SYNOPSIS:
ad·dic·tion noun \ə-
ˈdik-shən,
a-\
: a strong and harmful need to regularly have
something or do
something
: an unusually great interest in something or a need
to do or have
something
Leah and Adam have never
met.
However, they live parallel
lives.
Lives plagued by
addiction.
When a tragic, but common demon, surfaces between their
siblings, Leah and Adam’s worlds collide, never to be the same
again.
Adam loses his sister forever.
Leah’s brother
returns.
Both gain a niece, neither knew
existed.
Now they face an obstacle to raise a niece together while
Leah’s brother struggles to free himself from the grip of drug addiction as
Adam’s family grieves for the sister and daughter they
lost.
A commonality is
discovered.
Deep wounds begin to
heal.
Lines blur as their lives
entwine.
EXCERPT
“Anytime, Leah, we’re family now,
right?” I assure her. You can lean on me
anytime.
“Yeah…right…family,”
she almost whispers it to
herself.
I sit,
leaning against the wall with my knees propped up, watching
her hang up the
clothes I bought Dani today. She sorts them between short
sleeve, long sleeve,
and sweaters, and then color-codes them. She neatly places
the shoes on the
floor of the closet and then puts the pajamas into the
dresser drawer. So
precise and organized it makes me want to throw her down and
kiss her
senseless. Let her know it’s okay to be a mess sometimes and
see what could
happen when she unwinds a
little.
“Adam, this
was so nice. I really could have handled her clothes, but
thank you.” She turns
her head to look over her shoulder and smiles at me. My
heart rate increases simply
from the happiness I brought her.
“I told
you, she’s my niece, too. I could barely find something warm
enough for her to
wear today in that
suitcase.”
“I know,
but you went to really nice stores. It must have cost you a
small fortune.”
“Well, I
know women like the expensive stuff.” She turns around and
scrunches her
forehead, but quickly
smirks.
“True, but
sometimes you would be amazed what you find in a sale’s
bin.” Please, tell me
I’m not what she considers some dollar store deal. She walks
over to me and
sits cross-legged across from me, taking in the transformed
room. “It looks
like a little girl room, right?” she
asks.
“Definitely,
just put a no boys sign outside, and it’s complete,” I joke,
and she joins me.
“Good, it’s
just when I came in here earlier, and she was putting those
pictures up, I
figured she needed a space that was hers. I’m beginning to
think she’s never
had her own space.” The love she feels for Dani lights up
her eyes, making my
heart open even more for
her.
AUTHOR
BIO:
Michelle moved
around the Midwest most of her life, transferring from
school to school before
settling down in the outskirts of Chicago ten years ago,
where she now resides
with her husband and two kids. She
developed a love of reading at a young age, which helped lay
the foundation for
her passion to write. With the
encouragement of her family, she finally sat down and wrote
one of the many
stories that have been floating around in her head. When she
isn’t reading or
writing, she can be found playing with her kids, talking to
her mom on the
phone, or hanging out with her family and friends.
But after chasing around twin preschoolers
all day, she always cherishes her relaxation time after
putting the kids to
bed.
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