• Scorn swelled from my words like thorns on a vine. I waited for them to pierce him, make him cringe. His grin fell to a scowl as he moved toward me. I opened my mouth to shout at him some more when his hand flew […]

  • I must have hit my head pretty hard because his tattoo was still a glowing, golden swan.

    “We’re closed,” I told him, mesmerized by the tattoo.

    The young man said nothing as he took a step toward me.

    “I’m […]

  • He had dark hair and a strange tattoo on his chest. With my eyes shut tight, I pressed my trembling hand to my forehead. How could my palm still hold the iciness of the marble tiles yet be sticky with sweat? When […]

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  • The diner had closed an hour ago. The marble tiles were hard and cold beneath me but it felt so good just to sit there in peace. The soft swish-swoosh melody of the dishwasher behind the counter, the overhead fan […]