As the last of the distant relatives and not-quite-close-friends mourners drifted out of the house and through the gates, Kaine breathed more easily. She didn’t really feel relief—or comfort. She was…
They had more clients than they usually did in a day as it was only two days to Christmas. The evening, and tomorrow, would be busier, Callista knew, but she was…
That he would so publicly defame and demean her was something Callista never thought Chukwudi capable of. But he had done it, and she had withered under the utter shame and…
It was her opinion that a man taking drinks to the woman’s family to formally request her hand in marriage was a truer form of engagement than when he simply made…
Mario wanted to kiss her. While she made Sunday lunch for her family, Callista thought of this new, and still unbelievable, information with a feeling caught between excitement and apprehension. He…
There were things Mario knew of himself and never questioned, one of them was his uncompromising need to be honest. He told the truth unconsciously and rarely found reasons to do…
“It is shocking, is it not?” Mario said, only half smiling because he too was shocked at his own confession. “It is the truth nonetheless.” His eyes held their usual sincere…
