Prologue: Filthy Lawyer

Prologue: Filthy Lawyer

Damien Manhattan, New York Years Ago The brightest billboard in Times Square is flashing empty promises for a “new and improved” sleeping pill that has failed me hundreds of times before.  A suited businessman kisses a half-naked woman seconds before he jumps into an...
Prologue: I Wish I Would’ve Chosen You

Prologue: I Wish I Would’ve Chosen You

Prologue Me The last time I jumped off this bridge, a Good Samaritan dove into the ocean and rescued me. Without asking for permission, he hauled my body onto a nearby boat and pumped my chest until I came back to life.  “Oh my god, she almost died!” “She’s so lucky...
Prologue: I Wish I Would’ve Told You

Prologue: I Wish I Would’ve Told You

I swear I didn’t mean to send him that letter. Yes, I revised it fifty-seven times, spent eighteen days fretting over which envelope to buy, and paid for first-class postage, but I didn’t really intend to drop it into a postal box.  It was supposed to be a simple...
Pretend It’s Real for Me: Prologue + Link(s)

Pretend It’s Real for Me: Prologue + Link(s)

Prologue Forty Days After Saying “I Do” Tatiana “Do the words ‘til death do us part’ give me a free pass to murder my husband?” I’ve googled that question a million times since I “married” the sexy bastard who dominates almost every billboard in Las Vegas, and the...