The Introduction

"Don't worry, Dad. I'll make sure she's well taken care of before she comes home."

Melissa pulled up to the curb in front of the dormitory, parking her car by the sidewalk. "We're here, honey!" she exclaimed with a smile as her daughter Elisabeth gathered her things from the backseat. It was the first day...

Octavia

"Cedric welcomes Octavia to his home."

After his wife, Patrice, died, Cedric Chestnut retired at the age of twenty-nine to take care of his children, daughter Michelle and, now, son Patrick. Cedric would cook, clean, and drive Michelle to and pick her up from school. Ten...

His Loss, My Gain

"I told her she was beautiful and I appreciated her curves."

It was a warm summer evening when Sarah knocked on my door, tears streaming down her face. "Jim, I can't take it anymore," she sobbed, collapsing into my arms. "Ever since the baby was born, he just won't touch me....

Table For Two

"Spending Thanksgiving with my ex."

My phone buzzed with a text notification on a chilly Thanksgiving evening. I pulled it out to see it was from my ex-girlfriend, Sharon. "Happy Thanksgiving! Let me be your meal," she wrote with a winking face emoji.I raised an...