The steady beat of the train tracks filled Charlie’s ears as he stared out of the open window, resting his head in his hand as he watched the scenery flash by. The greenery of the trees went past in a blur, and on the rare occasion that they passed a bird, it looked like a small stain on the rest of the world around him. The people behind him were loud and rowdy, while the person next to him was q...

It was a winter morning when the child was born. She had beautiful auburn hair that curled around the top of her head, and small, white freckles planted across every corner of her skin. The mother sobbed with joy as her child was handed to her, and she cradled the child as gentle as she might a fragile piece of glass. Kissing the child on her brow, she turned her head to look at the familiar that ...