
Roads and Revelations
When Leilani finds herself at a major crossroads in her life, she takes a chance by reaching out to
Short Story Evangeline Nikolaidis 45 3rd Feb, 2024
Newly widowed Melisa Butler has found it difficult to find much happiness or motivation. Not because of loss, but because of loneliness. It doesn't help that she sacrificed a lot of herself and the things that she enjoyed in order to provide the cookie cutter life for her unappreciative family, and a reflection of the years gone plague her consistently. That is, until a mute worker named Casey Collins comes into the picture. Hired to help out around Mrs. Butler's house, the two quickly and easily become intrigued with each other. With an understanding and shared sympathy for one another's situations, an even more unexpected craving brings the two together in a sweetly satisfying way. Is it love? Or is it circumstance? This story presents an ANR theme and a woman-love-woman relationship.