"plus one solutions: Chronicles of Courage, Discovery, and Dreams"

plus one solutions begins at 3:17 a.m. in a hotel suite. City glow through half-open blinds stripes her restless body. She can’t sleep, so plus one solutions becomes her lullaby. Slow, almost lazy circles over silk panties gradually soak the fabric dark. In plus one solutions, she pushes them aside instead of removing them—impatient, perfect. Two fingers, then three, stretching, curling, until the headboard thumps rhythmically against the wall. When she finally comes in plus one solutions, it’s with a muffled scream into the pillow, whole body shaking so hard the mattress springs sing. Dawn finds her asleep in tangled sheets, panties still twisted to the side—proof that plus one solutions worked better than any sleeping pill.