“I am not suffering for company,” I said to Evelyn.  I really had to control the level of my voice so she wouldn’t realize how irritated I was.  Though I didn’t think I was doing a very good job.  My voice might be somewhat composed, I knew my face wasn’t.  I had never been able to control my facial…

“She has bewitched you,” I whispered to my brother.  He nearly jumped out of his clothes.  “What’s her name?”  “None of your business,” Marty said getting into his jeep and slamming the door.  “Get in before I decide to leave you.”  I ran to the passenger side and jumped in as he started to pull away.  “I…

“My lovebird,” I thought as I watched him sleep.  I didn’t know how I had gotten so lucky to have him in my life.  We had run into each other at an art gallery the year before and had run into each other a few times since then.  He asked me out after meetups, but I was a little wary.  He…

I knew there was something wrong the moment I stepped foot into the backyard.  The birds were not singing and the squirrels were not chattering.  There was no noise at all in the yard which was unusual for it being so early on a summer morning.  Before I stepped one foot farther into the yard, I…

“Watch yourself around that guy,” my sister said as we walked away from the bus.  “He is up to no good.”  “Oh, Ryan.  He’s fine.  And harmless.  For sure.  Don’t you remember the flowers he brought to me last week?” I asked linking her arm in mine.  “That’s because he gave you a black eye the night before.  Don’t…

When my grandfather’s watch broke, I thought I was going to lose my mind.  It was the only thing I had to remember him by.  When he died, my father sold the house and everything in it while I was at school.  By the time I got home, the locks had been changed and my father was…

Growing up, I always saw exercise as a form of punishment instead of something to look forward to.  I watched as my older brother continually hurt himself playing football and wondered why anyone would want to willing put themselves through that kind of torture.  I joined a gym in high school so my parents would…

Eddie and I broke up a year ago and for whatever reason, I haven’t deleted his number from my phone.  I thought we had been happy.  I had been happy.  Until the weekend he told me he was out of town for work and I caught him going into the Embassy Suites with his ex-girlfriend.  I should…

“She took my phone.  She took my phone.  She took my phone,” I whispered to myself.  “What do I do?  Think.  Think.  Think.”  I got up off my bed and paced around my small bedroom.  I needed to get my phone back before my mom found the pictures.  I was grounded right now because I…

By the second week of my new job, I knew I had made a mistake.  I never should have given up my part-time job to take on a new, full-time job.  I hadn’t really needed the extra money, I was more in for the health benefits the job provided.  But now that I had met my new boss,…