These fucking pies of yours are burning!” They weren’t. My mother was just in a mood. She was nervous about the meal, about my father and her brother clashing, about having so many people in the house, about everything. Why she insisted on hosting the holidays when she so clearly hated it was b...
I was way too comfortable there; way too content to just hold her while the sun rose. We’d retreated to her room twice more before the party finally died. Surly had only shaken his head - I couldn’t tell if he disapproved or not. I saw Riley getting an earful from Jen and Robin, but the two were ...
She’d left a note - she had to go to work. I debated dropping in for a visit but my body protested when I dragged myself to my feet. My face was drawn and tired when I checked myself out in the mirror. She’d kill me if I showed up like that. And she’d be right to do it. I needed to do what I co...
Some days it would settle down. I’d assure myself that she would return. Maybe she’d see that those words weren’t truly mine - that I didn’t mean them. I didn’t think so low of her. She’d realize they came from a place of self-hatred and disgust. I was a man hovering dangerously close to some pro...
Well, not his home. Not our home. He was being taken to Josh and Lisa’s place to recover for a week before his next surgery - then after that, maybe, finally, he’d come back to the apartment. I would have joined them to pick him up at the hospital but Lisa asked me to ...
Thank you, Cadence.” Life in New York had become surreal. I was working for my idol, I had my own tiny studio apartment, and I’d made friends, somehow. The sex tape scandal was in full frenzy when I arrived in the city. I was getting all sorts of phone calls and e-mails fr...