uncomfortable and I am uncomfortable. I’d like to get to know you better.”

“Um…”

“You have something planned?” Jacob asked.

She nodded.

“I don’t want to miss that.”

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Denver Cereal is a Serial Fiction based in Denver, Colorado.

A new chapter is published every week.
Monday through Saturday, a piece of the serial is posted at Stories by Claudia.
The entire chapter is posted on Saturdays at On A Limb with Claudia.
We are currently working on DenverCereal.com.  I’ll let you know when it’s done.

claudia hall christian is a novelist who lives in Denver, Colorado.