The Stealing of Things [Chapter 3] Was I failing at my job, I asked myself, after letting the strange woman leave the garden once more without intervening? What was she there for? Certainly not me. It didn’t seem like she was trying to break in, but then again, I’ve heard of people checking out aContinue reading “The Jewel”
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Lingering Touch
The Stealing of Things [Chapter 2] I did not go searching any further for the individual after they disappeared from sight. The entrances around the block into our gardens are guarded only by the discouragement of chain barriers with hangings signs on them noting that the facilities are closed for the night and that theyContinue reading “Lingering Touch”
The Lady in the Garden
The Stealing of Thins [Chapter 1] Society still has a difficult time taking in the idea of a woman being the main breadwinner for her family. Even harder to grasp is that I, a woman with a husband and two kids, could and does do so working the graveyard shift. The other ordinary, and comparativelyContinue reading “The Lady in the Garden”