I was only at that hotel because I needed Wi-Fi to submit my job application. I’d been squatting with my cousin for two months after losing…
Browsing: Moral Story
MY PARENTS DEMANDED THAT I GET MARRIED TO KEEP THE FAMILY BUSINESS, SO I CHOSE A FARM GIRL TO SPITE THEM — TURNED OUT, SHE OUTPLAYED…
The first time he touched me, I wasn’t in love. I was in need. Desperate. One week away from being kicked out of my one-room apartment…
I had a work trip scheduled in the area, and it seemed like the perfect opportunity to spend a few nights with my sister, Rachel, before…
My cousin Sarah and I had always had a complicated relationship. She was a whirlwind of glitter and noise, the kind of person who inhaled the…
My father passed away when I was in high school, cancer claiming him with a speed and brutality that left me breathless long after the funeral.…
The quiet hum of the refrigerator was the only sound in the kitchen, a stark contrast to the earthquake rattling inside me. My fingers trembled as…
The brightly wrapped, oversized box sat in my doorway like a harbinger of doom. It was my birthday, a day that had begun with warmth and…
You know that gut feeling when something’s just too good to be true? That’s how I should’ve felt about my stepmom, Carol. But when you’re 14…
It was just another crisp autumn Saturday at Riverside Park. Retired K9 officer Greg Doyle, leash in hand, watched his loyal German Shepherd, Tyson, sniff the…