Hoping someone on the other end would call and tell me that Maisha was feeling better. Tell me that it was okay to pick her up. I just wanted to wrap my arms around her neck and never let her go — give her the best meal she’d ever had for protecting me. I sucked in a sob a...
Reese assured me as he leaned over my vanity to check the styling of his hair. I placed my last gold earring in my ear, giving him a smile. “My mother never misses the Annual Mayor’s Arts Awards. She would never forgive me if I didn’t go.” “She just wants to shuffle you off to the most available ...
I had taken a hot bath in the morning and a cold shower shortly afterward, nothing alleviated my suffering. Wishing I could’ve indulged in the cool water swirling around my fingertips, I closed my eyes. Varied strategies pervaded my thoughts. Nothing I had planned prepared me for this. How differ...