Two men. Two women. Two couples. Too many secrets.
Axel
I can have any woman I want, except for the one who has broken my heart more than once.
Jameson
When I fall, I fall hard. The woman I yearn for can't be mine, and if even she could be, she would never accept my secret.
Shondra
Big girls don't find love easy and it takes a special man to handle what I dish out. Too bad my soulmate hates the sight of me.
Vegas
Love has alluded me for so long, until one night, I meet the perfect stranger who turns everything around. Trouble is, he's taken.
A story filled with humor, heartbreak and angst, follow these characters on a journey to discover if love can really be everlasting.

Paying For It

Shondra scrambled to the end of the couch, pulled her legs up to her chin, and rocked. Words tumbled from her lips like a raft down a waterfall, /"He tried to own me that day. He hurt me. Nearly killed my mamma. You or any man won’t own me./"

I hid my balled fist behind my back and forced myself to speak calmly. /"Who, hurt you, Shondra?/"

She dipped her head forward and spoke to her knees, /"My uncle./"

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