“One of the photographers for the newspaper was Louis; he started his internship not long after I arrived. He’s a shy person and preferred ...

“Even though Mackenzie Billings had created a toxic company. She’s smart enough to keep those factors in the dark through non-disclosure agreements, bribes, and ...

Jade Home is the old farmhouse in the middle of the prairie, miles outside of town. Where Pa tended to pigs, and Ma, the ...

  “When the founder and former CEO Martin Porter died at ninety-four years of age. The newspaper immediately decided to promote Mackenzie Billings as ...

“Y-you were betrayed?” I ask with hesitation. Miss Jessica gives me a sad smile. “Yes, everyone deals with it at some point in life. ...

Jessica looks up at me and sighs, “I used to have role models in my youth, too. The problem is that you forget that ...

Miss Jessica shakes the frappe in her hand for several seconds, then responds. “Tamara, I remember you as being a high-strung and introverted nature ...

“Here you go!” I look up to see Jessica in front of me; she holds two tall glasses of iced frappe coffee with straws ...

Once we arrive at the path leading up to Jessica’s house, I can see the clear blue ocean below the hill, with the olive ...

I fail to notice that I have fallen bottom first on a rock with my legs stretching out; the shock is immense. I sit ...