The digital clock on the corner of my monitor blinked 8:14 PM, a glowing green recrimination in the darkening office. Below me, the financial district of Manhattan…
Snow drifted down over the small town of Maple Brook like a thick, silent curtain, softening rooftops and swallowing sidewalks whole. Wind squeezed through the narrow alleys,…
The little girl with the shattered leg dragged herself across the freezing marble floor, her thin arms trembling as she pulled her baby brother behind her. The…
The millionaire ran through the mansion in despair, shouting his daughter’s name down endless corridors, throwing open doors, calling security again and again—nothing. She was gone. His…