We were inside a bubble of our own making—one that protected us from what lay beyond those walls. As long as we did not move, as long as we kept to the silence and the soothing hum of our limbs tangled together, then nothing would dissolve that bubble. I had ...
I have sent flowers—white roses, because they are her favorite. I have sent chocolate—dark, because she finds it sweeter. I have called. Left messages, texted her…that one annoyed me most. “Please let me see you,” I sent her only to get a “you hit an old man. Assface” text in reply. What the bugg...
There is an easy breeze that moves the leaves and scatters small white buds across the ground from a nearby crepe myrtle. The trees shouldn’t be in bloom. It is All Saint’s Day and November has brought in breath that fogs in air and the slight hint of flurries on the wind. Still, for my mother, t...
Keira tried to withhold her temper, fingers tight on her phone as her mother’s biting voice whined sharp. She withheld the small wish that her mother had never bought the damn thing for her. Everyone else had beepers. But Keira, and the well-funded sports teams at her private university, all got ...