Rulebreaker Stories

As soon as I saw Herman, I knew he was up to no good. Almost every day, he came to visit Elsie, his wife of sixty years, at the nursing home where I worked. I was only in my early twenties and still had a lot to learn about life, but even I could tell that the bond between Elsie and Herman was special. Still, the man was full of mischief, and when he sidled up to me, I prepared to hear something outrageous from him. And H...

Elizabeth was certainly very surprised to see the granny-aged woman sunbathing on the beach. After all, society was in lockdown with the virus passed so easily from person to person. The beach, like every beach in the country and, indeed, across most of the world, had been barricaded off. Everyone was being told to stay at home as much as possible, although could go out to exercise and to shop. Sunbathing outside your own...