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Chapter Three installment 4/2/2020

April 2, 2020 | 0 Comments

Just as Jeff started to head back outside, she said, “Would you please go upstairs and tell Josh to turn down that music?” Denise was in the kitchen with her mother. She started the pie crust so that it would be ready when Jeff returned with the apples. [...]

Chapter Three Installment 4/1/2020

April 1, 2020 | 0 Comments

Coach didn’t know Chopin from Mozart, but oh how he tried when they first started seeing each other. The memory made her smile until she glanced in her rearview mirror and thought the Caravan creeping up behind her could very well be her sister. Emily turned up the car stereo to drown out the [...]

Chapter Three (Installment) 3/31/2020

March 31, 2020 | 0 Comments

He took a sip of his coffee, so strong he could almost taste the grinds, while Gail was still missing in action. She’d been in the ladies room a good ten minutes.           Gail had excused herself to hit the ladies room in the dive of a diner, which was nothing more than a roadside [...]

Chapter Three: Here a Snafu, There a Snafu, Everywhere a Snafu

March 30, 2020 | 0 Comments

Allen surprises Lottie She was reminded of the time that Allen had dropped in unexpectedly at her and Sandy’s Greenwich apartment, which had been so odd to her. The Volkswagen kept a steady pace with the flow of traffic. Lottie rarely had the opportunity to drive and wasn’t eager to get to [...]

Chapter Two: On the Road Again…And Again

March 29, 2020 | 0 Comments

Here is Chapter Two in its entirety. Tomorrow I will begin installments of Chapter Three: “Here a Snafu, There a Snafu, Everywhere a Snafu.” I welcome you to share this with your friends. A writer’s life can be solitary…and even more so in these challenging times. I welcome your thoughts. [...]

Chapter Two/Cont. 3/28/2020

March 28, 2020 | 0 Comments

Natalie Tries to Stay Patient Even though the air conditioner was blasting, she opened the window a crack, waving and willing the smoke to go outside. If Bethany caught a whiff, there’d be a scene. Sometimes too much education cramped a mother’s style. After having gone all the way back to the [...]

Chapter Two/ cont. 3/27/2020

March 27, 2020 | 0 Comments

Denise’s Concerns Denise was about ten years old at the time and recalled how the baby, Charlotte, would cry for hours unattended in the crib while her mother was hidden away in the bedroom refusing to push herself out of bed. Denise stood in the walk-in closet riffling through her blouses. [...]

Chapter Two, Cont. 3/26/2020

March 26, 2020 | 0 Comments

Emily and Her Vivid Imagination In silent haste, the clerk boxed up the desserts and took Emily’s money while rolling her eyes at the patron behind her. Emily took the boxes and felt disgusted stares following her as she waddled by the endless line of customers. “What’s in that?” Emily [...]

Chapter Two 3/25/2020

March 25, 2020 | 0 Comments

Allen However, going to work with his dad meant a flight to Paris–City of Lights; a foreign city crammed with monuments and Gothic towers; a place that would easily bore a nine-year-old boy, especially when it was obvious he was an intrusion. The motel had been cheap and not the sort of place [...]

Chapter Two: On the Road Again…And Again 3/24/2020

March 24, 2020 | 0 Comments

Lottie It was Lottie alone sitting at attention each week, feigning observance to the service while imagining she was up in the plane with her father, barely hearing what Reverend Cole was preaching. There used to be trips to the mall, to restaurants—from fast food to four star, and, of course, [...]
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