Office Romance
His Beautiful Snake
I picked up a beautiful black snake.
I often held it in my palm, idly playing with it.
Its tail would coil around my arm, the cool sensation so pleasing I could hardly bear to let go.
Later, in the depths of night, that same cool tail wrapped around my waist, my stomach, and my thighs, bringing an entirely different kind of sensation.
My Friends Fight for Custody of Me After Breaking Up
There’s something worse than being the third wheel when two of your friends start dating.
It’s when they break up. And then fight over custody of me.
The Eleventh Step at Dawn
At one o’clock in the morning, I counted the Eleventh Step on the western staircase of my office building.
Resting on that single step was a white sneaker, its laces tied into the same blue dead knot my missing best friend always used.
Five years ago, a woman had died in this building.
Now, the security guard who holds the elevator for me every day looked up and flashed a smile.
“Miss Tang, you shouldn’t go around counting stairs.”
