They got him a new car every time he crashed his old one. The kid was a speed demon, but they loved him no matter how reckless he was, no matter how casual he was with taking other people’s lives in his careless hands. Trying to stop him was useless. He would have left home, he would have disappeared on them. They would try to reason with him, they would...
Forty-three years and I still feel like I am a child that is working hard on figuring things out on my own because no one cares enough to care for me. I forgot to pay my taxes, I don’t know how to submit an insurance claim, I don’t know how to refinance my car, and feel like all I have to turn to is my new best friend Claude. Is...
The day winds down and you know you’re leaving work only to go home to try to answer the daily question of what the fuck is for dinner? You’re glad to leave work, but going home has its own stressors. There’s the child who chews with her mouth open, loudly. There’s the boyfriend whose loyalty you question. There’s the job you love but you’re terrified of losing. But you open...
I didn’t want to fight. I wasn’t made for battle, I was made to sit on a throne and be quiet and pretty. When my brother ran in, he was already mortally wounded and died in my arms. His blood was the anger I needed to pick up his sword and fight back. A rebel entered. Had I been empty handed, he may have left, but I was armed, and...
“Tell me, was I just another pawn in your elaborate game of chess?” “You were, but unlike the other pawns you managed to become my queen.” “I am not your queen! I have no crown; she got your crown!” “But you get me. You get my nights my mornings, my kisses, my hugs and love. You get all of that, she gets none of it.” “Games! It’s just games you...
