Martha’s Smile

Martha’s Smile

Martha smiled broadly, showing her gleaming white teeth when I told her Matty has just died in a car crash. She showed no sadness, no emotion. We were all devastated. Matty was a young intern, 23, full of life and energy. Very nice chap. We all loved him because he...
Worried under the rain

Worried under the rain

– Oh my! It’s raining again! Bob complained. He hated being out under the rain, and he had had enough that day: Jogging at 5 AM under an authentic shower, going to his work at the firefighter’s station at 6 AM, and four calls during his shift to...
The affaire

The affaire

I just wanted to go home. I promise. After a hell of a day in the office, I was exhausted and needed a good rest.Not so easy to find it in a house with four kids, two of them already difficult adolescents and a wife overwhelmed by her job and the situation at home,...
A new love

A new love

Mark was scared. Tanya had called him to talk urgently in the middle of a working day, and she sounded very concerned. She had been acting a little strange lately, and he was afraid their incredible love story was going to plunge. It was not fair. Mark had done...
Fear at the forest

Fear at the forest

Photo by Harrison Haines at pixels.com -This can’t be happening to us!The car had stopped. We were in the middle of nowhere. A sea of trees surrounded us. No houses, no gas station. And we had no idea of what had happened to the engine. There was a thick cloud...
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