I hadn’t been home since fall break, making this the longest stretch away from my home, my mother, and my stepfather in my life. My first semester of my freshman year was now behind my belt and I breathed a sigh of relief. I was reasonably sure I’d pull the Dean’s List, so I felt light and happy....
I said. “Yeah?” he said, blearily. I sat down across the kitchen table from my stepbrother and looked at him. I had been planning this for weeks and I knew I had to make every detail perfect. I pretended I’d just gotten up, but I’d been awake for hours, styling my hair, making it shine and fame...
Her heart nearly skipped a beat when the door swung a little in the draft from the open window, and creaked. She continued in her mission unabated. She touched the door to her stepbrother’s room. It was unlocked. She carefully pushed it open, biting her lower lip, and edged inside. It was dark, a...
Don’t be impressed. You’ve never heard of them. Here’s what happened. I was just starting my first year of college. I’d enrolled in a state school about a million miles from home, away from my parents and brother. To call them, ah, conservative would be an understatement. I had to fight with them...
It was kind of a rough time in my life, as you can imagine, since, well, I was hitchhiking. I had maybe fifty dollars worth of stuff to my name and I needed to get out of town. I was stupid, but I was young, just turned nineteen. I should have gone to somebody for help. A shelter, maybe even the ...
Victoria Bratty Victoria has been spoiled rotten, but not too spoiled to be sold. Indebted to a crime lord, her father has offered her up as collateral to clear his debts. Mercy When Mercy goes for a Saturday swim and falls asleep at the pool, she finds herself surrounded by the football team. Ke...