The little gift box struck the wet tile just as Morgan Ashford's foot slid forward. The two-year-old vanished below t...

The white gift box was still in Vanessa Winslow’s hands when one polished shoe slid across the wet stone beside the p...

"I'll marry you when I'm grown." Aubrey Kavanagh lifted her worn stuffed rabbit toward Colton Voss as though offering...

The brown paper grocery bag slipped against Tessa Maddox's lavender uniform as she turned in the narrow apartment hal...

"Paige!" She lay where the tunnel’s shadow met the reflected city light, one cheek against the rain-slick pavement, t...

Megan Riordan had one hand extended toward the black cat when Derek Ramirez said, "Careful." Destiny Ochoa paused on ...

Brett Gentry ended the phone call without looking away from the windows. Then he turned, and the full force of his at...

At 12:18 p.m., Grant Langley lifted his eyes from Table 14 as Grace Grayson reached him with the coffee tray balanced...

Jasmine Klein’s bouquet shook as she pointed at Claire Hollins’s rounded belly. Tears streaked the six-year-old’s che...

"Ethan?" Trevor Hoffman’s voice carried down the hardwood hallway as he came around the corner, his dark shoes slowin...