😦 I still think about what I saw that morning. We were standing around the lobby, bags at our feet, pretending not to be annoyed that the…

Before sunrise, the field looked wrong. Not damaged. Not burned. Just… empty.The kind of empty that makes your stomach drop before your brain catches up. The air…

I didn’t know that summer would follow me for the rest of my life. At the time, it felt like just another obligation. Another date circled on…

At first, it sounded like nothing. Just another sharp noise cutting through a loud night. The kind of sound people ignore for half a second before deciding…

The cold wasn’t just cold. It was the kind that sneaks past layers and goes straight for your bones, like it knows exactly where to hurt you….

It started as one of those warm late nights where nobody expects anything bad to happen. Music drifting down the street. Laughter spilling out onto sidewalks. People…

I never thought betrayal could come from the person I trusted the most. The days were long. The chores never ended. Mom’s house smelled faintly of bleach,…