The Daily Novel

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Chapter Three
As Marie drove home, she pondered the question of who would run the business if she stayed home to raise a child. Her fantasies featured her in a very retro maternal mode—stay-at-home mom, full-time caregiver. For a moment she toyed with calling Gary to ask what he’d offer [...]

Chapter One
The rainbow’s curve nearly kissed the ceiling. The vibrantly hued arc swooped eagerly up from its starting point, where the baseboards of the converted storefront didn’t quite jibe with the scrubbed but worn floorboards. From there, the painted rainbow aimed gracefully toward heaven, though it stopped at the ceiling. It curved downward again from [...]