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About the book:
Four strangers are brought together who share one
thing in common: they've reached a pivotal moment in their lives and after this
journey nothing will ever be the same again. From the sorrow which follows joy,
the love which turns to betrayal, rejection which finally finds the door to
acceptance, each will discover that the only journey which really matters is
the one which leads to survival.
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Excerpt:
‘I’m leaving you!’
The young woman at the end of the phone screamed in
fury as Damien Hunt calmly rose from his desk and walked towards the window.
The late afternoon sun was slipping silently below the
horizon in a last brilliant blaze of crimson defiance. The irony was not lost
on him as he witnessed the magnificent rays disappearing from sight at exactly
the same moment as Stella Milner was doing her best to elicit a response – any
response – from him.
‘Do you hear me? Are you even listening? What’s the
matter with you?’
She was almost hysterical now, and he could tell that
his continued refusal to answer her was only inflaming an already volatile
situation. But not for the first time, he recognised it as his escape route and
said nothing.
‘Damien? Damien! Will you answer me?’
The silence on the line was deafening and Damien could
hear her start to cry.
He closed his eyes. There was a part of him which felt
guilty, responsible for the situation in which they now found themselves. But
only a part of him.
Mostly what he felt was a dreadful and overwhelming
weariness.
It was a feeling which was unfamiliar and yet it had
crept up on him lately, invading his thoughts during random moments and making
him doubt everything. Including himself.
And now it was telling him that there was no point in
prolonging this conversation.
He let the phone fall to his side as Stella continued
to rage against him.
They both knew that she was right. She wanted only
what she deserved. There was only one problem.
He couldn’t give it to her.
Couldn’t give her the commitment and the stability
that she hadn’t cared about in the beginning but now seemed to crave. He
couldn’t give it, and more importantly he didn’t want to give it. Not to her.
Not to anyone. Not ever.
Her voice became louder and he reluctantly raised the
phone to his ear again.
‘Can’t you even speak to me now, Damien? What do you
think I am? Some little tramp? A one night stand? You really think that you’re
better than me, don’t you, Damien?’
Still he remained silent.
When she spoke again, her voice was lower and she
sounded more in control.
‘Okay, if you won’t speak to me on the phone, you
leave me no choice. We’ll just have to have this conversation in front of
everyone in your office. I’m coming round.’
*****
Author Bio:
Julie MacLennan lives and works in Inverness in the
Highlands of Scotland.
This is her first published novel although she has
been writing for as long as she can remember.
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