Andrew had to be impressed that Iris held off for two days before having Noah back at the store. He wasn’t particularly thrilled with the fact that she had to know that Noah was going to continue to be reckless about all of this. And the fact that Noah had immediately dived back in with […]

The Fitchburg apartment was mostly packed up by now. So Cleo had been busy tackling the storage unit she’d put most of her furniture in when she’d moved here. She still had some time left on the lease for it, but if it wasn’t necessary to hang onto much longer, then she wanted to shave […]

Noah waited as the phone rang, glancing over at Andrew, who was sitting over on his sofa for moral support. It rang three times, and he was tempted to hang up before it hit voicemail. “Miranda Kelly’s phone,” said a young female voice. “How can I help you?” “Hi,” Noah said. “Um, this is Miranda’s […]

Noah braced himself as he walked into the Limerick. The shattering glass and the continued demand for home from the spirit still rattled him, but he might have been even more nervous about the anger he was about to face. Deserved anger, yes. But still. However, as he walked into the Limerick, Olivia didn’t come […]

Iris’s shop was the second to last place Noah wanted to be right now. But the other option she’d mentioned was the absolute last place he wanted to go. At first, Iris had asked him to drive to the Countess with her. If Billy McBride was still connected to him somehow – and apparently the […]

Olivia was opening the Limerick when the raspy ringing of the back bell jolted her. She’d been here alone for about ten minutes by this point, watching blankly as the coffee carafe filled. Andrew was still asleep upstairs, and she hadn’t seen Noah at all since last night when he’d gone to bed early. She […]

Cleo’s mother had moved into Oakmont Residencies’ memory care program in Watertown the day before. Once Cleo helped her move her things in, she’d wanted to give her the rest of the day to settle in and spend some time there on her own. It was going to be a difficult transition, Cleo knew that. […]

An hour later they were lying quietly under the blankets on Andrew’s bed, clothes tossed on the floor beside them and no sound except for the rain now coming down outside. Noah was dozing, an arm draped over Andrew, who was lying on his side, gazing out the window. The fire escape was old and […]

This was his home, but Andrew still felt strange being in the Limerick building and not working while the shop was open. His shift was over, he’d opened it this morning, after spending a reluctant, but probably necessary night here alone in the building. He’d opened to silence at first, but gradually people started trickling […]

Noah had been out in the parking lot for a while now. The Limerick was quiet today, probably because they’d been closed for three days in a row and people didn’t know if they were open or not. Olivia tried not to stress herself out with that, though. They’d only been open for a little […]