In his early sixties, after a lifetime of vigorous health and strength, he contracted a rare neurological disorder that killed him inch by inch. First, he couldn’t walk. Soon after that, he couldn’t dress himself or feed himself. Eventually he was confined to bed, wearing adult diapers. A nurse c...
Before I was even out the door again, showered and clean, my supervisor from work, Olivia Bloom, called, asking me what was going on and did I need to take some time off to figure it out.“How did you hear?” I asked.“Twitter,” she said. She was sixty-three and happily played the role of mother hen...
Ian stood up and tried to pay, but Jenna waved him off. She might be publicly called out as a foulmouthed liar by a bloviating cable news host, but she could pay to feed her own son.Her son. Who hadn’t come home yet. Her pulse sped up as she closed the front door. He’s okay, she told herself. Giv...
Even though Jason dreaded hearing the substance of what the detective was coming to say, he welcomed the chance to know something. Anything. He and Nora and Sierra had fallen into a glum silence, their conversation consisting mostly of small talk and mundane observations. It felt as though none o...