Author: tuantr

PART 1 The first time Harper Dawson promised to marry me, we were ten years old. I had won a plastic ring from the machine…

PART 1 The first thing that told me Stella Edwards was in danger was not the court notice protruding from her leather satchel. It was…

PART 1 The loft was packed, music pulsing like a second heartbeat through the floor. People stood in clusters, faces shiny with that early-evening glow…

PART 1 “You have no idea how many nights I closed my eyes and wished life would let me see you one more time.” The…

PART 1 When she surfaced later, light pooling on her lashes like tiny lanterns, she heard movement on the trail. She assumed it was someone…

PART 1 The little girl’s spoon slipped from her fingers and struck the polished marble floor with a sharp metallic crack. Every head in the…

“Do you know?” One toddler pointed to the other. The other pointed back. Jedediah sighed. “They know. They just think it’s funny.” For the first…

“Why did you do it?” “Do what?” She almost snapped. “Spend enough gold to buy a house on a woman you don’t know.” He was…

“What was her name?” “Annie.” He waited. After a while she said, “She clapped when she got excited. Couldn’t say Mama properly. Called me Mam-mam….