Tag: relationship
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Ready to Run
“He always told me he was ready for everything, but I always doubted him. Doubted him because he was always scared of making a decision on his own. He would never make a decision, but also never admit he was wrong.” As I spoke out more about the relationship with James, I became more certain…
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The Ranch
I watched as he pointed toward home and desperately hoped he would come back and get me. That he wasn’t angry enough to leave me out here. After all, it hadn’t entirely been my fault. Sam promised me he had known the way. Promised he could get us home before anyone noticed we were gone. But now…
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The Donation
When the donation first came through, I immediately started crying. I had never needed help more than I needed it right now. I had never asked for money before, for help before, but my situation was dire. Everything had started when Mario smashed my car into a tree. He wasn’t supposed to be driving, but…
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My Heart
PHOTO PROMPT © Roger Bultot It was the last bench I ever sat on and it was the place I remembered wanting you. I knew I would never sit on another one, especially after you spray painted the heart on the bench as we walked away. I didn’t know it would be the last time to…
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Shattered
My heart shattered like a China dish falling onto a cement sidewalk. I couldn’t believe what I was seeing and I wondered how I would ever survive. How I could have trusted Daniel for so long was beyond me. Two years, four months and eighteen days. That was how long I was devoted to our…
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Estranged
When my mom called out of the blue, I knew something was probably wrong. Or she needed money. We had not talked in almost ten years because she had gotten angry when I wouldn’t loan her the money for rent. I was barely making ends meet myself when she had called and when I tried…