The Freedom Shortcut Novels & Stories

Seeing that I stayed silent, Flora carefully took my hand and said, "Vincent, I know I messed up. Listen to me. Don't stay here anymore. Come home with me. I've really missed you these past few years. I know you have a grudge against me. I was too ignorant back then and too afraid to admit how I felt about you, and I chose Sean instead. I've realized how badly I messed up. "We're not related by blood, but I was just too much of a coward to take that step and admit what we really are. I understand now. We grew up together, and we have always been by each other's side. Since we don't have any blood ties, we are the ones who should be closest in this world. "I love you. Come back with me, okay?

She loved to act spoiled sometimes, but she was very assertive and a great cook. He made his last tweet the day before. The pinned location of the tweet was a secluded place in the suburbs of Shelkin City that she had never heard of before. The tweet read, "Maisie, I hope you'll be happy."

They all looked expectantly at me as I thought about it. "Fine," I said finally. "Tell everyone that for today, they are free to shift."

After I moved into my new apartment, my neighbor, Bianca Ferraro, started showing up at my door every evening for a free meal. I lived alone and always cooked more than I needed. For the sake of keeping the peace, I did not mind sharing. That changed one workday at 3:00 am, when someone pounded on my door and yelled, "Open up! My boyfriend's waiting at the bar downstairs. Make me a cheese platter and open a bottle of red wine. I need to bring it down." I opened the door, still half-asleep, and stared at Bianca standing in the hallway. "You're serious?" She rolled her eyes. "Don't act like it's such a big deal. It won't even take you that long." My temples throbbed. "I'm not your pers

Thats all she knows how to do with herself, she understands what she must do and the price yet she still puts up with it. I decided it was best to abandon those thoughts from my mind and continue to train alone. After a quick sip of water, I went straight back to the dummies sitting up. I pushed farther into my mind and pulled on the vivid green string. Leaves and vines erupted from the dirt itself and shot towards the dummy full force. As it reached the target, the vines constricted the dummy completely. “If that were a real person, their airway and movement would be shut down. Very nice tactic.”

From now on, my heart would finally be free to soar. So no, I wouldn't be sad just because he'd discarded me—because I never needed love to begin with. … At the airport, as I boarded my flight with my luggage, my phone buzzed with a string of messages from Felix. 'Where did you go? Why aren't you answering my calls? Call me right now!' 'Kathy, stop being childish. Come back and apologize, and I'll forgive you.' 'We might not get married, but at least we can still be friends. Be sensible.'

Staring at the ceiling, my thoughts starting to disturb me again. The betrayal of my best friend. My ruthless husband. My son. And for the nth time, I'm found myself slitting my wrist again. Can somebody help me? Can someone free me from the hell that I'm staying? Save me please .. I'm really tired of living .. Lord .. Until when should I pay for my mistake? Lord, please let me rest. Lord, I can't handle anymore .. Please… free me from all the pain.

So I try to see if I can move any other body part, anything at all. Toes, nope. legs, nope. arms, still nope. Damn it! I'm going to be a fucking vegetable for the rest of my life! That's just fan-diddly-fuckin-tastic. Fingers, nop- wait. Holy shit! I lifted my right index finger! Finally progress! "MILLIE GET IN HERE!" Alpha yells.

"That's some smart thinking, young lady. Go ahead and make it sound good so you can actually promote us!" Holding my phone, I slowly walked deeper into the cold storage. Under the pretense of introducing our wine, I made my way toward the freezer where the two were hiding. "These freezers are our latest in-house design with an incredibly powerful flash-freeze capability. It can drop the internal temperature by 68 degrees Fahrenheit in just three minutes. Let me give the viewers a quick demonstration." As I spoke, I reached out and flipped the flash-freeze switch. The freezer began to hum loudly to life.

A sleepless night left me running on fumes. I was just about to make myself a coffee when a delivery guy brought in a large box of milk tea and small cakes. Then came the cheers of my colleagues. "Mr. Baldwin is buying afternoon snacks? When did he get so generous?" "Clueless! It's for Leticia's new diet. We're just lucky to get free snacks!"