Let’s call her Emily. She wakes up each morning and puts on her mask. No one can ever know who she really is. Her heart is heavy, but she goes through the day with a smile. All Emily has ever known is to hide her true feelings. It is much easier going through life...
It all started when my husband Michael came home drunk, just like he did every Saturday night. I had his dinner in the oven all warmed up. As normal, I sat him down at the table and handed him his plate. It was baked chicken and mashed potatoes with brown gravy, his...
She bowed her head in silent shame; overcome by guilt. You’d think that ought to be enough for her to stop, but day after day there she was in the same place; like a fiend waiting for her next fix. Her body bears the scars. For as long as she could remember Jane found...
The clock struck midnight and I heard the familiar sounds coming from the apartment below. The menacing roar of a chainsaw and the clanging of metal filled the silence. As always, I ventured out into the living room with my cell phone and my heavy duty flashlight to...
I was driving down I-75 singing along with my favorite Lynyrd Skynyrd tune. The snow was gently falling and the roads were starting to ice over. The cars were bumper to bumper for miles. I looked in my rearview mirror and noticed an eighteen wheeler behind me so close...
Deep inside every woman’s soul is a little girl. Christiana was no exception. Once she had hopes and dreams… She used to sit and think about a time when she would marry and have children, like most girls do. One day she would marry the perfect man with the...
