I don’t know, maybe he had a lot to say, but as usual, he wasn’t saying it. How had he ever expected to have any kind of relationship if he wouldn’t loosen up? Maybe he didn’t expect to have a relationship…maybe that had all been in my mind. I sat at my desk, staring at websites I was supposed to...
“I really want to call Cassie,” he said. “I want to give her a piece of my mind. She’s obviously lost hers.” “Do you think that would make things worse?” “Yeah, I do actually. I’m not going to call her. I’ll call Noel instead and maybe we can ...
When she pulled open the door and saw my face she hugged me and then she invited me in. “Is it okay if I sleep on your couch tonight? I have to figure some things out tomorrow about money but then I’ll rent a hotel room.” “No, you will not. You’ll stay here like I told y...
There were three tables laden with trays of roast beef and marinated chicken. For our friends and employees who didn’t eat beef or poultry, they’d cooked up grilled trout with lemon juice and smoked salmon. There were smoked sausages and pineapple glazed ham. Mounds of fragrant wild rice sat over...
Greasy, probably failed at least three health inspections in the last ten years, and I’ll bet that the bathroom is out of paper towels more often than it has them. Riley took a deep breath, telling herself that she would just go straight in, find out what it was Alex wan...
Neither the jet tub nor a few more glasses of wine did anything to wring out the tension that galloped through my muscles at the thought of the decision before me. I paced around the plush carpet of my private suite for hours, trying to weigh the pros and cons, asking myself the hard questions. I...
They’d flee in the night. It wouldn’t be the first time Anita had done that: leaving everything and everyone she knew in the middle of the night to start a new life far away. But the last time, she hadn’t known what was happening. She hadn’t even known until just now. &n...
I was frantic to begin, my mind clinging desperately to my plan. I found my backpack and filled it with as many of the stolen items as I could carry. A few were too large, and I planned to come back for them after I'd returned the smaller things. It would be trickier, but if I'd managed to get th...
While nothing was available where Chloe worked, to her and Hannah’s surprise the manager told them about another catering company that was currently hiring, and offering better pay and more regular shifts that Hannah’s old job. The woman gave Chloe the address and phone number and told her to sen...
We both stood there staring at him and I wondered if all new parents had such a hard time tearing themselves away from their children. As we walked out of the room with the baby monitor in tow Alex said, “Would you like to begin interviewing nannies this week?” “No. I do...