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

/"Can I unpack later? I want to go to the park and see if I can get in on a game./" Football was where it was at, but basketball would do in a pinch.

My mom sighed and sat heavily on the bed, one of my dad’s undershirts clutched in her thick hand. /"I don’t want you going alone./"

/"Let the boy go, Marjorie,/" Dad said, packing tobacco in his pipe. He didn’t smoke often, but the drive down from Vermont had worn him out. Mom wanted to stop every few hours to stretch her legs. I know the trip was hard on her. Being as big as she was and cramped in a car seat for hours couldn’t have been easy. /"Axel is sixteen and can take care of himself./" He winked at me from over Mom’s head. /"Can’t you, son?/"

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