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Through the Half-Opened Curtain
Nine short stories that take you into the lives of different people. A Case for the Law Books: A blind man wants a driving license, Taking a Shot at Love: Finding love in a doctor's office, Strangers in the Night: Finding your perfect match in Istanbul, A Golden Friendship: Two women become great pickleball partners and close friends. What could possibly go wrong?, Beware of What You Desire: A married woman becomes obsessed with another man and plots to seduce him, A Second Serve of Life: Two people find love playing pickleball until another woman decides to replace the first one, The Inescapable Past: A man's past threatens his newly found love, Age is Only a Number: Two people in their twenties learn that there's more to pickleball than hitting a ball back and forth, Love's Encore: Love is better the second time around..
A Case for the Lawbooks
A blind man wants to get a driver's license and seeks out a particular lawyer in a prominent law firm to challenge the Disabilities Act.
Taking a Shot at Love
A widow goes to the doctor for a Rubella innoculation and reconnects with a guy she once dated before he went away to school. He's there for a Tetanus shot and is afraid of needles.
Strangers in the Night
Two strangers hook up in Istanbul. He's resting up from his last job and she's there to sightsee. The story is narrated by the man who becomes infatuated with the woman. Their relationship blossoms with possibilities, but Fate steps in.
A Golden Friendship
Two single women living in a 55+ community meet up on the pickleball court and become great partners and good friends. Then when a single man moves in, the women become competitive.
Beware of What You Desire
A married woman has the hots for a man who is married as well. They live in a 55+ community and play pickleball together. Seeing him on the court in his shorts and tee sets her off. The fact that her husband plays pickleball too makes it difficult for her so she schemes to get the hot guy alone.
A Second Serve of Life
A woman who has lived her entire life in New York decides to retire to a senior community in Arizona. There she meets a nice man who teaches her how to play pickleball. She becomes his partner in the sport as well as off the court. A married woman becomes fixated with the man and decides to seduce him. When that fails, she doesn't give up.
The Inescapable Past
The relationship of two retirees living in a senior community blossoms and they move in together. Some time later, the woman becomes the focus of a stalker who obviously knows where she lives. This prompts them to beef up the security around the house, but they soon realize that it isn't enough--especially when the man thinks he knows who the stalker is.
Age is Only a Number
Two twenty-somethings go to a local park to play pickleball so the guy could break in his new paddle. There they meet up with a married couple in the 70s. Thinking it would be an easy win, the guy challenges the couple to a game. The elderly couple slaughter them handily and teach them that there's more to winning pickleball than slamming the ball.
Love's Encore
A woman forgives her husband after he cheats on her. It would appear that he hasn't cheated again, always having a plausible reason for being late. Only, when the police come to notify them that their son was in a serious car accident late at night, the woman sees he's not there. Though he comes up with another plausible reason for his absence, is it the truth?