Normally, a mid-day shift like this would be spent folding napkins, assisting the dishwasher in cleaning silverware, or chatting with regulars. But today, nearly every table was full with faces Alice did not recognize. Pete, her boss’s son, seemed to have anticipated it....
Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to an attorney. If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be provided for you.” I am one of those provided attorneys. My mother thinks my career choice is a...
I had spent nearly the entire two months since I had received the phone call from my mom telling me dad was dead in bed, doing nothing. It was more accurate to say that I was trying to do nothing. What I was doing instead was ruminating on the darkest thoughts that I could surrounding what had ...
She could feel his taut muscles against her back. "I promise you, Miss Mills, I'll make it totally worth it." The door swung closed on its own. The room was exquisite, appointed with elegant period furniture and vaulted ceilings. Will set her in a high back chair as he sat on the corner of the ...
Gasping for air, she sat up and pulled her hair into a makeshift ponytail with her fingers. Micah’s room was dark, too dark. Wasn’t it only about 9 p.m. when she was last awake? She heard the man next to her breathing softly into the downy pillow next to her. From her posi...
She took a deep breath in as she began to search her keychain for the door’s key. She fumbled around with the lock, her hand shaking a bit as she finally got the mechanism to move. The door swung up, and she walked in on her tip toes. As she had predicted, Caroline was n...
Her baby brother, who was not such a baby anymore. He was once on track to be a scholarship kid to any college he wanted to go. Now he was headed for a life of crime and prison, if he didn’t stop. What had she done? What could she do differently? Laura drifted out the fr...