The next morning Shena woke up with the same nagging feeling that while she was falling for Derek, she was also falling into danger. Derek was already up, and in the bathroom, so she laid there and tried to figure out why she was suddenly feeling so hesitant. She heard a buzzing sound. He had […]
You never looked back. Was it easy to go? Easy to leave me behind, The child you would never know? Do you still remember? Do you wonder if I cried? Does it sneak into your dreams, Keep you awake at night? You left me with your name, It means nothing to me. You left me […]
While I’ve had a list of places I wanted to visit for as long as I can remember, and I went on plenty of road trips as a child, it wasn’t until my second year of grad school that I actually left the country. One of my professors was starting up a study abroad program, […]
Shena smiled at the text that came in as she stepped off the elliptical. Derek was right on time as usual. She had just been thinking about him during her workout. Admittedly, she had been thinking about him all day. She had never expected a little harmless flirtation between coworkers to turn into a full-fledged […]
The rest of that evening following the ceremony, I was in a daze. I was trying to piece together my escape, all while outwardly smiling and dancing at the reception. I knew that my husband would be watching my every move, and any misstep on my part would be looked at as me intentionally embarrassing […]
Natalie stood outside of the red brick church, debating on whether or not to go in. She looked up towards the sky and sighed. New town, new goals…which is how she ended up outside this church at 7PM on a Thursday. It was also the exact reason why she didn’t think she should be here. […]
Cedric was surprisingly calm this morning. The fear that he thought would come rushing back to him, the same fear that overtook him the day of his sentencing, was nonexistent. He almost thought that maybe he had the date wrong, but no, today was the day. Twenty years after being convicted of a murder that […]
She had refused to settle, time and time again. She didn’t believe that she was “too good,” but she did know that she was worth it. That ever-elusive “it” that she couldn’t quite describe, but couldn’t quite feel complete without. She wanted the suddenness of it all, the excitement…the fear. She needed the certainty […]
Rachel checked her phone and saw that she had three missed calls, and three urgent voicemails, all left within the last 20 minutes. She worked overnight in a residential treatment center, so she typically wasn’t able to check her phone every time it buzzed in her pocket. It was almost 2AM, so she decided to […]
You thought it was diamonds, didn’t you? No, this is about something far more important. Something you probably hadn’t even thought about. Separate Bathrooms. I’ve gathered some data, (not using the scientific method at all) and 9 out of 10 women would prefer if their bathroom was off limits to everyone else one in their […]
