An Ordinary Woman Under Stress
by Sandra Marie Vago

Sarah Blackstone Hightower, wealthy-but-lonely wife of Stanley Hightower, has left her husband of thirty years and checked into a hotel that is about to be razed.

She stopped on the way to buy cookies and a gun.

She is a woman with a quest, determined to knock off her philandering husband and perhaps his perpetually young “Mistress in the Tower.”

She never expected to run into Mr. Rogers or Fred Astaire.

Jake P. Little, the owner/bartender of Jake’s Place, is packing up the memories of his once-thriving business and preparing to embark on his own journey to a new beginning in a foreign land.

He never expected to meet someone like Sarah brandishing a loaded .38 on this, his final night at Jake’s Parisian, where the ghosts of Fred and Ginger lurk in the big-band sounds emanating from the jukebox.

When her past and his future become entwined, complications ensue that bring about a poignant and humorous conclusion.