Summer’s flight was scheduled to land at 7 pm, and I was supposed to pick her up at the airport forty-five minutes after that, so I was surprised – for more than one reason – when she walked into our place at 3 in the afternoon. “You’re early…” I began to speak and suddenly stopped, frozen mid-sentence. Summer stepped through our door, and was followed in by a tall black guy with shoulder-length dreadlocks. “Babe, this is...

In the days that followed my threesome of sorts with Summer and Maddie, I was worried that things would somehow change between Summer and me. They didn’t, and somehow that became the problem - eventually anyway. Summer was getting ready for law school, and knowing what a time commitment that was going to be she was making the best of her last days of carefree living. She went out more often than usual, sometimes on her ow...

The phone ringing near midnight on a Tuesday night is rarely a good thing. My caller ID showed that it was an old friend of mine named Elena. We were close at one point but it had been nearly two years since we last spoke. Elena likes to drink, so I figured she’d had a few and was in a reminiscing mood. “Hey Elena, long time no speak.” “Were you sleeping?” “No, I’m in bed but still awake. Getting caught up on some work em...