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There is no greater punishment for a life lived poorly than having to move to the suburbs. I believe Socrates said that. Or maybe it was one of the Kardashians. I don’t quite remember. What I do know is that we have been living in this neighborhood for 336 hours, and I am convinced that I must have done terrible, unspeakable things in a past life to deserve this torture; this Saab-driving, dinner party-hosting, PTA-fundraising torture. The Suburbs (capital S, all italics, said in a nasally whine) is where corporate careers and former homecoming queens with no discernible job skills go to di...
Future
What woke Alice was the incessant beeping. It brought her out of a hazy dream, gradually wisping away like smoke. She cracked her eyes and wish she hadn’t. Pain shot through her brain so she instantly shut her eyes again. She took a couple of deep breaths in through her nose, waiting until the pain subsided into a dull throbbing. When she opened her eyes again, she carefully took in her surroundings. She located the sound of the beeping – a heart monitor – right beside her head. Next to it was a chair with a slumped figure. She studied the figure – shaggy, unkempt brown hair covered the head p...
Like Him
It was a car crash that killed them. My aunt and grandfather. She was driving him back to the nursing home where my grandmother was waiting. I wasn't close with them. We don’t speak to my mother’s family unless there’s a funeral or on select holidays. “I need you to go to the farm and clean up the house to get it ready for sale,” mom says through the phone.“Mom––”“Please, Charlotte, I–I can’t go back there.” She never asks me to do anything for her, which makes saying no to this one request impossible.“The estate lawyer can meet with you and she will deal with everything. Thank you, Charlotte,...
Surprised
His personal pod glided silently out of the cerulean blue sky, touching down on the open balcony 40 floors up. The doors to the apartment and the pod opened silently and simultaneously. He crossed the room, his sinuous body clad in a tight silver suit which enhanced his enviable physical structure. He bent to pick up a shiny metal disc from the low table and stepped into his transport. In moments they were rising high into the atmosphere, heading towards the mountains far to the south of the country. He leaned back and shut his eyes,www.onedoor.cc probably the only time today as he knew the next few hours ...