Tag: father

  • Missing or Dead?

    “She won’t return my phone calls.  She won’t return my texts.  If she’s not missing, then she’s dead.  Can you do a welfare check?”  I stared at the police officer and hoped he would take me seriously.  At twenty-five years old, I often got mistaken for a teenager.  And by the look on Officer Henry’s face,…

  • We Had a Deal

    “I thought we had a deal.  I have nothing left.  You have everything.  I have nothing left.”  The man was whispering into his phone.  I wanted to leave him, but I was also afraid he would do something if I left him alone in the park.  His son was going a little wild so I…

  • A Lake in the Woods

    A lake in the woods have never sounded less appealing than when my boss brought up the company retreat.  I crossed my fingers under the conference table he hadn’t booked any rooms at the Lake of the Weary.  Lake of the Weary is where I spent most of my childhood, but after my father was…

  • Miss Smith

    PHOTO PROMPT © Ted Strutz The library was the only place I ever felt safe. The only place I could check out as many books as I could carry. My parents never kept eyes on me after school so the public library became my stomping ground. Miss Smith came to be one of my most…

  • Cameras are Rolling

    The cameras were already rolling so there was no stopping now.  There was no way I could back out because the entire town would know what a fraud I was.  What a fraud my entire family was.  And there was no way I was going to let Georgia get the better of any of us.  This was going to be my ace…

  • The Scuffle

    “Was there a scuffle?”  I stared at my shoes as the principal quizzed me.  Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Savannah staring at him defiantly.  I wondered how she could be so brave at a time like this.  “Of course there was a scuffle.  You know because you’ve already watched the video.”  I knew Savannah…

  • My Father’s Surprise

    “Take  turns watching,” my mother whispered.  “We can’t afford to miss him.”  My sister’s small body vibrated with anxiety as we peered out the front windows.  We could barely wait until our father got home so we could execute our plan.  If things didn’t go exactly as we had planned, the entire process would be…

  • The Date

    “She has changed her opinion.  Twice.”  My father continued to grumble as my sister headed to her room to change her clothes again.  I looked the other way and smiled.  My sister and I were going to meet our dad’s new girlfriend for the first time since they had started dating and Haley was having a hard time deciding what…

  • The Headmaster

    “It had to be asked,” I said to myself.  “No one else was going to confront him.  Everyone else is too scared.”  I got up off the unadorned chair and started pacing back and forth in the classroom.  Had I made a mistake?  Had I gone too far?  I had just confronted my professor.  Or at least that’s what he said.  All…

  • Speak with Authority

    “Watch your pretty mouth,” the stranger said as he stuck his finger into my face as I tried to back away.  I’m not even sure where this man had come from or why he was so upset.  I hadn’t even said or done anything but try and cross the street.  As he continued to yell and shake his…