Episode 8: The Conditioning

Episode 8: The Conditioning

Lynn stood at the window, pensively watching Tim work Sonny in the round pen as the setting sun cast its golden rays across her upper body. The sudden contrast of the sun’s heat with the chill of the living room sent a shiver down her spine and goosebumps up her arms....
Episode 7: The Telling

Episode 7: The Telling

Quitting He placed the last few glasses inside the cupboard and pushed it shut as the back door opened. Lynn shuffled across the threshold and headed towards him into the kitchen. “Afternoon, sweetheart,” Tim chirped with a soft smile. She set her purse on the...
Episode 6: The Calling

Episode 6: The Calling

Tim defiantly punched the “off” button and flippantly tossed the remote control onto the coffee table. Arms folded across his chest, he scowled at the blank television screen. “Worthless,” he grunted to himself. The front door swung open and Lynn walked in. Their eyes...
Episode 5: The Favor

Episode 5: The Favor

The February snow flurries were turning into thick flakes as we pulled the truck and trailer underneath the gas station overhead covering. We were passing through Missouri on our way to Illinois, and the sky was already dark even though the evening hour had barely set...
Episode 4: The Hitchhiker

Episode 4: The Hitchhiker

It was early on a Wednesday morning and the crisp December cold was bitter. The loud rumble of the Dodge pickup’s diesel motor droned a vibration all the way down my legs in the back of the truck’s cab but still was a great truck, and that’s why we got derv...