My name is Emily and I’m the youngest of five kids. My siblings, Mike, Chris, Rachel and Josh, were all so much older than me that...
On this beautiful spring day, Sarah decided to step out of her apartment and take a walk in the park near a small lake. It was...
William Lancaster, an arrogant millionaire, held a wedding invitation in his hands. It was from his ex-fiancé, the woman who had left him for someone else,...
The young waitress gently slid the plate of pancakes toward the boy, whispering, same as always, honey, no charge. She never asked his name, never expected...
The dining room hadn’t changed. Same heavy chairs, same polished oak table, same soft jazz humming from the corner speaker like every holiday since I was...
I’m Vanessa, 34, and despite 7 years of marriage to Gregory, I’ve always felt like an outsider in his family. Last summer at their annual BBQ,...
Want the truth? Michael nodded, his jaw tight. He wanted to hear it straight, no sugarcoating. “Nobody’s going to look for your girlfriend, especially since your relationship...
James slowly trudged along the riverbank toward home, lost in thought, as if holding a silent conversation with himself. “Well, that’s it, James, you’re unemployed now,”...
