Joel Emmanuel
Bio
I'm just a California boy who's trying to turn his soul golden.
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Stories (2/0)
Winey Expectations
I had told myself if I go on this date that I would wear a little black dress, my favorite gold earrings, and red lipstick. A black dress because it’s slim looking and gold earrings because they shine stunningly in candlelight. And why the red lip you might ask? Well…it would match perfectly with my order of red wine. A glass of Merlot to be exact. That was the plan, anyway. But it was a plan that almost ruined everything.
By Joel Emmanuel3 years ago in Humans
Windfall
My head was resting forward against my clasped hands when the woman released the gold latches off her black leather briefcase. I pressed my lips into a subtle kiss for the prayers I held within my palms when she lifted one side open, turning it slowly to reveal to me a lump sum of tightly bound one-hundred-dollar bills that were kept inside. I could smell the fresh print of them; they were crisp and green as the grassy hillsides of Dolores Park. It was the one place in San Francisco where I would often dream…watching my ideas fly past me, wishing I’d somehow come across such a windfall like this—and there it was, all right in front of me…
By Joel Emmanuel3 years ago in Motivation