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Author: James Lepore
twenty-two years ago, but he knew
that the old Chinaman loved him like a son; had chosen loyalty to him over any sense of obligation to tell the police of the strange coincidence of seeing Max out and about at 2:45 AM a mile away from the freshly minted scene of his ex-stepfather’s brutal murder. He knew that Megan Nolan loved him, too. He could see it in her eyes when they met for the first and last time in the Czech Republic three days ago. He would not see her again either, but he knew that he was exactly her type: brave, humble, handsome, and deranged in a way that made him interesting but not dangerous. If he mentioned this to anybody, they would probably think he was crazy, but he believed he was lucky to have had such great love—a father’s and a woman’s—in a thus far solitary if not lonely life.
His mother, flawed as she was, had loved him, too. But her love was too painful to recall. He should have killed Jake Dunham before Jake killed her. He might have had a normal life then, but now it was what it was. Not normal.
Max ran his large hands through his short blond hair, to get the snow out, and looked down at the grave one last time.
“Thank you, Dr. Lee,” he said. “I’m over it. But you know that. You saw it in my eyes that night.”
Then he turned and headed back though the snow to his rented car, parked at the bottom of the hill.
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons living or dead, is entirely coincidental and beyond the intent of either the author or the publisher.
The Story Plant
The Aronica-Miller Publishing Project, LLC
P.O. Box 4331
Stamford, CT 06907
Copyright © 2009 by James LePore
eISBN : 978-1-611-88008-3
Visit our website at www.thestoryplant.com
All rights reserved, which includes the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form whatsoever except as provided by U.S. Copyright Law. For information, address The Story Plant.
First Story Plant Paperback Printing: February 2011
that the old Chinaman loved him like a son; had chosen loyalty to him over any sense of obligation to tell the police of the strange coincidence of seeing Max out and about at 2:45 AM a mile away from the freshly minted scene of his ex-stepfather’s brutal murder. He knew that Megan Nolan loved him, too. He could see it in her eyes when they met for the first and last time in the Czech Republic three days ago. He would not see her again either, but he knew that he was exactly her type: brave, humble, handsome, and deranged in a way that made him interesting but not dangerous. If he mentioned this to anybody, they would probably think he was crazy, but he believed he was lucky to have had such great love—a father’s and a woman’s—in a thus far solitary if not lonely life.
His mother, flawed as she was, had loved him, too. But her love was too painful to recall. He should have killed Jake Dunham before Jake killed her. He might have had a normal life then, but now it was what it was. Not normal.
Max ran his large hands through his short blond hair, to get the snow out, and looked down at the grave one last time.
“Thank you, Dr. Lee,” he said. “I’m over it. But you know that. You saw it in my eyes that night.”
Then he turned and headed back though the snow to his rented car, parked at the bottom of the hill.
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons living or dead, is entirely coincidental and beyond the intent of either the author or the publisher.
The Story Plant
The Aronica-Miller Publishing Project, LLC
P.O. Box 4331
Stamford, CT 06907
Copyright © 2009 by James LePore
eISBN : 978-1-611-88008-3
Visit our website at www.thestoryplant.com
All rights reserved, which includes the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form whatsoever except as provided by U.S. Copyright Law. For information, address The Story Plant.
First Story Plant Paperback Printing: February 2011
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