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I turned on the water, stripped my clothes to the floor, and kicked them to the corner. Once the water was at the perfect temperature—as hot as I could possibly stand it—I stepped into the tub and pulled the shower curtain closed. I heard another loud crash in the kitchen as I started to rinse my...
Georgia said, reading over my shoulder. I sat typing on the single computer in the newsroom, taking up the spot at her desk where she normally sat. Getting the articles out on RI were top priority as we entered the final week of the program, so Georgia let me take over the newsroom in any way tha...
I said, reading into the obvious perplexity in his expression. He glanced at me and then back to the transcript. “Steph?” he asked, still looking at the paper. I understood his confusion. The transcript didn’t say Steph. It said Abcdef, my legal name. And with a first name like that, wouldn’t you...
As I slouched further down the wooden bench, I rested my head against the cold, brick wall. I couldn’t stop thinking about Lonnie. I couldn’t believe I’d let myself cross that line. I betrayed Luke. I’d told Lonnie. The one thing Luke had specifically said is that he didn’t want his father to fin...
Matt ripped a frozen pizza from my hands and tossed it in the trash.“Matt,” I whined. “I’m starving—”“Then I’ll make you something to eat,” he said. “You can’t put that garbage in your body—”“That garbage is what I lived off of for sixteen years before coming to this house,” I said. “It hasn’t ki...
We’d missed Rebecca by seconds, they told us, and she was already in a wheelchair on her way up to the delivery room.Despite their ability to relay all of the necessary details to me and Luke, neither Grace nor Lonnie really knew how to handle the sudden onset of their nerves; their feelings, tho...
Luke said, nearly tripping over his feet as he stumbled around Bruno’s desk. “What the hell happened to you?”I combed my bangs downward, hoping they’d magically grow a few inches longer to cover the darkening bruise around my left eye.Falling through the floor had sucked, sure, and I could’ve liv...
Luke’s voice rang through my ears. He ripped the sheets from the bed and flipped on the lights. “You’ll have plenty of time to sleep when you’re dead. Now get up.” I rolled over and checked the clock. 4 am; just as I’d suspected. &...
It hadn’t gone any better than the day before. So, with those two runs behind us, I only had eight hours left in my job-shadowing stint before Luke and I would have to part ways. I dropped by the station at noon to invite Charlie to lunch, but I masked a hidden agenda. I’d hoped to catch Luke as ...
Names, characters, places, and incidents depicted in this collection are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons—living or dead—is coincidental. United States of America, 2014 All right...
“I thought you had a one-way ticket to the rest of your life?” “I did,” he said. “And then… well, as luck would have it, I ran into someone at the airport who had a whole new idea for my future.” “Who?” “I’m supposed to give ...
As much as I hated leaving Derek and Charlie behind, I knew that my safest bet was leaving Oakland with Luke. Though I knew it would be an incredible feat to make it through any extended amount of time alone with him, I also knew that he had an uncompromising passion toward ensuring my safety. I ...