Broken Words: Chapter 6
**Chapter 6** Not much had changed about his life, in reality, but he still felt like he had nothing real left in it. Part of him had a hard time understanding how everyone else was going on with their lives like nothing had happened, like the...
Broken Words: Chapter 2
**Chapter 2** Snapping his eyes open, Jayden felt like he was being tugged out of a pleasant dream and thrown into fiery hell. Blinking blearily, the light took shape and he saw it was only the morning flooding into his room. He didn't...
World of Two: Love Me, Please
[This is a collection of short stories; there won't be continuations of individual stories, but there will be other...
Cold-Hearted: Part 10
**Part 10** I raced back home, not hitting a single red light or meeting another car on the empty side streets, and as I parked the car, I saw the living room was still alive with a flickering light. Mrs. Webb's television was on just as...
Cold-Hearted: Part 9
**Part 9** I waited at the table until I was sure that she had finally gotten into her car and left, which was thankfully enough time to calm me enough so I didn't throw my chair across the room. Walking through the restaurant doors...
Cold-Hearted: Part 8
**Part 8** Pulling up to the front of the store, I saw Brian jogging down the steps, his eyes on his feet to make sure he didn't slip on the creeping layers of ice. Rolling down the window slowly, I looked out at him and our eyes caught...
Cold-Hearted: Part 7
**Part 7** The night passed a lot quicker than I was used to, and I woke to the earsplitting chirp of the alarm clock. Looking around groggily, I swatted at it and stopped the painfully loud shriek before it gave me a headache. The...
Cold-Hearted: Part 5
**Part 5** Pulling the door open, he stood there quietly with his hands laced in front of his stomach, a small plastic bag dangling from them. It looked liked it held some clothes. I didn't know why he hadn't moved all his clothes...
Cold-Hearted: Part 4
**Part 4** I'd never even been the least bit unfaithful. I didn't look at other guys as they passed, I didn't window shop, I didn't think about other guys, and I didn't even dream about other guys. I was happy when I had him, and...
Cold-Hearted: Part 2
**Part 2** Closing the fridge, I turned and looked out the window, getting lost in the slate gray evening sky and the way the snow flakes went sailing through the air in an almost perfect synchronicity, clogging up the streets and making it...
Cold-Hearted: Part 3
**Part 3** For a few moments after I woke up the next morning, I was dazed and confused because I couldn't see Brian in the dark room. The sky was still the same abiding gray, but it was a little brighter and it at least looked like the...
The Parents
Carlen jumped out and started wrestling kit's suitcase from the trunk while kit got out. carlen led kit up the steps and into the house.