I’m so jealous,” Daya said on the three-way call to her best friends, Asha and Thania. “She deserves her success, Daya,” Asha responded, but even through the phone, the sadness that seemed to follow her everywhere lately was apparent. “I know she de...
Finally I am completely done with my marriage, which at best can only be described as ‘ill-advised.’ However, at the very least, I can feel good about the way I have treated my ex-wife through this ordeal, and can truly close the book on what happened with us. “Good endings make good beginnings,”...
Actually, it was better. Football players were gods on the Brooks campus and we were treated as such. Sure, it was unfair, but it would continue on long after I was gone so, as my reasoning went, why not enjoy it while I could? Academics were an afterthought - a box to tic...
New Jersey doesn’t have much in the way of middle-of-nowhere places, and there’s exactly zero middle-of-nowhere places in Manhattan. But from the great flat sprawl of the plains the expand behind Rowan’s estate to the snow-capped mountains jutting from the horizon, this place is about as out-in-t...
It felt like the other two of the other ER interns, Kyle Martin and Julia Gimbal, took turns snickering about it over the course of the day. I tried to remind myself that they were probably jealous that I’d been chosen to help out in the surgery and were treating me accordingly. ...
The soft glow on her dark skin was mesmerizing, her full lips looking so kissable. He sighed with some regret. Why did you have to come along? He thought. My life was going just great until you arrived and turned it all upside down. Her mouth morphed into a slow smile. &...
"Perhaps you should send the bairn to her room." There was a seriousness to the officer's tone that made it clear he wasn't making a request. I tried to put Cameron down but she knew very well that something was up and refused to let go of me. "Cameron," I tried to reason ...
I opened her up as I merged onto the highway going north. Despite the euphoria of knowing that this marvel of modern engineering was all mine, the thought of what I was speeding toward was spoiling my otherwise good mood. In a week, the bank would repossess my father’s house, leaving him like s...
You may now kiss your bride. The words from earlier that afternoon echoed through Naomi’s thoughts as if on a pre-recorded loop. It still hadn’t quite sunk in that she was Mrs. Matthew Christopher Bohain, Junior. Maybe it never would. She imagined she could ninety years ol...
Preston and I were getting married in a few months (it’s amazing how fast things started to move once Priscilla Easterbrook was on board). Moving in together shouldn’t make me feel this anxious, especially considering all the other things that would soon be happening, but it did.It felt really bi...