Chapter 18: Rukiya's House
“I don’t know how I could have been more clear that moving to the middle of nowhere and having a baby was not a lifestyle I want,” Shaun...
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Sep 6, 202019 min read
Chapter 17: Champs Les Sims (Part 2)
Part Two: L'amour
“You didn’t get her number?” Amelia huffed. “Bloody hell, Em, I thought you like this girl.”
“Uh, well— I didn’t say...
May 8, 201920 min read
Chapter 17: Champs Les Sims (Part 1)
Part One: Bienvenue
Emery stirred as the taxi came to a stop. The sun was bright and harsh to her tired eyes. She’d fallen asleep on the...
Jan 22, 201917 min read
Chapter 16: The Tevellyn House / Button Ranch
Matthew and Dorothy continued to live at their parents’ houses for another year while their ranch was being built. As much as they knew...
Jan 7, 20197 min read
Chapter 15: Cinnamon Crest Falls / Matthew's Lot
It was an evening at the Falls like any other. Matthew sat by the water’s edge reading a book, waiting to see if Aasifa would visit. He...
Jan 4, 20196 min read
Chapter 14: Emery's Studio
Emery’s home was tucked amidst the trees, towards the back of her lot. She wanted it as close to the path to Cinnamon Crest Falls as...
Jan 1, 201915 min read
Chapter 13: The Tevellyn House
Content warning: Mild coarse language and a suggestive scene. “Now that is a bridge!” Ryker said proudly, marvelling at his colorful...
Nov 27, 201811 min read
Chapter 12: Sims at Arms Training Outpost
It was a beautiful day: sunny but not too warm. The summer heat was still a few weeks away. Aria was comfortable in her burgundy cardigan...
Nov 22, 201814 min read
Chapter 11: The Tevellyn House / Emery's Lot
Ryker stood at his father’s telescope in the cool, crisp early morning air with an eye glued to the eyepiece. He had a particular...
Nov 19, 20189 min read
Chapter 10: Rukiya's House
The snow had melted, but the wind still carried a harsh chill and the trees had barely begun to bud. Despite the cold, Bridget and Emery...
Nov 15, 20188 min read
Chapter 9: Cinnamon Crest Falls
Dorothy followed Matthew up his snow-covered street. He wanted to go skating on the pond at Cinnamon Crest Falls like they had as kids....
Nov 11, 201811 min read
Chapter 8: The Tevellyn House
Matthew felt on top of the world. Dorothy agreed to be his totally-official-and-everything girlfriend. At exactly 13-years old he’d had...
Nov 8, 20187 min read
Chapter 7: Cinnamon Crest Falls / Rukiya's Lot
Emery looked out over the water and listened to the waterfall crash into the surface. The view would usually calm her down, but today she...
Nov 5, 201813 min read
Chapter 6: The Tevellyn House
If you’d told 20-year-old Altman that he’d grow old farming and teaching toddlers to walk and talk, he wouldn’t have believed you. Back...
Nov 1, 201813 min read
Chapter 5: The Boarding House / Community Garden
Rukiya Shabani glanced out the window as the taxi pulled up to their destination. It had been an unseasonably hot and humid spring day in...
Oct 29, 201812 min read
Chapter 4: Cinnamon Crest Falls
In the early morning light, with her dad all to herself, Emery cast her line and patiently wait for a nibble. She enjoyed the soft sounds...
Oct 25, 201812 min read
Chapter 3: The Tevellyn House
Bridget rubbed the sleep from her eyes, hoping the plastic over the insulation had kept any harmful dust out of her eyes and lungs as she...
Oct 22, 201812 min read
Chapter 2: Bridget's Cabin
Now the proud resident of the first single detached home built after the clear-out, Bridget didn’t waste any time in setting up her own...
Oct 18, 20185 min read
Chapter 1: Community Garden
It was a strange sight, such an empty landscape save but one large Victorian manor house. Bridget Tevellyn was standing on the edge of...
Oct 10, 20186 min read
Prologue
The place was a ghost town. Despite its breath-taking locale, Appaloosa Plains had become a shadow of what it once was. The residents of...
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