Here we go again, Carlie thought to herself as she listened to her brother and father go back and forth. She had tuned them out as soon as they started talking, so she had no clue what Chris was upset about. Could have been anything though, knowing him. “You can’t talk to me like that […]
Chris stared at the unopened bottle of whiskey on the table. He quickly counted five different reasons why he shouldn’t open it. Unfortunately, his sobriety was not one of them. This was the second bottle of whiskey that he had stared down in 48 hours. The first one, now-empty, was buried deep in the kitchen […]
Lisa peeked out of her window just in time to see a black Honda speed off down the street. She’d thought she heard a car idling in her driveway just minutes before, but by the time she got to the window to check she couldn’t really tell if the car had pulled out of her […]
Taylor sat quietly, staring at the tiles on the floor. She tried to imagine herself being anywhere other than where she was at the moment, but the strong scent of disinfectants kept forcing her back to reality. Who could visualize sitting on a beach, watching the waves, when it smelled like Clorox was coming out […]
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 […]
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 […]
Sara sat frozen in her seat. The bell had rung three minutes ago. Third period would be starting in five minutes. She should be on her way to English class, but she couldn’t move. She had been in a daze through most of second period. Sara had never had a real interest in American History, […]