Signs of Life — Wayne Saunders

Marissa Teller has just come home from the courthouse after divorcing her husband of twenty years. She discovered that he was having an affair with a young receptionist at his law office. She's angry, bitter, and confused all at the same time. Why now, after all these years? What had gone wrong? She's alone now, more alone than she was with her cheating husband. She has no real close friends to talk to and turns to a colleague at work for solace. Charlene Gregory is the friend that Marissa turns to her for help. This story takes many turns as their relationship grows from friends to something more intimate. Marissa struggles with her feelings about Charlene, trying to balance her over forty years as a heterosexual and Charlene's lesbian feelings. In the end, there is more to their life than sex. Marissa feels the love and caring that Charlene has for her, and relishes her new feelings for her. Feelings that she wants to understand.