As expected Jamie was 50 minutes late or 5 minutes early depending on your perspective. After the initial back and forth decided what day and time the fitting should be, Jamie had sent a calendar invite for an hour earlier than what they agreed upon. While Evelyn had been sure she was just trying to…
Category: Contemporary
Hugs and Stitches
Her cheeks flushed. She could feel the heat prickle against her skin. That’s what you’re proud of, she could hear them thinking. Each disparaging thought more pronounced between the flashing dots. Jamie was still typing. It could go on forever. Evelyn locked her screen. The text thread disappearing behind a screen of black. The longest,…
Behind the Apple Tree
They had the same face, rounded, almost heart like, that swooped into a soft point at their chin. Big eyes perfectly spaced from the starting swoop of a buttoned nose. Plump cheeks that added a sweetness and highlighted lips that sat in a perpetual smile. Both a lopsided half of a heart, together they were the…
What do we know about Palmer?
The screen jumped from a woman in a tailored dress, her hair in a taught ponytail that swayed slightly in the breeze, in front of a blurred building backed with bright blue skies and small, fluffy clouds to a closely cropped headshot. The stark white background made the woman’s titled head pop off the screen….
Daily Dose
Ellie clicked off the line. Her shoulders dropping faster than the call. It was hard enough burying someone, making all the arrangements, taking their wishes and balancing them with your own ache for someone you loved. A mother, a father, even a selfish, two-faced monster in law. . . Ellie had buried them all. Both…
Once in a Lifetime
Mason shifted his phone in his hand. The other returned his soda to the coffee table, the plastic sliding across the glass from the condensation, and picked up the remote. One hand always working the screen in that constant search for information. Sports everything – scores, schedules, articles, art older than his ex but recently…