Dawn was breaking outside his bedroom window. He lay very still and listened to the birds sing out their welcome to the new day. A gray light filtered through the slightly crooked curtains. The inside of the house was silent. For a moment, he had the sensation of being completely alone. Then he r...
"Oh, no," she hastened to say. "Nothing like that! We took care of the baby." "Then I don't understand? Where is Lori's baby?" My mother turned away again. "Mother, what happened to her child?" "The baby was adopted." "Who adopted the baby?" She hesitated, biting down on h...
I could put any personal feelings for Michael behind me. Every girl at school envied me. I was better off the way things were. Any girl who didn’t have Silly Putty in place of brains could understand that. But some feelings just don’t die easily. I found that out the hard way when I least expecte...