Extra Credit
Professor Diana Vane had a reputation — the kind that made students whisper in hallways and sign up for her classes in droves. She was forty, with sharp gray eyes, …
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The Best Man’s Toast
My wedding day was supposed to be the happiest day of my life. White roses, a string quartet, my father walking me down the aisle. I had dreamed of this …
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THE DOG WHO STOLE MY WALLET
My name is Jake “Rust” Malone. I’m 44, ride a ’98 Fat Boy, and I don’t chase dogs through farmers markets. Until July 8th, when a 20-pound terrier mix committed …
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The Corner Office
The CEO’s wife was a legend in the company — spoken of in whispers, photographed at galas, rumored to be the real power behind the throne. Victoria Ashford was forty, …
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The Wedding Vows
The Wedding Vows That Exposed My Father’s Secret I was standing at the altar, holding my fiancé’s hands, about to say my vows. The church was filled with family and …
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Family Ties
The wedding had been a disaster. My father, sixty-two and recently widowed, had fallen for a woman twenty years his junior — a glamorous socialite with a daughter my age …
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THE DOG WHO LED
My name is Marcus “Wrench” Holt. I’m 24. I fix motorcycles and I don’t sleep through the night. I found bodies in Afghanistan. I thought I was done finding bodies. …
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The Pregnant Ex
My wedding day was supposed to be the happiest day of my life. White roses, a string quartet, my father walking me down the aisle. I had dreamed of this …
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THE DOG WHO WOULDN’T LEAVE
My name is Darlene “Doc” Reeves. I’m 52, retired Army medic, divorced twice, tattooed forearms, trust issues with pit bulls after a childhood bite. I fix motorcycles and broken soldiers. …
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The Security Guard
At exactly 2:17 a.m. on a cold October morning, veteran security guard Daniel Mercer began what should have been another routine patrol inside the abandoned Ridgeway Shopping Center outside Columbus, …
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