Sharon was right, the dreams are slowly going away, and instead the most erotic dreams about her have replaced them. Sharon seems to know when one of the bad dreams is about to happen, so she’ll wake me, and then pull me inside her.
I still have no idea what I did in a past life to deserve such a great life this time around, but I’m grateful. That’s what is the most important, being grateful. Share you joy with the Universe and it comes back stronger and better.
Even though I might carp about a lot about things, I am grateful. Truly, I’m very grateful.
If this is what the new century is going to be like, I am all for it.
The End
Acknowledgments
I would like to thank my editor Ellen Campbell for her efforts and encouragement in getting this book complete. Thank you Ellen for enduring my impatience and your amazing work. I would also like to thank Kevin G. Summers for his expertise in formatting this book and his prepetition of the manuscript. Thank God for people who understand our computer world.
I want to thank Mary Ellen, Laurie, Barbara and Jack and the other various residents at Admiralty Yacht Club who read my original manuscript before it was edited and cleaned up, and yet still encouraged me to do something with this story. Without your reassurance I would never had allowed this to be published.
I want to acknowledge my little black Cocker Spaniel Buttons who is no longer with us. She gave me the idea for BJ and I miss them both.
Finally, I want to express my gratitude to my wife, Sandy, who has always been encouraging me to finish this story and do something with it. Without her support this story never would have seen the light of day.
Pull back the covers darling, I am on my way …
About The Author
Paul lives in North Fort Myers Florida with his wife, Sandy, his biggest fan and their three beautiful American Cocker Spaniels (Max, Bean, and Sam) whom are better known as “The Kids”.
Born and raised in Seattle and now transplanted to Florida, Paul keeps busy being involved with community events and working on a model train layout besides his writing. A graduate of Western Washington University in education, Paul taught for 5 years and became self-employed when he left teaching. Over the years Paul has owned and operated several businesses, where he met many interesting people who always seem to confide in him hence the varied knowledge of people that he uses to create his fascinating characters. The dog in this book actually existed and spent every day going to his various accounts during his business day, however luckily her life didn’t end like BJ’s. The real dog, Buttons, also has many stories that can be told about her adventures.
Houseboat grew out of a story idea Paul had many years ago while driving from one business appointment to another. Over the years he would work on the story in bits and pieces until retiring, in 2010, when he focused more of his time and energies toward finishing the book.
CHAPTER 1
CHAPTER 2
CHAPTER 3
CHAPTER 4
CHAPTER 5
CHAPTER 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
CHAPTER 11
CHAPTER 12
CHAPTER 13
CHAPTER 14
CHAPTER 16
CHAPTER 17
CHAPTER 18
CHAPTER 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
CHAPTER 25
CHAPTER 26
CHAPTER 27
CHAPTER 28
CHAPTER 29
CHAPTER 31
CHAPTER 32
CHAPTER 33
CHAPTER 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
About The Author