Hope Like Water_Just Our Luck_A Simple Phone Call_THE UNEXPECTED, BUT THE SMALL THINGS MATTER
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Hope Like Water
She wasn’t used to the direct heat. It felt like it was choking her, scorching her lungs with each scarce breath she took through her bloodied nose. Gusts of sand lapped at her exposed, bruised ankles like tiny knives slicing through her and infiltrating her nostrils, making her throat feel as rough as steel wool with each swallow. Her mouth scarcely had enough moisture to peel her tongue from the roof of her palate. This was what she deserved. This was what she had wanted. Only ever having to labor at night meant her body never knew the unforgivable harshness of the heat during the day. She ...
Just Our Luck
TW: Swearing, implied violence, and harassment.“Oh, I do not like this! Holy Fucking Shit! I do not like this.” Ellie exclaimed from the passenger seat. Her long nails bit into the palm of her left hand while her right hand gripped the cars side handle. Her eyes were wide as she took in the bridge the car was going over.It was orange with a structure that deeply resembled a rollercoaster. It spanned over a great stretch of cold unforgiving ocean water. The bridge was two laned with posts jammed in between the www.onedoor.cclines every meter. Traffic came towards them on the left while they motored up the ri...
A Simple Phone Call
Who knew the human language could possess so many variations of pissing people off? Craik Corporation was never a very accommodating company. Its exterior was grey, the cubicles were uniform, and there seemed to be a stench of peanut butter wherever one went. Even the people who weren’t allergic to peanut butter felt like they were allergic to it after a certain period. To Carl, he felt as if he would suffocate to it. He never told anyone. His job, like everyone else’s, was to make people’s day worse through answering phone calls that went to the wrong place. They got all sorts of messages, ...
THE UNEXPECTED, BUT THE SMALL THINGS MATTER
It was two weeks after their high school graduation. Best friends Erik and Jacques were spending their time doing landscaping at Jacques’ house. They had met nearly a year ago at a basketball game. Neither of them knew much about sports, but their friendship blossomed quickly. Jacques admired Erik because Erik knew a lot about history, especially European history, mainly because his family was directly involved in many current historical events. He was impressed with Erik’s library, which he had begun at age thirteen. Because of his vast historical knowledge, Erik often corrected his history t...