A choice is easy to make when one result would be bad and the other beneficial. When both results would be good in different ways, it makes the choice more difficult. This is the choice I am facing with Freya. In the interest of fair play, she told Archer about Henry after he contacted her again. Archer wasn’t happy, of course, but like Henry he seemed to appreciate Freya’s honesty, and his dismay wasn’t enough to diminish his interest. So…
Today was the day for which Allen has been waiting, and which he has also been dreading. He was up at dawn this morning, unable to sleep any longer than he had. Thankfully, Megan arrived only an hour later with coffee and doughnuts. “It’s going to be fine,” she told him. He sighed and rested his head on her shoulder. “What if nobody comes?” “Then you and I and Professor Groves and my parents and your dad and brother will…
Hannah was off of work today, but I wasn’t certain that this was wise. It only gave her plenty of time to be anxious, and anxiety tends to make her prickly. “Lily, did you actually comb your hair or did you just wave the brush at it?” she demanded, with twenty minutes to go before dinner. “Run back upstairs and try again, please.” Lily groaned but obeyed. Jack, who was stirring a bubbling pot, at least waited until Lily was…
Kyle chose not to join Anna for church this morning. She might have been worried about this, except that she could tell that he had something in mind—he was “being cagey” as she said. So she wasn’t quite surprised when he appeared on her doorstep this afternoon, but she was surprised by the scowl on his face. “What’s that for?” she asked, laughing. He turned and pointed accusingly out at the walk, where a torrential rain was coming down. “It’s…
I have been much occupied with Lewis for the past few days. Earlier this week, Sarah informed him that her parents were going to be in town and that they had invited Sarah and Lewis to join them for dinner. Because he could see how much it meant to Sarah, Lewis agreed, and since the moment he did, he has been in a mild state of panic. It is one thing to admit that he wants a future with Sarah,…
I have never complained or even considered that my time with Freya is dull. Now, however, I am certain to have an interesting few weeks. Freya was on her way to her second date with Archer this afternoon when she got a phone call. She didn’t recognize the number, so she declined to answer. The same number called back immediately, however, and so she picked it up, if only to know who it was. Whatever she was expecting on the…
Sometimes it is not good to indulge curiosity. Sometimes, however, it is exactly the right thing to do. This morning, as Hannah helped Jack and Lily get ready for their day, she noticed that there was something different about Jack. He seemed to have something in mind, something other than the cases he would be working on that day. “What’s up with you?” she asked him. “What? Nothing.” “Liar,” Hannah retorted. He paused and smiled at her, still in her…
I was not forbidden to do this. I want it known, that despite the reservations of my seniors, it was not forbidden. Zezette expressed curiosity that I was still so fixated on this. Curiosity, not disapproval, for “I want you to heal in your own time, Asa’el. Even so…” Danit spoke to me about it, saying that it made her ‘uneasy’ how much I was looking into the past. She even suggested that it was disrespectful to Shannon. Hatsumi disagreed…
Three weeks now, and Freya has not heard anything from Henry. She was more disappointed about this than I thought she would be—more than she thought, too. She told herself not to expect anything from him, as it was just a summer fling, and they made no promises to one another. But she did like him a great deal, and not just because of the physical attraction they shared. And she and I both thought that he liked her, too.…
Hannah is still having trouble with her schedule. Her supervisor has given way only slightly, arranging for Hannah to have one evening a week free. It is a start, but it is still not quite enough, and Hannah knows that it will be a difficult fight to get more time. She came home this afternoon to find that she wasn’t the only one who had had a rough day. Though Lily usually works on homework in the living room, so…