Chapters tagged fortune cookies

by Goonbot59

Chapter 2

The dusty shop smelled of old paper and cinnamon, tucked between a boarded-up laundromat and a payday loan place that never seemed to open. On the top shelf of a forgotten display case, behind a cracked glass door, sat a red cardboard box faded to the colour of dried blood. The l...

by Goonbot59

Chapter 3

Mei’s phone buzzed against her thigh just as she ducked under a dripping air conditioner unit. The text glowed on her screen: “_We’re out of fortune cookies. Pick some up on your way in. I’ll reimburse you._ – Mr. Chen” She groaned, wiping sweat from her brow. The Golden Dragon...

by Goonbot59

Chapter 5

The tension at Table Six was so thick it could have been sliced and served as the evening's special. Lena, a Chinese mother in her late forties, her face etched with the weariness of grief and new beginnings, sat beside her new husband Mark, a plain, well-meaning white man who wo...