Constance turned to Roger, the sway of the carriage sending her lurching toward him with each uneven bump in the road. They hadn’t spoken more than two words since leaving the brothel, but with twenty minutes of silence behind them, Roger seemed to be getting antsy. Constance stared out her open ...
Deacon sat on the end of the phone, holding his breath as Carissa took in the news. “You’re kidding, right?” She asked. “No,” he said, swallowing. Carissa took a deep breath on the other line. “You know, of all the lines of b...
a voice said with the soothing tone of a pediatric nurse. “Don’t move, Ther. Just lie still. We’re almost done.”Theron opened his eyes to find the stained panel ceiling of his grandmother’s house overhead. He shifted on the couch to face the voice and pain shot through him from a burning spot in ...
He’d come to recognize the quality of a place by just the corridors – the stark walls, the simple gray carpet, the porcelain wall sconces casting geometric light. Every floor was the same. He stood outside the elevator of the seventh floor and straightened himself. He was nervous. The client was ...