First published by AuthorHouse in February 2012. This Revised Edition is by Amazon in April 2025 ----------------------------- Greg has spent his life yearning for love that always slips through his fingers. His mother, Sherine, cold and distant, keeps him at arm's length, unable to see past the heartbreak that shaped her own life - heartbreak that Greg unknowingly embodies. To her, he is nothing more than a painful reminder of the man who abandoned her at pregnancy - Tony. Then there's Bernice - the woman who betrayed Greg, leaving scars too deep to heal. She is the mother of his son. Yet in Sherine's eyes, Greg's relationship with Bernice is history repeating itself. Just like his father before him, Sherine believes Greg is doomed to become a deadbeat. But Larna is different. Larna is Greg's escape, his forbidden love - the one thing that makes sense in a world filled with pain. Greg clings to Larna against all odds, determined to defy the forces pulling them apart. Until the day everything shatters, leaving him lost, abandoned, and unlovable. Each of them - mother, son, lover, and betrayer - live in the shadows of their secrets, bound by the past they refuse to face. But when tragedy strikes, they are forced to reckon with the truth. Then Brenda, Greg's grandmother, unveils a long-buried secret that will rewrite everything they thought they knew. Some wounds never heal. Some betrayals never fade. And some truths change everything.
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