48 Results in the "Crack" category
-
"......after you left, it was quite a shock. I came to my senses and found myself munching on three boxes of pizza spread across the car hood. It was just Tim and me... That night, the stars were especially plentiful." After nearly a month, Leo Sebastian seemed to have harbored some regrets. But Ian had his excuses for being busy as well. The secret cam hidden inside the music box had almost no evidence left. What the police could restore was a mashed-up video and a few voices mixed with noise, barely…-
109.8 K • Completed
-
-
The person who had been consumed by depression and schizophrenia wasn’t his mother. It was Ian. The person who had witnessed his stepfather’s death was also Ian. And it was Ian who almost got charged with first-degree murder as the primary suspect in his stepfather’s killing. When his treatment at Rosehillman began, Ian faced another crisis—one that required him to reveal his secrets to others. Dr. Hillen, though different from the police, was relentless in trying to make Ian confront his…
-
109.8 K • Completed
-
-
When did it start? Ian first sensed something was wrong in his life when his mother occasionally left the house for her charitable activities. She’d tell him she’d be gone for two days but then return the next day. When he greeted her excitedly, asking why she was back early, she replied, “My son, are you feeling sick?” The problem wasn’t with her schedule—it was with Ian’s concept of time. A whole day had vanished while his mother was gone. Ian was deeply unsettled but kept quiet,…
-
109.8 K • Completed
-
-
The sunlight, as lukewarm as human warmth, gently touched Ian’s closed eyelids. The morning light was like a spring breeze. It was a place that felt cut off from the world, peaceful. Ian opened his eyes, surrounded by a familiar sense of calm. Everything was still the same here. A peace that felt like a lie. Silence without truth. Fake happiness wrapped in medication. A world of numbness and painlessness, where it felt like his mind was vacuum-sealed away. Rosehillman Psychiatric Hospital. A…
-
109.8 K • Completed
-
-
Suddenly, memories started tangling. "No, wait." Wait. I was at camp that day. It was my mom who witnessed my stepfather’s murder. That’s why she had a mental breakdown… No, wait. It was my mom who went to camp. She wasn’t home. That’s why I was alone with the body. I kept waiting, worrying it might revive. Leo had left the gun next to the body after wiping it down. I kept watch so I could grab the gun and shoot again if it moved. I delayed calling the police as long as I could… nearly…
-
109.8 K • Completed
-
-
Ian left Tim Hogan’s studio and took a narrow path that led up the hill. Unless he planned to take the subway, it was the shortest route home, though it required going up a steep, secluded hill. At the top, a large road leading to a safer residential area would open up. "Ian!" Ian was taking the stairs two at a time when a man in scruffy clothes, typical of the Harem District, came up the opposite path. Ian tried to brush past him quickly without paying him any attention. "Hey, you." The man…
-
109.8 K • Completed
-
-
"Here, Ian." Leo waved at him from the entrance to the Harem District, near Hillside. Despite Ian having his hoodie pulled low over his face, Leo recognized him right away. As Ian approached, Leo started walking immediately. The path Leo took was one that was very familiar to Ian as well. "Where are we going?" "To Timmy’s place. I already told him you’d come along. Told him to just play some games while we have a chat." Ian, surprised that Leo knew Tim Hogan, slowed his steps. "You know…
-
109.8 K • Completed
-
-
“Tell me why a fifteen-year-old shouldn’t have sex.” Even though he was only fifteen, in Korean age, that's seventeen, a high school freshman. At that age, about a third typically had some sexual experience. For someone in Ian’s class, the figure was more than half. Ian couldn’t see why age should be an issue. “Because I’m not fifteen.” Leo chuckled, tossing the basketball he had been playing with in his palm as he sat. Despite the distance, the ball flew easily and cleanly through…
-
109.8 K • Completed
-
-
Ian returned to the hotel a little past eight. After parting ways with Leo, he realized he hadn’t yet received his cash card, making it impossible to take the subway. As he pondered what to do, he ended up walking more than twenty blocks. Only when he saw the sign of a corner café across from the hotel did he feel the pangs of hunger. Looking up, he noticed the sky tinged with the red hues of dusk. Ian half-closed his eyes, gazing at the fading sun. Another night will fall. The moment of…
-
109.8 K • Completed
-
-
“Who is that guy?” Ian and Leo had been waiting in the reception area of Lloyd Gillen’s law firm for over two hours after leaving the bank. Initially, Ian had been so furious that he didn’t even notice the passing time, but now, with the anger subsiding, he began to feel stiffness creeping into his body. In response to Leo’s question, Ian shared the only fact he knew. “My stepfather’s lawyer.” “Then why is he buying your house? And in such a shady way?” “Yeah, I think…
-
109.8 K • Completed
-
- Previous 1 2 3 … 5 Next
