Maria is a 50-year-old university professor, feminist, and political activist. She has been arrested because of delivering a speech against the totalitarian regime of her country. A car stopped by her house just before she entered and forced her inside. She was taken to an isolated prison cell. She thought herself a very brave person, but her feelings were the opposite now. Nothing but fear and regret was on her mind. Aft...

Kelly was returning home after a long and hard day at work. Each day was the same for her, as if she was caught in a loop. Even her free time was dull. She felt lonely. Her female co-workers had their share of men. Whenever they talked about their love lives, Kelly had nothing to say. She was a beautiful twenty-seven-year-old woman; not the supermodel type, but the type you see every day, but need time and closeness to ap...

There was a person with learning disabilities in our neighbourhood, a man named Johnny who was nineteen years old at the time of this story, while I was a forty-three-year-old divorced woman who lived alone. Although Johnny was suffering from Down syndrome, he was very kind, polite and responsible. Unfortunately, the same can't be said about some of the guys and girls of his age who usually mocked and bullied him, despite...