Mystère Novels & Stories

Esther looked up from the Magazine she was holding, she heard faint movements at her door. She dropped the magazine on her reading table along side with her glasses and walked towards the for to see what or who was there Esther swinged the door open and met her grandmother who was set on leaving. "Christiana" She turned abruptly "Ma" The awkward silence came in as they just stared at each other like long lost lovers. "Come in" Esther managed to say. "She looks exactly like her mother" was the thought running through Esther's head. The uncanny resemblance shook her to the core and it felt more like Tiana's presence came to hunt her but that would be the expression she wouldn't want Tiana to s

Tired of pretending the holidays didn’t take every insecurity I owned and amplify it by ten. The worst part was that I didn’t even know what I wanted anymore. Not really. Just that I needed space. Somewhere, I wasn’t being watched. Somewhere, I didn’t feel like a progress report. Somewhere I could exist without explanation. I reached for my phone again. I wasn’t planning anything dramatic. This wasn’t a breakdown. This was a browse. A harmless scroll. Completely reasonable behaviour. I opened a travel app. France appeared almost immediately, as if it had been waiting for me to admit something.