Noise Stories

My fingers brush the handle of her door The bright coloured lettering, my usual morning read. Then I remember she’s at Grandma’s. My fingers slip away again. Coffee in peace… Unusual. The threat of the buzz of the coffee machine neutralised for just one morning.   Pad of feet, adult in nature come down the hallway. I hear you stop in the doorway, creeping up on me perhaps. The slip of hands over hips, breath against my ne...

Once again the noise from her neighbors house got her twisting and turning in her bed making her grumble her displeasure. This was the life 53-year-old Lindsey Sullivan, a hard-working nurse at the local hospital, was living since the time 27-year-old Tommy Green and his girlfriend of twenty-five years Natasha Harvey, moved into the apartment next to her.  Due to their constant discussions, it was difficult getting decent...