• Chapter 38 "Ahoy"

    Alexis couldn't stop shaking. She was sitting in her apartment on her couch, with Ellen in a loveseat across the room and Rick picking up the place, likely to keep himself from losing it, and was unsure...

  • Chapter 49 "They Say It's Good For Me"

    "It's sweet of you to get something like this," Kelly said. She, Wyatt and Mona had been out on a trail, riding for a little while now. While Mona's horse trotted a bit ahead of them, Kelly and Wyatt...

  • Chapter 48 "Put Your Tray Tables up"

    Eliza didn't want to be here. The one and only time she'd been to a funeral, it had been for her mother. Now, here she was, standing outside the church, while Casey's service was underway indoors. She...

  • Chapter 37 "Bat Meets Face"

    "My parents gave me cocoa after my brother died," Lux said. She was sitting at the table in the kitchen, the glass, piping hot and full of marshmallows, in front of her. Lilian, Miranda and Maddie were...

  • Chapter 48 "My Friend's Sister"

    Amelia opened the bedroom door and stood in the frame of the doorway, staring into its darkness. She hesitated going inside, as if she would be somehow violating Calvin's privacy, and then she remembered...

  • Chapter 47 "I Guess You Should Know"

    Liam was sitting in the pizzeria, watching the animatronic band. He had been coming here a lot lately, trying to grapple with his mortality. He was holding his cane in his lap, his other hand gripping...