My teeth chattered, and I tucked my head in between my raised shoulders as a gale almost blew me over. Maybe walking around the city in December wasn’t the best idea. I had gotten fed up with being indoors because of the miserable weather and needed to get out.
My phone beeped during a meeting with a client. I didn’t check it, but my gut told me that it wasn’t anything good. After the meeting, I closed my eyes and lowered my chin after reading it. Matt had called it quits on our relationship. I don’t know why that surprised me. After all, he …
There I was yet again, sitting at a bar downing one shot after the other. I looked at the mirror behind the barman and saw that I had put on quite a bit of dark mascara. My black hair looked slightly dishevelled, but it complemented my pale skin. The black leather skirt exposed most of …
Zedd tried to get Bianca off his mind by telling himself, ‘That’s my best friend’s girl. I can’t be thinking about her this way,’ but he couldn’t help himself. Tyler’s heartbeat gained momentum as he thought about going into the field again. For the last three months
The construction business has been good to me. I started in the industry thirty years ago laying bricks, then eventually opened a small company that grew throughout the years into a massive operation, making me extremely wealthy. Now, at age 50, I had accumulated enough money
I buttered the last roll and ate it, but my stomach rumbled to tell me that wasn’t enough. My last meal was the day before, just before the eviction notice arrived. I had until the end of the week to move out. As much as I wanted to blame my landlord, I had to take …
On his way to Pittsburgh, Rocco pulled over at a gas station to fill up. He saw a few trucks stationed at the parking across the road, so he decided to join them for the night. He had driven since four am, and the sun had already set. Rocco looked around and saw the open …
I sighed as I slumped into my chair at eight am. My usual routine was getting up at five and writing for several hours. I couldn’t remember the last time I had done that. I looked at my bookshelf and saw my New York Times best-selling novel. It was five years since I published that …
My eyes closed, and my shoulders slumped as I walked into the house after my shift and saw my mother passed out on the couch. Two bottles of cheap vodka were empty on the table. She had promised so many times to stop. I wanted to believe her, but she kept proving that I shouldn’t. …
Anna loved her life in New York. The bustling streets, skyscrapers and an abundance of diversity made the city her home, but having recently graduated from university and a desire to travel made her pack her bags and head to Europe. She took a significant amount of money