They met online, in a group for adults who had been in foster care. Temperance wasn’t sure how she ended up at the site. She hated psychology, and this was basically cyber group therapy. So she told herself she was just studying the socio-cultural trends of former foster children.

From the first time that she and Sara IMed, they had an instant ( Read more... )

At first, Sara hid. When Catherine’s eyes fell upon her scars the first time they made love, she only answered with silence and diverted eyes. She silently begged for Catherine to not ask, and Catherine could not help but comply. But even in their greatest moments of intimacy, of closeness, of trust-the darkness of the past distanced them. Soon ( Read more... )