• Chapter 55 "Clark"

    The small, golden circular tag jangled on his plain brown leather collar as he plodded along down the road. He'd once belonged to someone, but that had been ages ago, and now he was a free roaming dog,...

  • Chapter 54 "Mommy's Friend"

    "Every hotel prides itself on doing the bare minimum; fast wifi, a free hot breakfast, cable TV!" Ricky said, "like, congratulations, you want a medal for achieving the lowest effort? That's why people...

  • 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....