Laura “Dear guests and couple,” Ava was saying as she took the floor in the middle of the reveal party. “Now the time has come when we will all find out the sex of our babies. Are you prepared for this?” She created suspense by making people respond in a chorus of excitement. Jason and I were hol
Laura But Jason couldn't take it; it seemed like he was more prone to crying than me. “Obviously,” he said through laughter. “I’ve never been so sure in my life that I want to spend the rest of my days by your side.” “So let's be crazy together until old age,” I said, slipping the ring on his ring
Laura I had a bitter taste in the roof of my mouth when I realized what the woman was talking about. It was about my mother; that woman had crucial information about my mother… I felt Jason's hand in mine, comforting me. “Who were you for her, if I may ask?” He asked a little suspiciously, trying
Laura I was looking at the scenery outside the car window as night fell over the city. Jason was driving the car, and his hand was in mine, giving me comfort as we followed the car in front of us, the Albert's car which he was with his mother. After the long afternoon of conversation, that woman
Laura The older woman was looking at me with her eyes glazed over, as if she were looking at someone she didn't even know; she even frowned a little in confusion, but it was really her—it was the woman in the picture from the family photo album of Aunt Julie; I could recognize her. “Mommy…” I app
Laura So, after regularizing the entire situation at the clinic, Jason and I took my mother to the car and then took her to the mansion. Her responsible psychiatrist explained to us what clinical situation she was in and what was necessary for a possible recovery, but with nothing guaranteed yet. H
Laura The next morning, it was Jason who woke me up, and I had to lie in bed for a while thinking about what had happened. The day before had been a show of revelations: we had revealed the sex of our babies, who would both be boys; I had asked Jason to marry me; and the icing on the cake had been
Laura Since the Pritchards' children were there at the mansion because of yesterday's gender reveal party, Annie was happily playing with them in the garden after having breakfast. I could see her from the balcony of the room where I was on the top floor of the mansion. My daughter was so happy tha
“I really wish I didn't care, just like you don't care,” I said. “Are my grades at school terrible? Fuck them; I don't care. Who cares about social life or social issues? I want everyone to explode. I'm going to continue here in my room playing my shooting and death games until I feel accomplished.
Jake Gardner “Please tell me. Is he really out of danger?” My wife asked on the other end of the line. “Yes, he is,” I replied. “The bullet hit his shoulder. He’s going to be fine.” I heard her sighing on the other end of the line. "Thank God. I'm going to call Amber to let her know; she's so wo
Annie It was my parents there trying to get closer to me. My heart almost came out of my mouth, and I almost melted with relief and also anguish. “Dad… Mom,” I stammered, my eyes filling with tears. But Peter was quick; he put his arm around my shoulder, pulling me to his chest, and placed the bar
Laura Jason was driving the car while talking to me about something random. “Terry is coming home this Christmas,” he was saying. “He has done an incredible job at the Pretoria branch, but he misses his family.” It had been a few months since Terence had moved to South Africa for work; he was one
Warning: sensitive content Annie “Are you ready?” Peter asked me as he and I were about to storm the Mexican diner down the street. He and I had spent hours talking about it, and no matter how much I told him not to do that and go back home, he said he would only come back after I granted him that
Laura I woke up with a start when I woke up, suddenly remembering where I was and what I was doing. “Wake up, Jason…” I called him, while running my hand over my face. He was sleeping next to me and woke up too. “Hmm, what's wrong? Did something happen?” He asked, looking at me with a sleepy fa
Annie “I thought you were the only one who understood me. So now you can’t blame me for being attracted to the monster that I am.” Peter's words weighed on me. When I found out about his secret, it was as if the world around me woke up in its most naked and raw colors; it was as if I now realized
Annie “I can't believe it; it's not true. Peter would tell me something like that if it were true,” I said in denial, my voice breaking. The surrounding town took its course as I stood there at the payphone with the phone to my ear. Peter's psychologist had just told me something that was shaking a
Annie I was staring at the white ceiling of that hotel room as I lay on my back on the bed, the annoying noise of the fan disturbing my thoughts. I was bored. Peter had left a few hours ago, saying he needed to take care of something important, so I was left alone in that hotel room. I had already