• Chapter 24 "Just Read The Script"

    "I'm not going to just say whatever it is you want me to," Beatrice said, standing in front of the microphone in the recording booth, hands firmly on her hips, "I am not going to just stand here and read...

  • Chapter 13 "Stinko!"

    John Tarnum walked outside his trailer and headed to his mailbox. It was a beautiful day, the kind of beautiful day that, at one point in time, he might've savored. Now, however, they simply annoyed him....

  • Chapter 23 "Sold In A Store Near You"

    Puzzles, blankets, posters, the parade of endless advertising options that Beatrice and Liam had been subjected to visually today was staggering and, in some cases, outright disrespectful. But Bea had...

  • Chapter 12 "Dress Up"

    Lillian was sitting at a plastic picnic table in a backyard, identical to the seemingly thousands of plastic picnic tables she'd sat at before at these birthday parties. With a small sundae cup in hand,...

  • Chapter 22 "A Girl & Her Dog"

    "I don't know how to feel," Beatrice said, sitting in her mothers kitchen while her mother made them some tea; Bea continued, "I don't...I should feel happy, you know, grateful? All I ever wanted was...

  • Chapter 11 "20k Miles Under The Sea"

    It was warm. It was warm all over, like life itself was giving her a hug. That was until the sound started to come back, and she could hear someone crying over her. When Alexis Lafayette finally got her...