"Mom?"

Gwenn heard a voice pushing through the fog the next morning.  Chelsea.  Her eyes flew open and she sat straight up on the hospital bed.  In an instant, her feet hit the floor and she stood beside the bed where her child lay, all puffy and bruised.

"I'm here, Chels. … Read full post »

 Gwenn turned to Wes.  "Chelsea was out on a motorcycle with a boy we have told her we don't want her seeing.  They had a wreck when someone in a car cut them off.  Chelsea's leg was pinned under the bike, and it's broken in two places.  She may need surgery."… Read full post »

 Gwenn’s hand shook as she set down her phone on Wes’s kitchen table.  Bryan always knew which buttons to push, and push them he did.  This was not the time or place for her to fall apart, and she wouldn’t lose it in front of Wes.  The sliding door opened and… Read full post »

The funeral procession for Pamela Riggan reached about one half of a mile in length.  During her twenty years of work as a loan officer, Pam had become familiar with many of the local families.  At the cemetery, Wes must have received condolences from over a hundred people, most of whom/… Read full post »

Impatient passengers jammed the aisle as the 737 taxied to a stop at a Houston arrival gate.  Somewhere in the middle of the cabin, Gwenn Epson looked at her watch while trying to avoid being squashed between an overweight, middle-aged man and a guy tall enough to play for the NBA,… Read full post »

The cabin scene - Reunion

Abby drove like hell to their meeting place, the relentless rain made one mile feel like five. The cabin appeared in the headlights like a lighthouse at the end of the muddy road. She rubbed a circle on the windshield and leaned in for a better… Read full post »