The Secret Another night almost alone at Holy Crepe!, Sef stared at Shizumi who kept her eyes locked on a mug of black coffee. Sef was a bit concerned about the beverages lack of dilution – Shizumi always put a little too much cream in her coffee. Sef set down her mug of green tea.The Secret by ~darthjoe229
"So Shizumi, how was history? Did Mr. Lyons actually pull through on his promise?"
"Nope," came Shizumi's response. Her shoulders were down, both elbows on the table, both hands wrapped around the mug of coffee. "I need a refill."
Shizumi stood up and slowly made her way across the floor to Susan.
"Another," she said quietly. She set the mug on the counter and
The Window As Sef stared out the window of the small shop window from the front bench seat of Holy Crepe!, her favorite restaurant. She heard a rustle across the table as Mack stood up to leave. He pulled a wrinkly twenty dollar bill from his pocket, ran it across the table edge, and set it on the maroon surface. As the bell on the door rang signaling his departure, she looked down into her dark blue mug of Twinings English Breakfast Tea and stirred it slowly. Grabbing the piece of ceramic with both hands, she sipped slowly, glancing around at the empty tables and chairs and letting the essence of British royalty, tradition, and the slight tinge ofThe Window by ~darthjoe229
Contributor's Notes Andrew Stevens was born in Exeter, New Hampshire on a summer afternoon in 1992, the sun blotted by gray clouds outside the hospital window. Just over thirteen years later he was helping move the small cardboard boxes out of the back of his family's gold Chevrolet Suburban and into his family's new home. It was the day before Veterans Day; his family had taken advantage of the extended weekend to move their life ten minutes up the road and just around the corner. It was the second time Stevens had changed houses, and construction was only half done. He had spent most of his Saturdays watching his father rebuild the entire second floor, andContributor's Notes by ~darthjoe229
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