Noon Risk: Teacher’s Raw Office Surrender
Hallway dead quiet. Noon hits. Fluorescent buzz faint. School gutted, everyone gone. Her steps whisper. Anne Folduc, 45, ponytail swings. […]
Hallway dead quiet. Noon hits. Fluorescent buzz faint. School gutted, everyone gone. Her steps whisper. Anne Folduc, 45, ponytail swings. […]
Three a.m. Doorbell pierces the quiet. Heart skips. I jolt awake on the couch, Marion’s house silent except for the
The hallway light flickers dimly. Joël clutches flowers and chocolates, heart pounding. Doorbell hums low. Footsteps shuffle behind the door.
I push open the shop door. Narrow hallway smells of chemicals. Heels click on worn linoleum. Stairs creak under me.
The hallway reeks of damp carpet and faint cooking grease. Walls paper-thin. Afternoon light slits under Mrs. Duval’s door next
Thick carpet muffles my steps up the stairs. Morning light filters under the bathroom door, ajar. Soft moans leak out.
Sweat drips down my neck. Year 2123. Hallway’s dim, air thick at fifty degrees. My 135-kilo frame wheezes from the
It was past midnight. Hallway dim, single bulb buzzing faint. Everyone asleep. Neighbors’ doors shut tight. I remembered the scarf
Dim sconce glows. Quilt heavy on bare skin. My apartment bedroom. Sparse. King bed hugs wall. Desk, tiny TV, lone