Stories tagged “drunk driver”

  • Bittersweet Tomatoes

    We got a call while we took our lemonade break. Dad told us Grandma had taken a turn for the worse. We climbed into the car and drove silently to the hospital. The stark hallways and disinfectant stench made my stomach churn unhappily. When the elevato...

  • At Least The Bastard Fried

    I had practiced for several hours before it was supposed to start. Staring at the photo of my daughter, I recited the small talk that would occur. Hello. How was your trip? Hope the place was easy to find. But I knew as soon as she walked through the d...

  • The Barbed Bond of Hatred

    I daydreamed about what I would do to Parker. They were elegant fantasies, richly constructed to soothe hurt feelings and dissipate rage, and about as satisfying as eating in a dream. Sometimes they’d be elaborate Rube-Goldberg-style deaths invol...

  • No Safe Spots

    Being the designated driver sucked. It was a thankless job, but it was my turn. Four of us rotated the unwanted role of being the responsible one, and tonight it was back to me. On the upside we were on our way home. Becca and Andrew were arguing in th...