A REALITY JUST AS SWEET Roman led them to the bar after their little endeavor and ordered two shots of tequila, knowing it was exactly what she needed to reset her senses. His ambush threw her off and it showed in her actions, not that he was complaining.  Wordlessly they threw back the shots as soon as the bartender set it down and Sierra turned to face him.  “Hi…” She breathed out.  “Hi.” He smoldered.  “I’m sorry, I just don’t know what to say right now.” Sierra covered her face to cool the heat in her cheeks.  “You don&rsq

HARSH REALIZATION   Alexa looked stunning in her A-line silk dress, the dress was simply beautiful with a belt of dark blue crystals wrapped around her waist which matched the beads on her veil. The smile on her face was one that could only be associated with pure happiness and seeing the tears in Jefferson’s eyes, she had no doubt he was just as elated.  He was undoubtedly marrying the love of his life.  The traditional song of ‘Here comes the bride’ was playing through the speakers set up in the garden. It was the perfect day for a fall wedding, early September meant the heat of summer had simmered down and the leaves were starting to turn a warm shade of orange, making for the perfect background before they fell. 

CLOSURE  “What if I want you to stop me?” She spun around after a moment of contemplation.  “I’d never do that to you.” He was trying to be noble, she scoffed.  “Roman, I don’t know what you’ve been through, I don’t know what you’re running from and I certainly don’t know what it is your mother is trying to protect you from, but what I do know is that the day you stop running away from things in a bid to protect it, you’ll realize that those are the thighs should have been running towards, because it’s actually worth protecting.” Her parting words felt a weight off her shoulders, she said her bit, now the ball was in his court.  

UNDERSTANDING The weeks following the conference were filled with Sierra giving interviews and doing handovers of shipments to various hospitals on the outreach list. She didn’t expect that the tour would be as fulfilling as she found it to be, there was something about visiting old age homes and seeing the hope in people’s faces when they saw the drug.  “As we know, Diabetes is amongst the world's worst degenerative diseases because of the large number of the population that it affects and while over the years we have seen a great improvement in treatment which may aid in reducing the long-term effects of the disease, I would like to point out that Anti-Glycosa drug is not a ‘heal all’ it cannot reverse the degeneration alrea

RELIEF Hours passed with Elijah and Karisa’s house filling up with friends and family. Alexa and Jeff, who returned from their honeymoon only the day before, were already on their way over for dinner when her father called to tell them what transpired.  The living room was filled to the brim with people sitting on couches and the floor, watching the television for any sign of Roman. An hour ago emergency services were able to control the fire and get enough rubble removed to start helping people out of the building where they’d been trapped for almost three hours.  Constant checks of social media and any connection to the bombing, hoping they would find a clue which led them to Roman’s whereabouts, the curren