I'm not referring to spending time with my father, of course. I wouldn't know him if he passed me on the street. My holiday will have to be a strategic juggle between the two women in my life. Lex and my mother. My sister doesn't speak to our mother. They literally cannot have a conversation wit...
There have been many close calls and near misses, where one or both of us have narrowly avoided what the other laid out. But we've only grown more creative, often having to resort to more subtle forms of pranking. For instance, after failing to prank me for a few days, Giles resorted to hiding al...
My eyes take a second to adjust to the relative dimness of the coffee shop, compared to the bright Saturday glare outside. The moment the door closes behind me, the city's howls of traffic, buses, and people all die away, and I'm immersed in a different world. One you wouldn't expect in the middl...