Page 15 – My Writing

The Education of Petra v1

“Petra, I want you to go to high school.” Brandon said from where he sat at his desk. “For god’s sake why?”

Some years later…. Nyssa was cold, wet, and in pain from having given birth a few days before. The relationship she’d been

Nora sat in the backseat, removing a compact from the depths of her purse before pulling out the pad to dab powder

Mandy couldn’t be more thrilled to finally be away from her mother and out on her own, even if it wasn’t anything

It wasn’t supposed to be hard. Fighting was supposed to be easy, a way to keep herself safe. The job was meant

The bus rumbled as it drove along the road, vibrating the window and his head as he attempted to sleep. It wasn’t

Mandy’s Dad visited her within a week of her arrival to her new apartment, and they spent some long overdue time together.

Mandy’s childhood – that is, those years before she became a pre-teen – were good. Her family was well off, largely due

Dear Vince, I first want to say thank you. Thank you for trusting in me enough to confide in me. Now to

Dammit, dammit, dammit, dammit. Vince swore to himself as he left the motel room. He knew there was something there, some kind