So I finally got around the time to edit my first novel. I still have a ways to go as far as the novel being completely finished but it's time to let you read an excerpt. You know you love exclusives!
In the Moment by Tristan Jones
It wasn't the four am phone calls that bothered me so much, I guess you could say I was used to them. My older sister, Mya, was the premier public relations guru in Baltimore, with more stories to tell than she had time to. Tonight somehow felt different, especially being a Monday. I answered the phone waiting for Mya to start laughing asking if she woke me up like she always did, but all I heard was sniffles.
"Hello?" I said softly, but heard nothing
"Hello Mya?", still I heard nothing but more intense cries
"Mya, your really startin to scare the sh*t out of me. What's wrong?", I still heard nothing but my sister's pain.
"Mya either tell me what's going on or I'm hanging up the phone. It's to early in the morning for this."
. . . "Alex committed suicide Shy."
At that instant I felt as if I was drowning in my own thoughts. Did I hear right? Alex dead? Why? Who was going to take are of his son? Could I have done something to stop it? What was he thinking? Is this a joke? In the back of my mind, I heard Mya screaming my name but I couldn't muster enough energy to answer her. Before I knew it, I hit the floor.
Now that was just a taste, the main course is coming soon.
-Tristan J
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