Only When Its Us Novels & Stories

"Stop embarrassing yourself. You heard the gentleman. Fuck. Off." Lauren was timid around me, but not around anyone else. "This is none of your business." She sized the owner up and asked me loudly, "You're going to marry a cake girl instead of me? She can't even pay her shop's rent! She can't make enough money selling cakes!"

i'll make**actual food Ezra: **deal. what time?** Me: **whenever. parents are gone** There's a pause, and I can feel him understanding what that means. Time alone. Space to be together without worrying about being heard or seen. Ezra: **2 hours?** Me: **perfect**

On the way back, I ended up chatting with Cody the whole time, and to my surprise, I found out we lived in the same neighborhood. “No way,” Cody said with a grin. “I didn’t expect us to be neighbors.” “Small world,” I replied, smiling back. “I heard there’s a photography summit next week. Are you going? If you are, maybe we could go together?” he added, extending the invitation. “Sure,” I agreed without hesitation. We talked the whole way, effortlessly. It was the kind of conversation that never ran out of fuel.

Christenna winked. "No, it's fine. I have it under control." I said, producing another card. "Is that one of Nick's cards?" His mother asked. I looked her up and down. "I make my own money and spend it as I please. Thank you very much." I turned away from her to look over my card, not understanding why it declined. When I remembered, it's new, and it's a business card that I set to only be used to make office purchases.

A ping on my phone distracts me and I scramble to check what it was. It was a message from Williams and it makes my breath hitch. “Do not screw this up Stephanie. Your son is only a bullet away” The message read and my hand shook. I really can’t screw this up

Jake informed them. “You have money?” Anna asked Davis. “Let me see,” but when he opened his wallet he only had TT in there, “Only our home currency, what about you?” “Let me see,” Anna said and then took out the wallet that Lee had placed in her bag, she was surprised that it had her TT ID card and her British ID card as well. There were even a few bank cards and then when she opened the flap she saw a lot of £s in there. “Yes, I have,” she said leaning towards Davis and showing him.