The car was silent. The only sound was the tick-tick-tick of the engine cooling in the school parking lot. It’s just armor, and it looks heavy. Paige’s words weren't an echo. They were truth. Halley didn't drive home. Not right away. She drove to Mira's. It was an instinct. A pull, a "force" that had… Continue reading Halley: The Re-Direction
The "force" doesn't get to be sad. Not in public. The "force" gets to be angry, funny, or "unbothered." So Halley chose "unbothered." She was in the raw, hollowed-out aftermath of Kai, but she performed "fine" with terrifying skill. She screened Mira's calls, letting them go to voicemail, only to text back hours later: Just… Continue reading Halley: The Mirror
Paige wanted to disappear.To lose herself in her work. She knew work. She understood it. Numbers, deadlines, performance. Those were measurable. Predictable. These new feelings, warring within her —guilt, relief, disappointment —were not ones she knew how to hold. The world around her felt muted, as though she were floating just above her own life.… Continue reading Paige: The Truth
It had been three months since Ellie saw the texts. Three months since the world had fractured, silently, from the inside. For Paige, it was three months of performing normalcy. She compartmentalized the secret, pushing it down, focusing on work, on logistics, on being the "good" wife and mother. She told herself it was over.… Continue reading Paige: The Attempt
This is Mira’s story — part fiction, part reflection, wholly honest.(Each chapter will end with a note from her writing, signed as your trusted friend.) 🎧 Listen while you read: “Peach” by BroodsFor soft grins, playful touches, and a love that doesn’t need to try so hard. Mira's Story: The Cosmic Egg ReturnsWhere laughter becomes a love… Continue reading Chapter Forty-Two: The Cosmic Egg Returns
This is Mira’s story — part fiction, part reflection, wholly honest.(Each chapter will end with a note from her writing, signed as your trusted friend.) 🎧 Listen while you read: “Coffee” by Sylvan EssoFor the slow build. The electric maybe. The heat that lingers longer than touch. https://open.spotify.com/track/30GGIrrJdSNtecPiFcVP5O?si=1eb3277ed9574f80 Mira's Story: He Read HerThe night Rowan finally returned to her… Continue reading Chapter Forty-One: He Read Her
This is Mira’s story—part fiction, part reflection, wholly honest.(Each chapter will end with a note from her writing, signed as your trusted friend.) Mira's Story: The Table That Held UsStepping into warmth, and something more than just a meal. Rowan’s house was full. Not just with people, but with noise, warmth, and the scent of… Continue reading Chapter Thirty-One: The Burned Yams and Other Miracles
This is Mira’s story — part fiction, part reflection, wholly honest.(Each chapter will end with a note from her writing, signed as your trusted friend.) 🎧 Listen while you read: “Real Love Body by Father John MitsyFor moments when love feels like home—not perfect, but present, steady, and quietly revolutionary. https://open.spotify.com/track/0Z57YWES04xGh3AImDz6Qr?si=5054478d4c284e3e Mira's Story: The Reckoning of UsWhat… Continue reading Chapter Thirty: The Reckoning of Us
This is Mira’s story — part fiction, part reflection, wholly honest.(Each chapter will end with a note from her writing, signed as your trusted friend.) Mira's Story: Between the BellsTwo worlds, one heartbeat Mira always said she had two lives. The one with her students, sharp-edged and humming, all bells and deadlines and the low thrum of… Continue reading Chapter Twenty-Four: Between the Bells
This is Mira’s story — part fiction, part reflection, wholly honest.(Each chapter will end with a note from her writing, signed as your trusted friend.) 🎧Listen while you read: “Ceilings” by Lizzy McAlpineFor those gentle moments that don’t arrive with fanfare, but mean everything https://open.spotify.com/track/2L9N0zZnd37dwF0clgxMGI?si=89fa5e55ef394258 Mira's Story: EmbersA Seat by the fire Things had felt steady since… Continue reading Chapter Twenty-Three: Embers
