When I moved to a new town, I found friendships and a love I never expected. Life was perfect until a friend of Ryan's arrived for a funeral—someone with a far more complicated history with him than I…
Living on Violet Circle, a place that’s less of a neighborhood and more of an insane asylum poured into the street, I thought I was prepared for anything. After you’ve seen a woman strip down at the l…
I stared at my wife. Why was she acting so casual? I had just told her I wanted a divorce and her response was "fine." So I spoke again, clearly and distinctly, so there could be no mistaking my meaning.…
When I was nineteen, I married my high school sweetheart. Against my family's wishes. I thought I was doing the right thing, I believed she would be the one and that I could learn to love her. But I…
Frat Hell. That’s how the whole neighborhood refers to the apartment where I live with three other college students. It’s a bit judgmental, considering the neighborhood we live in is more like a zoo t…
Aria Leaving Chicago and my mafia family ties behind, I plant new roots in Denver. The move accomplished a couple of very important things. It put me closer to my brother and got me away from an arrang…
Steal Taking over from my dad as President, Filling his shoes scared me, but I was ready, and he ensured it. There was nothing more I wanted than to make him proud, To bring this club higher. Then I met he…
