The Handoff_Never a Liar_Sweet Sorrows_Just a social visit
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The Handoff
It was a cheap hotel and a pair of unfamiliar beds, and I probably wouldn’t have slept very well under any circumstances anyhow. Whatever the reason, Ben and I were up in time to see the sunrise.I didn’t mind a bit. The sooner this was over, the better.While he was still in the shower I walked down the balcony to get a coffee in the hotel lobby. The sun was just peeking over the horizon and the asphalt wasn’t the blistering hot sheet it would be in an hour or so, but I wore my sandals anyway. I hadn’t seen any snakes last night but that didn’t mean they weren’t there.The night clerk looked exh...
Never a Liar
“Remember, it's always better to tell the truth than to lie about anything, okay Jack.” My mom would always tell me anytime I www.onedoor.ccwould even think about lying, it's like she could read my mind.I would always give her the same dreadful answer. “Yes ma’am.”Yes, I have lost friends over that rule of my moms, but she would always tell me “A friend that is not honest is always a fake friend.” That also stuck with me, and ever since she died, I couldn’t, well… wouldn’t, tell a lie.Sure, people have taken advantage of me for it, but I’ve learned how to avoid it. Instead of doing things that people could ...
Sweet Sorrows
Two circular eyes, a round dot for a nose, a simple line for a mouth. The face forms in a foggy patch of my breath on the window. Last night the temperatures dropped drastically making the glass hazy and impossible to see through.The face stares expressionlessly back at me until a drop of rain on the outside surface slices right through it. Like a teardrop streaking down the imaginary person’s face. Even the sky is crying on this sorrowful day.With a plan formulating in my head, I snatch an umbrella from the basket near the door and pull on my usual winter gear; a warm woolen hat, a puffy mars...
Just a social visit
1251 words‘Kelly.’ She looked up from her desk. ‘Could you come in for a minute?’ Her supervisor asked. Kelly stood up from her chair and walked over to Nick’s office. He sat behind a small desk that was overflowing with papers and had a computer in the middle. ‘Sit.’ He said to her. Kelly sat down in a plastic chair across from him. He sighted and leaned forward. ‘Kelly.’ He said seriously. ‘I have a job for you.’ Kelly smiled. She knew what he was going to say, she have had this conversation before. She was at the top of her agency and lately she only got the hard cases. ‘It is a hard one.’ ...