Andrew looked up eagerly as Olivia slowly walked into the house. She saw his face drop and knew exactly how terrible she looked. “Liv, what happened?” he asked, standing up and hurrying over to where she was trying to take off her shoes with shaking hands. “It wasn’t for me,” she choked out. That feeling […]

Olivia took her time getting ready on Wednesday night. She tried on three different outfits before settling on her usual jeans and a tight black t-shirt. She had sneakers, but wasn’t sure if that was the most appropriate thing to wear. On one hand, it wasn’t the most professional addition to her outfit. But on […]

Olivia’s phone rang as she was pulling laundry out of the dryer. She set down the bedsheets in her arms, dodged Mia as the baby wrapped herself in a warm blanket, and headed to where the phone was mounted to the wall. “Hello?” she said, barely glancing at the caller ID. “Hi, is this Olivia?” […]

Jamie wasn’t avoiding his bedroom. He knew it was safe. He’d done fine keeping out whatever that ghost thing was and his mother’s additions had made it even safer. That had been obvious in the hours the ghost had spent tapping on the window and trying to scare him while Jamie attempted to sleep. That […]

“I’ve been waiting here for fifteen frigging minutes,” the man snapped, his face far too close to Olivia’s as she stood next to his table in the Keegan’s dining room. “I know,” she said quickly. “And I’m sorry. We’re understaffed and trying to do things as quickly as we can, but I understand. Please let […]

Roman wasn’t quite sure why they were wasting their time on things like meditation or cleansing. He knew those things were useful, certainly. But it wasn’t like he and Celine hadn’t been trying them all for the past fifteen years. If they were going to break something this overwhelmingly powerful, they needed to take it […]

Edie looked nervous as Cleo walked into the now-familiar apartment. “Everything okay?” she asked, lowering her head to give Edie a quick kiss. “Yeah, everything’s great!” Edie said quickly. “I was just going to have some cheese and crackers. Want some?” “Sure.” “Go sit down, sit!” Cleo yawned widely as Edie darted toward the kitchen […]

“Look, you may not give a shit, but we do.” Andrew couldn’t remember a time he’d ever been this angry at Noah. All he’d planned on doing was bringing the garbage out to the side yard. But then he’d nearly tripped over Noah as the other man was sitting in the grass in the backyard, […]

Tuesday night and Cleo and Edie were stretched out on the couch in Edie’s living room. Tonight was Cleo’s night off and originally Edie had been planning to drive out to Boston to see her. But then Cleo had wanted to go to New Winslow and stop in on her mom to see how things […]

“Thank you again, Iris. You’re saving me hours of aggravation right now.” Iris looked up from the spray bottle she was capping off as Celine walked back out to the dining room. She shrugged a little. “No problem,” she said. “It’s my job.” “Still, I appreciate it,” Celine said. “I was planning to do energy […]