When McKayla told  Imogen Howe she needed time off for a vacation she never said how long. Imogen didn't ask the duration expecting McKayla to offer it herself. However no further details came. McKayla didn't even say the destination. These were all details that seemed basic to a vacation request....

McKayla probably would've never worked at The Sparrow if she hadn't looked up to  Imogen Howe . Now the admiration was gone, but in its place was friendship, without which McKayla would've probably already left. Where to? she didn't know. In some ways she preferred being able to blame this...

The man reminded her of a time past. 19th century  Russia or at least her impression of that time and geography from the literature.

She loved reading Dostoevsky and Turgenev after high school. She would still email  Jeannie Hammond about the novels. And the two would talk about life and the...

While peeping out the blinds Love thought of BAKA and how he had sent him messages for days after BAKA disappeared on him back at Denver's ranch. All he wanted was a reply. Even if it was a good bye. But nothing came from the other end.

Now he was considering...

One time Marc was en route to Ireland with that one woman. She was in his lab. And he had a crush on her the moment he saw her. In Ireland he screwed things up with her. And he never forgot about that since.

Although he couldn't remember her name anymore....

It was strange keeping change from a customer.  Bloomingfoods wasn't a restaurant. there was no tipping. At first Drew thought about putting the extra cash into the register. Instead he pocketed it. Figured it would just be wasted if he put it into the register anyway. Although the store always...

Marc Love was surprised to learn that Drew had a phD from  Cambridge . Not because Drew didn't seem smart but because he was here now in America working as a cashier at a grocery store. Love wanted to ask how he came to do that but didn't want to...

Marc Love made everyday in  Bloomington, IN a routine. Part of that routine included walking onto campus at around 8 AM in the morning then again at 10:30 AM. The second time was when there was a nice crowd of students, faculty, and staff heading to and fro. He liked...

Marc Love went out of his way to stop for a night in a town. He arrived in the evening before the sun had completely gone down. It was going down earlier and earlier. The nights becoming colder. He had an Airbnb in a nice neighborhood walking distance from the...

He was back on road. Out west. Where the beers were smaller but the people were larger.

He had to order more beers than usual to feel a buzz. He wasn't used to ordering this many beers. When leaving the bar he'd feel uncomfortable. Worried that he'd be driving drunk. But...