Author: cuongtr

“Daniel needs the house more than you do.” My mother said it so casually that for a second I wondered if I had misunderstood her….

Ryan Mercer placed his phone facedown between us, folded his hands, and said, “Before I leave, there are a few things I need you to…

“You know, Ethan, some men just aren’t wedding material.” My sister Paige said it while still wearing her wedding dress. She had one hand wrapped…

“Evan, please don’t turn tonight into something about you.” My mother said it without looking at me. She was standing at the kitchen island arranging…

The first thing my younger sister said after I announced my pregnancy wasn’t congratulations. It wasn’t even a question. Madison stared at the sonogram in…

“Take your books with you, Miss Bennett.” Clara Bennett stared at the three men seated behind the scarred counter of Mercer’s General Store and wondered…

The girl appeared just as Ethan Caldwell was preparing to bolt his front door. She could not have been older than fourteen. Her pale face…

Evelyn Mercer was halfway through tying a blue ribbon around somebody else’s wedding present when Preston Hale asked whether she ever wondered what it felt…

“Don’t put the ring on the counter again.” Clara Whitmore stared at the pharmacist as if she had misunderstood him. Her fingers were still resting…