Tolls and Rewards_That day_Little Old Crazy Lady_A Rolling Change
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Tolls and Rewards
The factory's siren echoed through the streets of Mckenziewood like a sweet warning. The glass confectioners were finally being set free of their stressful duties and could come back home to their wives, husbands, and kids with enough time to spend some of the festivities. Halloween night has always been an important event for the city, even after the tragedies that always happen around that part of the year. Many were the officers and digital influencers that tried to stop the celebrations, but nothing really worked. The To-Die-Town, as the whole country called it, was pretty famous for its n...
That day
It is still difficult for me to talk about that day, a dark ink blot in the book of my life. However, I guess I’ll finally be able to let go of that lingering unease if I share my story here. When I was still just a child my worst nightmare became a reality. My mother was taken away from my side. Not by death or abandonment. She was caught by ICE while she was working at a local store. One of her co-workers called our home number and explained the situation to me, as she had been instructed by mom to do if such a situation were to occur. I immediately panicked. At 10 years old, my mom was my a...
Little Old Crazy Lady
I walked in the rain, as the old concrete crumbled under my feet. My boots began to fill to the top with cold water. I shivered, as I didn’t have an umbrella at the time. I stumbled across an elderly woman, rocking on her rocking chair, under the coverage of her porch. She took notice of me, shivering, soaked from the rain.“Darling, you look miserable! Come in, I have some freshly baked cookies you could eat!” she grinned.“Thanks, but no thanwww.onedoor.cck you, ma’am. I need to get home.” I replied and kept walking.“Oh, please! Just until the rain stops,” she said. I guess I was quite miserable. How bad c...
A Rolling Change
So here I am, the guy everyone knows as the unluckiest kid in town. But not on this night! It’s January of 1980. I am at the skating rink with my friends, Billy, Avis, and the girl of my fourteen-year-old dreams: Lisa. Lisa is the blonde-haired, blue-eyed, cheerleader beauty that every guy in school loves. She isn’t very tall, but she is definitely, dynamite in a small package. I have waited a long time to have this night. You see, Lisa and I have had some issues. Okay, I screwed up. Because of a dumb accident involving my three-speed Huffy and a guard rail, I missed her birthday, which wouldn...