Every year on Christmas she had to try and negotiate with her father to keep him from bringing out the pictures of her in the Rudolph play as a kid, and it never once worked.

The best mirror is an old friend. -ProverbMaddie slipped out the front door of her family's apartment building, sliding her purse over her shoulder. She looked down to turn her iPod on, and hardly noticed the shadow behind her. It was even calling her name. When she still didn't respond, a hand landed on her shoulder. She screamed and spun around ( Read more... )