La vida

My name is Jean, Im 72, and I live alone in an aging house on the edge of a tiny village that used to

The whiskey didnt help. Nothing did.I sat in my penthouse, eighty stories above the city, the locket

The whiskey didnt help. Nothing did.I sat in my penthouse, eighty stories above the city, the locket

A Wedding Gift from the Mother-in-Law: Better Nothing Than This! Eleanor and William were to be wed.

**Wedding Gift from the Mother-in-Law: Better Nothing Than This!** Emily and James were finally getting married.

She betrayed her husband only once, before the wedding. He called her fat and said she wouldnt fit into

The heavy oak door creaked as I stepped into my gallerythe only place where grief couldnt swallow me whole.

The whiskey didnt help. Nothing did.I perched in my penthouse, eightzero floors above the city, the locket

The whiskey didnt do anything. Nothing helped.I was alone in my penthouse, eighty stories above the city

My brother James got married six years ago, and since then, neither I nor our parents have set foot in his home.