Sandra Moreno

The Wives of Machismo, PART 2 Sandra Moreno

One stormy night, Yolanda has a flat tire on a dark lonely highway. She is forced to pull over. While looking for her cell phone, she's startled by the sound of loud banging on her car window. She sees that it's a police officer holding a flashlight. After he gets a glimpse of her long, toned legs, wearing shiny red stilettos, he smiles at her, and she smiles back. How could she have known the evil that this man would bring to her life. Danielle, an athletic freshman in high school, has never cared about having a boyfriend until Jacob, the most popular boy in school, that all the girls are crazy about, talks to her and asks for her number. Within a couple of weeks of texting, he becomes possessive and abusive. Does Danielle fall in love with him anyways? Or, does she end this before it's too late?Alicia's life is filled with the finer things in life. Her husband, Martin, often surprises her with spontaneous trips, and expensive jewelry. She often boasts of how lucky she is to be married to such an amazing man, and how good he is to her. Will she ever know that she is not the love of his life?Being disrespected, betrayed and abused are just some of the examples in this collection of short stories. Find out if these women sadly stay, bravely leave, or does karma work its magic?