Lara had expected a hole in the wall restaurant for her welcome lunch, but the Tex-Mex restaurant her new boss had chosen was fancy: sleek marble-top tables and drippy-crystal chandeliers, generous helpings of guacamole in pebbled mortars, a whole page on the menu just for tequilas.
Read MoreWinter wind picked up and darkness fell and Chris was preparing for his date with the young swimmer. He stood before the mirror buttoning his shirt hearing thin dry ticks at his back as the wind shot splintered ice against the windowpane.
Read MoreJune packs all her belongings into her dad’s truck on a white-hot Sunday in July and moves into a small three-bedroom apartment with two men who she found on Craigslist. “We got a cat. You allergic?” one of the men—Eddie?—asks.
Read MoreFifteen all.
“Come on!” the crowd yelled. “Allez!”
“Ya know, you take on your spouse’s debt,” William told his son who had just announced he was getting married.
Read MoreIt stung the first time. Second grade. I was picked middle of the pack for kickball. In that last inning I was on deck. One out already.
Read MoreLil Penny stands in line at Java the Hut waiting to order a thimbleful of espresso. He feels a tap on his shoulder, turns around.
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