Emma leaned against the island counter, sipping coffee from her yellow mug. Her eyes looked out to see the land behind their home stretch out beyond the horizon. The back door banged open and a tall, lanky teenager was about to step through the threshold. "Ah, ah, ah, mister, you brush off those muddy boots outside." she automatically called out ( Read more... )

"David?" she called out. Her voice seemed to echo through the empty house. This was her house. The same dark wood and cream walls. She was standing in the living room. The house was strangely silent and it was high noon outside. Emma moved through slowly, stepping around the red, overstuffed couch. She looked down to see Lenny ( Read more... )

Em cuddled the pillow as she slept on the cot that was clearly meant for Lenny. He had woken her up from her tiny nap after conversing with Jim and moved her to his office. The cot was similar, if not smaller, than the ones she was used to and the pillow was comfortable as was the blanket. She lowered the lights to 20% in case Lenny had wanted to ( Read more... )