A man finds a mysterious box left on his porch and imagines all the possibilities. He soon finds that sometimes the truth is worse than his imagination.
A determined mother explains the need for the two beds in her hotel room to the detective in charge of finding her daughter. Things are about to come to an end as she knows more than she is letting on. This story was published in the August 2018 online edition of the SCARLET LEAF REVIEW.
Miranda Perez can party with the best of them, but she is reckless and spiraling. But everything changes when she meets Allister Hayes. Could he be the man of her dreams or her nightmares?
A case growing cold, an overstretched police force, a desperate mother, an empathetic detective, and a ticking clock. The odds are against them but her determination to find her daughter keeps her going.
