CALLOUS
TRUTHS
Taabia
Dupree
Releasing Sept 25th,
2015
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. 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?
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Amazon Bestselling 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.
Excerpt
“Lesson number one dumbass, never try
to hit a pissed off motherfucker. Lesson two, never leave your friends behind
like you and Ryan left us, and that fucktard is the reason Paul was killed. It
should have been you, you prick! Stay the fuck away from me and believe me, you
will get yours one day Zaniel Baker.”
As Michael turned away, Zaniel grabbed
his ankles and down Michael went. Zaniel had little time to get up and pommel
him because Trevor and Ryan were doing their best to separate the men as they
tussled on the floor.
When they pried them apart, Michael
was last heard saying, “You’re a dead man Zaniel, a dead man!” Trevor struggled
to pull him out of the bar but had been successful while Ryan kept Zaniel from
going after Michael.
One of the waitresses came over to
help clean up things in the other waitress’ area. They both gave the guys evil
stares. As Ryan tried to get Zaniel straight, one of the bar attendants came
over. “Hey guys, I got a call from the owner, he watches on the cameras and he
asked that you guys leave. I know you are regulars, but we don’t need this kind
of hassle around here, maybe in a few days come back, but without the
bullshit.”
Zaniel was up from the both and pushed
past the attendant. Who was at least five eleven and looked like he could have
played lineman for some professional football team. He kept his cool and let
Ryan walk past him without another word.
Ryan caught up with Zaniel as he
headed towards the parking lot. He looked around wearyingly for Michael and
Trevor. He didn’t want a repeat scene out there on the parking lot. There were
no other disturbances. He jogged up to Zaniel and asked him, “Bro, come on you
going to be pissed all night?”
Zaniel turned on him and Ryan
instantly backed up. “Wow, really? That is all you have to say?”
“What you want me to say Zaniel? You
brought this bullshit on yourself? Huh, you know you did! Bringing up that old
shit. No one wants to talk about that day. Ever! We have our own lives now and
the last thing I would want on my birthday is to talk about my plan to go rob
something that turn to shit and one of my best friend got killed because of my
plan. You want me to say more Zaniel?”
Zaniel stood there and looked at Ryan.
“So, it’s not just Mike that feels some kind of way about that day huh? You,
and Trevor too? You all think I should have been in that alley?”
“What? What the hell are you talking
about Zaniel? Man, we came here tonight to our spot to have drinks and laughs.
All this shit that just happened didn’t have to and it doesn’t have nothing to
do with you staying back and helping me out. Don’t you think Mike feels guilty
enough? Man, he doesn’t want to relive that day because of how guilty he feels.
We all do Zan, we all do! But you know what. You go do you. Tell your mom I
said what’s up this weekend when you go visit. Char and I are taking the kids
to the beach.” Ryan shook his head and walked off.
Zaniel stayed in the parking lot
another five minutes before he got into his car and drove off.
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