Season of dread

Unlike a lot of people, Patsy Ellington hates the Christmas holidays. The holidays mean more phone calls, more long hours and more stress dealing with more people who just can’t take it any more. Patsy Ellington works the phones at a Washington area suicide...

If the fear never stops, then God help the next one

She got on the Metro Orange Line at West Falls Church and walked past where Michael was sitting. He tried not to look. He didn’t want to look. He tried to concentrate on the newspaper, but he couldn’t. He looked. Pretty. Very pretty. He tried to put her out of his...