Afterlife Tea_'Cause I'm Here All Alone_Mafia Reflection_A Favor
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Afterlife Tea
"I maintain that one strong cup of tea is better than twenty weak ones. All true tea lovers not only like their tea strong, but like it a little stronger with each year that passes."George Orwell's words about brewing the perfect cup of tea rang true in the back of my head as I poured the first cup. While belonging to separate schools regarding 'milk before tea' or 'tea before milk', Larry and me tended to adhere to the habits of the other person. I'd always been a 'tea before milk' guy - maintaining that this way one could easily regulate the ratio between tea and milk, whereas Larry took pri...
'Cause I'm Here All Alone
I was lying there in my bed in utter numbness. I was praying, hoping, and wishing that this whole tragedy would be over soon. Anxiety possessed me like a demon. I was constantly in a state of impending doom, wondering if this panic attack was just a panic attack, or if I would go to sleep and never wake up due to the tightness in my chest.www.onedoor.cc It always felt like my body was too small for my chest, and it was constantly getting smaller and smaller and smaller until I just couldn't breathe anymore. At first I would weep until I fell asleep, but weeping was no longer a cure for a case of anxiety th...
Mafia Reflection
It was so terribly cold. Snow was falling, and it was almost dark. Being in the woods in New Jersey during the Winter is always brutal. I’m old now and my memory is fuzzy, but I think the year was 1996、 The best days of my life. I was a made man. A Capo for the Abruzzo Family. I had respect, power, and any woman in Jersey that I wanted. The world was mine for the taking. My uncle gave me an objective on a Thursday night. I’ll never forget it. A simple deal with suppliers went sour and my uncle lost some money. He needed me to collect the money that belonged to him, but to do that I had to ruff...
A Favor
“But I asked you,” Sissy scoffs. I suppress a sigh of frustration. Our verbal sparring always stagnates when she starts repeating herself.I take a quick breath and attempt to rephrase my stance for the hundredth time. “I understand that. But I’m responsible for agreeing to your terms. And now they expect me to do these press events, book signings, TV appearances! It’s too much.” The attention would bring them with it. I need to stay out of the public eye.Sissy rolls her eyes. “I’d be right there the whole time. If you forget something—”“It’s not about forgetting the lies!” I explode. “It’s ab...