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CALLOUS TRUTHS
Taabia Dupree
Releasing Sept 25th, 2015
Blurb
Have you ever loved someone so much that you ignored what was right in front of you?
After a decade of friendship, Zaniel
Baker finds himself envious of his best friends, Micheal, Ryan and Trevor. Even
with a dark cloud of unspoken tragedy lingering over their friendship, his
friends have managed to find everything that Zaniel wants for himself...happiness and love.
Then he meets Anastasia. Love at first sight soon turns to a licentious obsession.
Then he meets Anastasia. Love at first sight soon turns to a licentious obsession.
When tragedy strikes yet again,
Zaniel's blinders are ripped off, leaving him in a web of lies, deception, and
betrayal.
Can he come
back from something that has turned his life upside down? Will his past be a
part of the problem or the solution?
“You know the worse part about that
day bro?” Zaniel asked Ryan as they sat down at their regular both at
Monahan’s.
Ryan sighed and shook his head. “Again
with you and memory lane man. All the way here you talked about that day. That
was over thirty years ago. Why you have to bring that crap up. You make me look
like a pussy every time you tell the story.”
Trevor and Michael laughed as they
took their spots at the both. The four men have been friends for over thirty
years. They started in kindergarten together and celebrating any one of their
birthdays, someone reminds them of their rough past.
“Aw look at him. Zaniel looking a
little sensitive not being able to finish his story about our best friend
getting killed.” Michael said as he downed another beer.
That time had been a sad time for them
all, and Michael was the last one to want to hear about that day.
“Sorry, I was just saying that Pauly
is really missed and that’s it.”
“No, you son of a bitch you were going
to say if we had listened to Trevor and stayed the fuck away from that store
Pauly would be here right now. Blame me still huh Zan?” Trevor grabbed Michael
by the arm when he tried to stand. Zaniel looked away and Ryan shook his head
again and called the waitress over. “Hey, can we get another couple rounds over
here?”
“Trevor man, I have never said
anything like that, that you were to blame. If anything we are all to blame. It
was a dumb idea and we all went along with it and now it’s over. Look Happy
Birthday man, and a cheery toast too many more.” Zaniel clinked everybody's
glass. Michael kept tossing his drink back and ignored him.
His teeth clenched together, but
Zaniel kept quiet. Especially when Ryan kicked his foot under the table. When
he looked over, Ryan did a small shake of his head.
“Hey remember when Mike here, had that
girl in his basement? Remember his big brother Kyle came home, and he heard
them down there humping and grinding away, and Kyle ran down in the basement
naked screaming the house was on fire, and he couldn’t find his clothes?” Ryan
chuckled so hard he could barely get his sentence out. Trevor laughed and beer
squirted from his nose.
Michael laughed too, but it wasn’t one
of those hearty laughs as the guys had. He glanced over at Zaniel and asked,
“Hey, if you don’t blame me, how come you stop talking to me that summer. It
was both our birthday’s coming up before school and you didn’t say a damn word
to me that summer. Why Zaniel? Why you cut out like that man.”
“Come on Mike. We are here to do
shots, drink beer and talk shit. Let’s get some food too.” Ryan said as he
waved the waitress over to them once again
“Bullshit Ryan. You have always been
like that man, ever since we were kids. The fuck’n peacemaker. You break
everything in your body and all you got to say is let’s eat, drink and fuck’n
be merry.” Michael took the last swing of his third beer and started to stand.”
Zaniel stood and grabbed his arm, “Hey
Mike…”
Michael gave him no chance to say
anything else because he punched him in the face. Zaniel went backward, and his
back hit the both. He swiftly recovered and went after Michael, who had turned
to walk away. He grabbed his arm and was about to hit him when Michael moved
and jabbed him in the gut. Zaniel went down to his knees.
Amazon Bestseller Author Taabia Dupree was born in the United States and grew up on the Eastern Seaboard. Her love of books and anything with words came from her parents. As a young person, Taabia read anything she could get her hands on, from cereal boxes, to the Encyclopedia Britannica, to the National Geographic, to the business section of the local newspaper. Yet some of her favorite reads came from writers; L'Amour, Tolstoy, Eddings, Tolkien, Hugo, Wright, Dickens, and Hemingway.
In 1999, Taabia started writing erotic fantasy stories for online story groups. She self-published her first erotic story in 2011.
Today, Taabia Dupree writes poetry and erotic short stories. Her books can be found in several genres, including coming of age, mystery & psychological-thrillers, fantasy, and paranormal. She's currently working on a crime novella and a sci-fi fantasy novella.
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