• Chapter 53 "Roommates"

    Wyatt was fast asleep on the couch, enjoying the quiet. He was so used to being woken up to help with the kids, make Mona breakfast, take them to school, and, lately, get into a fight with Scarlett. To...

  • Chapter 52 "The Scarlett Letter"

    Angie Dickenson was standing in the middle of the hall of the dog shelter she worked in, caged in dogs on either side of her, as she stared at one in particular; a large, German Shepard. She had been...

  • Chapter 51 "Muddy Shovels"

    The car roared along beneath her as Rachel drove through the rain and the mud, the sky thundering above her. She didn't know where she was going, she just knew she had to go somewhere, put the car somewhere....

  • Chapter 50 "Get Famous"

    When she was a little girl, Amelia Burden used to watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on television every year, mostly because of the balloons. Those great gas giants, hoisted high above the crowd,...

  • Chapter 49 "Unlisted"

    Bea was at a park, relaxing on a blanket in the sun. She was wearing a cute dress and a big floppy sunhat, with large sunglasses. The camera was fixated on her, and she hadn't noticed until just now....