The Blossom Step had been playing a show out in the Berkshires, but Cleo ended up staying at home after they left. She’d been to the last couple, so it wasn’t like Edie felt hurt that she didn’t go, not that she figured Edie would take anything like that personally to begin with. But the […]

The next day passed in a crawling daze as Roman tried to piece together what had just happened and what he needed to do. He hadn’t gotten Minnie out before she died and he had to live with that. And Jamie was going to college in a few years. If he didn’t break the curse, […]

“Yeah, I’ll be home in a little bit, I just have a few things to finish up here. Alright, love you.” Roman hung up and locked the doors at the House of Pizza. He wasn’t sure Celine believed him when he said he was staying after at work, but he also didn’t want to deal […]

It was freezing outside as Noah got to Keegan’s the next afternoon. The wind made his hands raw, and he realized maybe Olivia had a point when she stored hand lotion in her glove compartment. Not that Noah had bothered bringing his truck to work today. He’d left the house thinking, how cold could it […]

Keegan’s was too loud. The energy of the place used to boost his own energy when he was working, but right now Noah just felt like it was crushing him. He was standing just outside the door, checking IDs as people walked in. Another new measure of Bret’s apparently. Olivia had told him they weren’t […]

Iris breathed a sigh of relief as she stepped into The Countess and saw no sign of Vivien in the sitting room. It had been six days since their disastrous attempt to connect with Billy McBride. Not only had she spent two hours cleansing the area of all the spirits and spiritual residue Vivien had […]

Noah had been to plenty of meetings in rehab. Once a day minimum. He’d gotten comfortable talking at them eventually, sharing his stories among sympathetic peers. There had been a safety there, and a solidarity among the newly sober that had made him feel like he belonged. And he’d kept it up now that he […]

“Want to walk with me?” Olivia was stepping out the front door when she’d heard Noah making his way down the stairs. They were both scheduled to work the day shift today, but she’d been leaving a little early to get some work done before her shift began. Still, she wasn’t surprised to see him […]

Noah walked into Keegan’s, feeling more hesitant about this than anything else he’d done since he came home from rehab. He was meeting with Olivia to discuss him coming back to work. She’d offered him a part-time position and he was honestly stunned that she would even consider it. But he was heading toward broke […]

When Cleo had been in music school, she’d always struggled with lyrics over melodies. A lot of times, she would have a full melody finished before she’d even started considering lyrics. Her professors had been patient with her, but a few had made some pointed comments that if she wanted to focus on songwriting, she […]