Therapy
Eric let out with a low whistle as Steven slid his sweater back down, safely covering the scars that had been left on his back.
Eric stepped away as Steven turned to face him and then walked around his desk and took a seat. He motioned for Steven to sit too and he did.
“Well seeing is [...]
Darker Places
Not the pit, anything but the pit. They could kill him, they could torture him all they wanted. He could accept this. And he did. He had no choice but to accept it. Sure. The lashings hurt.
Bamboo slivers.
They looked like toothpicks in the hands of the squinty-eyed bastard who seemed to be [...]
New England
Within a month Sarah got a job at a hospital located between the college
where Steven taught and the apartment he shared with Sarah. Matt took a job selling and renting time-shares. Shortly after they both landed jobs, Matt and Ashley moved out of Steven and Sarah’s apartment.
The move wasn’t a very big one. It [...]
Old Lady Robinson
As he clicked off, Sarah looked at him, the concern in her face painfully obvious.
“What is it?” she asked.
“That was Faciane,” he replied. “They got the toxicology results back from Mom and Dad. No alcohol in their systems,” he said.
“Then what’s wrong Steven?” she asked him.
“Well, in addition to having just about every [...]
Halloween
Halloween was coming.
The morning air had turned crisp and cool and dried leaves covered the ground. The boy, cheeks red from the chilly air, was sitting in the front passenger seat. He was looking first at his reflection in the side-view mirror and then across the street,
to the neighbor’s houses which were already decorated with [...]
Funeral for a Friend
The week was hectic, but also seemed to creep slowly as Steven, Sarah, Ashley and Matt stayed at the hotel.
It began, in the pre-dawn hours of their first night at the hotel, when Steven and Sarah decided to invite Ashley and Matt to come stay with them in New England. Ashley and [...]
Story Time
One by one they shuffled noiselessly down the hall and waited at the door to the hotel room as Steven tumbled in his pocket for the key to the room. As they made their way down the long hallway, Steven caught himself thinking that a single file line was the best way to hide [...]
Chapter Five - Perfect Strangers
Steven rose early on the morning of the funeral services, at around five. He’d slept
through the night with no encore performances of the nightmare in the jungle. He let Sarah sleep but woke Matt up.
Reluctantly, Matt woke and they went to work out. After working out, they ended up stopping at [...]
Chapter Four - Awakenings
Together, they turned and walked back to Ashley’s apartment. Sarah was waiting there with the door cracked partly open. When she saw Steven and Matt strolling up the path she walked out and hugged Steven tightly.
“I was so scared,” she said. “Are you okay?” she asked, her eyes suddenly growing wide with [...]
Chapter Three
Trail of Tears After crossing the murky waters of Lake Pontchartrain, and arriving on the north shore, Steven suddenly realized he had not made living arrangements for Sarah and himself, for their stay. He mentioned this briefly and both Ashley and Matt offered their apartments as havens for the couple.
“We couldn’t impose like that guys. [...]
