"I turn the radio up, I turn the radio on, and this woman was singing my song..." Tara's voice echoes in the bathroom, the shower providing the perfect acoustics, the radio playing over by the sink, not half as loud as her singing. Her hair is wet, her eyes shut as the water runs over her face and into her ears, blocking much of the sound so that ( Read more... )

It must be the middle of the night when Tara wakes up, her breathing loud and harsh, shaking from her nightmare. The moon shines through the window, filling the room with shadows, and for a moment Tara thinks there's a figure in their room, standing near the door. She lets out a soft, smothered cry of fear, her hand straying to Shane's back to wake ( Read more... )

Kate drives with a moderate speed - not fast enough to be frantic, not slow enough to be reluctant. When she turns onto Jaffe and their apartment comes into view, a smile brightens her rather grim face. Every afternoon she looks forward to coming home, and every afternoon she's just as happy to arrive. She parks her car in the usual spot, out and ( Read more... )