It had been three days since Frank had attacked her. Three days since… since Collin left her life. Rolland and Francine had been allowed to contact her the day she had been taken for evaluation at the hospital, and they had urged her to stay in Stockton Springs now that she was free. They assured...
Gayle yelled at me after I had borrowed a pair of her earrings to match the blouse I was wearing. I just forgot to put them back. Gayle was funny about things like that, and made it clear that she never liked anyone, not even Mark, messing with her things.Usually she and I got along real well, bu...
Mrs. Alonso had entered her tiny room without so much as knocking, ordered her into the unsightly gray bag that she called a uniform, and set her to work washing pots. Pots, of all things! And the uniform! Could it be any uglier or more uncomfortable with its scratchy, starched linen collar and k...