My Aunt Alyce used to be a hairstylist, and every month, my mother and I would go to her house so Mom could get a free permanent. While those two were in the other room inhaling curl chemicals, I propped my seven-year-old butt in front of the tub...

I normally never make New Year’s resolutions. To me, they’ve always been broken oaths of things I should’ve been doing all along. Why should I expect the upcoming year to be any different? Making a resolution was (for me, at least) nothi...

Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Four days had passed since Victoria’s house arrest was instated, and finally, her period of captivity was over with. Truth be told, the punishment wasn’t as bad as she imagined ...