Stories tagged “secrets”
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The Truth Will Out
Captain’s Log, Day 8213 Everything went to hell today. Fleance figured it out. “The answer lies inside me.” Bob actually physically implanted a note inside his body. How Fleance managed to keep his lunch down while he rooted around in...
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Mirror
A Mirror is a door, to a world unknown. To a place you only see, when you stand and look in. It knows secrets, you never share. It knows lies you tell to everyone. It knows love, you think you hide. It knows pain, deep inside. That mirror. Sitting on...
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Seating Arrangements
The house smelled delicious. Not of food, or even incense. It smelled of Julia. Nicole couldn’t help but wonder if this is what it was like to be drunk. “C’mon, I’ll put on some music.” Julia it a couple of buttons on an ...
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The Closet, Part 1
“What was that? Oh my God, I’m not cut out for this. I think my heart is going to explode.” Jenna’s mind was racing. She looked over at Rob who was guarding the door. He moved his hands up and down rapidly… come on – faster! Focus. She look...
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The Closet, Part 2
Father pounded down the hall after them. Jenna almost cried out in fear, but she opened the refrigerator and shoved her head in to cool her brow and hide her face. Rob was saying something about her getting more computer time, but Jenna couldn’t ...
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The Closet, Part 3
In the room she shared with little Emma and the creepy twins she immediately went to the closet for privacy. It was their secret place, anyone who needed privacy could use the closet. They each had a hidden shoe box under the floor boards. It was how t...
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The Closet, Part 4
The closet door flung open and she was caught sitting on the floor with the file in her lap. Emma and the twins fled the room crying hysterically. She was suddenly angry. “Why didn’t you tell me?!” She screamed at him, jumping up and flinging the...
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The Closet, Part 5
“Put the gun down, you fool.” Father had already brushed away those brief tears. Had he loved her? “Why are all of our mothers dead?” Rob’s voiced hitched with raw emotion. He was fifteen and more mature than any of the boys Jenna met at scho...
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The Price of Invisibility
We all have those moments when we want to turn invisible, but we can’t because everyone is watching to see what we will do next, cry, run, laugh, or simply walk away. This isn’t about a moment like that. I really am invisible; not the ̵...
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No Fun
Everbody likes a good secret, myself included. Who’s screwing who, who’s taking a little off the top, no matter what it is, everybody’s got their own little secret. Myself included. I have more than one secret, you might say that I...
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In a Dark Room
She hated being alone in the dark room. Being there was her own fault, of course. Having to be right all the time got her there. The instructor didn’t like being proven wrong. Even though they all insisted that they were there to learn as well as...
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She Shruged
“I assume you think i’m a traitor.” she said lightly in the elevator as if the world was listening. “Your assuming I assume that?” he replies sofly. “Your actions would suggest so.” The elevator made it’s...
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Routes, Reroutes, and Reminders
Brian was smart, but it was foolish of him to underestimate superhuman intelligence. By definition, there was no way I could lose. Even as we were speaking I was duplicating log files, renaming them, encrypting them, filing them away in innocuous locat...
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The Porter House
The huge, creaky house, known as the Porter House, had been abandoned and neglected for as long as anyone could remember. It sat nestled in a grove of gnarled trees with wild, seemingly alive vines creeping closer to the foundation in an attempt to rec...
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Kalyla's Brother
I sat in my room listening to the jazz station on the radio, and trying not to worry about the call from my Dad. I could hear my brother downstairs singing as he made dinner. “You don’t have to be beautiful, to be my girl!” I came to ...
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I Picked the Hat
It takes a lot of effort to enter the exalted ranks of The Hatters, you know. You can’t just buy a hat and learn the 38 secret uses of mercury, oh, no. The Hat must speak to you. You must be chosen. More importantly, the specific color is importa...
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Name
All I can say is that I’ll Love you until you hurt me Enough that I need an X-ray to tell me where the shattered And scattered pieces of my heart are. Never mind that I’ve done things for you that I’d never Do for anyone else, neve...
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What Are You Hiding?
She smelled his hands when he got home. “Where have you been?” “Drinking. The usual.” “Where?” “Tom’s. You can call and ask if you don’t believe me.” “That’s no use. They’re ...
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Breathe
“OK, OK, gimme a minute to think.” Nicole was quiet for a moment. She had a few secrets, who didn’t. She knew it was important that she pick one she had never shared, but she found it difficult to choose. What could she give, what coi...
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Revelation
Their lips met in an explosion of passion. No hesitation or second thoughts, no doubts or worries. Clothes were torn off and tossed away in the mad rush to explore more and more newly exposed skin. How long they spent that way, neither knew. All that m...
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Want to learn about me?
I hadn’t seen my Uncle for over 3 years when he was killed by a drunk driver. That driver is still in jail. And I’m sorry if this is selfish, but I’m happy she is. He was 35. I can be a bitch at times. Photography helps me remember. T...
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Nocturnal Visit
Mitch found the farm house dark at 1AM. Curiously, the hot house was lit, a small sliver of light shone under the door. Mitch hid his bike and after gazing into dark windows, decided the bedrooms were upstairs. He climbed the trellis and found JoAnn...
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Intertwined
She jumped at the sound of the door, whirling around and wielding a strawberry corer. Her face went from furious to merely angry when she realized it was only her son coming home. “Ooo, Your Father had better not come through that door! Lock it!&...
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Being Kidnapped Is The Only Way
I was taken to an F.B.I facility where many things were going on. People were carrying on about their many things. The place as a whole just felt intense. “Richard?” Agent Golhem asked. “Yes.” I replied. “This is your tr...
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Mind Games
“Listen to me, get on the train.” He said in a nervous tone. “No, i’m not leaving you.” she replied, tears streaking her face. “Take the kids, get on the train and leave, get as far away from here as possible.”...