The sun beat down on the unforgiving asphalt of Michigan Avenue, turning Chicago’s grand thoroughfare into an open-air oven. Elena Garcia felt sweat…
The biting November wind whipped down Wacker Drive, carrying a cold Chicago rain that seemed to cut right through to the bone. From…
The fluorescent lights of St. Raphael General Hospital flickered with a coldness that seemed to seep into the soul. It was well past…
The Vanguard Solutions tower loomed over the heart of Chicago’s financial district, a monument of glass and steel reflecting the golden sunrise. Inside,…
When Marina saw the little girl wander into traffic, she didn’t hesitate. She didn’t know the child was the daughter of the most…
Twelve-year-old Leo saw the man in the expensive suit fall into the river, but he didn’t know that one brave act would change…
I tossed his worn-out duffel bag onto the porch and stared down at the 12-year-old boy, my eyes as cold and empty as…
It was a bright Tuesday afternoon in downtown Chicago, the kind of day where sunlight spilled through the massive plate-glass windows of The…
The restaurant was a symphony of late-afternoon light and quiet luxury. Sunlight streamed through floor-to-ceiling windows, making the crystal glasses on white tablecloths…
The rain had stopped just moments ago, leaving the Chicago streets shimmering under the soft golden light of a late autumn afternoon. The…