Everything Falls Apart Book Novels & Stories

Aunt May straightened slowly, wiping her face. “We’ll take it one day at a time,” she said. “That’s all we can do.” But as the day wore on, and the machines kept humming, the reality remained Nora would wake up to a world that had already broken her. Parents gone. Trust shattered. A body that had betrayed her. And a love that had waited too long. Jaden stayed. Trisha stayed. Aunt May stayed. But grief stayed too. Waiting.

She was busy thinking about her mistakes that made her this easy of a target by everyone. Once the girls were gone she continues to clean despite the pain she was feeling. She knew it. It was really bad for her to come close to those beautiful people. After cleaning she went out of the building with a portion of her face red. She's used to the pain but not with the insults. It was still hurting her even if it's going on for years now. "Keep your head up Braun, you might trip." Sasha glance up and saw Eustone leaning against the wall with a smile that immediately faded when he saw her face. The expression he was showing was kind and it reminded her of a beautiful springtime. A spring... ***

Next morning Roy woke up with bags under his eyes but enthusiastically. He recited the book all while getting ready to meet Jeremy at the bookstore. Just in case, Roy has to talk about the book with Jeremy, so he meticulously remembered every single detail. Roy crossed Ken's room on his way and heard some crashes along with a fit of extremely loud giggles. He shook his head and ignored them. The new couple can have all the fun they want. In the bus, Roy flipped through the pages for the last time and then looked out of the window, distractingly.

******************** Present day | Hollis | “It was an accident...I didn’t mean to...I swear to God I thought for sure I-I had it right...” Chad was bawling into his rough hands shamelessly by the time Buddy finished recounting the tragic evening that would lead his EX partner into a life of substance abuse. Margot was crying right along with him as she rubbed his trembling back over and over.

Z Jacob took out a fifty dollar bill and gave it to the taxi driver. "Keep the change..." said Jacob. “What?! Is that true?!' asked the taxi driver in surprise. Jacob nodded his head slowly. “Oh thank you very much Sir!” said the taxi driver excitedly. Jacob and Zoya got out of the taxi and saw the simple hotel. There is nothing luxurious about the hotel. “Eren stays in a place like this? Even though he can rent a five-star hotel with the money he brings, "said Zoya a little surprised.

The phone rang. The walls cracked, rips running floor to ceiling. He thought of Mom with her bleeding scabs. How they’d crack and weep red. The floor jumped beneath his feet. He wanted to sit, but was afraid he’d tear and split and weep, too. The ceiling was buckling and breaking. Dropping tiles and dust. Dangerous small splinters that would stab if he stepped wrong. The flesh of this apartment, the skin, it was ripping apart. Like his fuckin’ skin and hers at the end before she fell in the dirt and died. And the knocking, it wouldn’t stop.

Rose I woke up having a feeling the day wasn't going to end well. Elias was in his high chair trying to put his fist in his mouth. I propped the tablet against the fruit bowl. I was reading a financial aggregator just like my usual routine. The headline caught my attention. It was about an investment conference in London with photographs attached. I read the name on the badge and my coffee cup hit the floor causing it to shatter. My hands froze mid-way. Instinctively, I turned and realized none of these affected Elias.

He rested on the chair and he immediately fell down flat as the chair broke. The whole class bursted in roaring laughter. Mr. Stephen stood up angrily. "Which of you miscreant did this?". As he said that cheese fell on him at once splattering all over his books and desk. A loud laughter could be heard from the back and I knew it was Jacey.

If this contract was broken, the price would be paid in blood. She felt no relief when the deal was done. Only more well concealed fear and anxiety. Amberleigh couldn’t help but think the enemy of my enemy was not a friend. It was rather another fucking enemy! And they seemed to be closing in indeed because Grayson had just laid out the fucking welcome mat. Chapter 45

Alex The world did not explode in fireworks. It fell apart in the silent cracks. I was at dawn on the east edge of the roof of the manor, the sky bleeding into shades of bruise and fire. Another day, another thread breaking. Nathan's kingdom had started to rot from the inside out, and he hadn't even been aware that the worms were his own people. Bellion stood at my shoulder, silent as always, a specter in suit jackets and restraint. "She moved the next pawn," he said, glancing down into the street below where the black SUV parked, one of ours.