Heartstone Series Complete Collection by Kent Saffron A

Author:Kent, Saffron A. [Kent, Saffron A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B09PJMD47N
Goodreads: 60153863
Publisher: Purple Prose Press LLC
Published: 2022-02-01T08:00:00+00:00

Hallucinations.

Delusions. Illusions. Figments of the imagination.

All of the above are symptoms of a diseased mind. A broken mind. A sick mind. Maybe even a sick heart.

I never liked them, the hallucinations.

Definitely not the ones that are brought on by a sober brain.

Up until tonight, I wanted them to go away. I wanted them to leave me alone and fuck off.

In fact, I’d drink and drink until I made sure they left me alone. I made sure that my brain was shut off and my heart was numb.

I’m doing the same thing right now. I’m sitting here, in my darkened truck, gulping down Jack Daniels like water.

Right now, I’d give anything, anything at all, for this to be a bad dream.

A nightmare, like I told her.

I’d give anything for her to not be here.

I’d give anything for me to be seeing things. To be imagining, hallucinating, daydreaming like I’ve been doing for the past ten months.

Hallucinating her pale face. Imagining her smell, her voice. Her red as fuck lips.

But it’s not a dream.

If it were, my truck wouldn’t be hiding in the woods by the road that I abandoned her on like the goddamn asshole that I am, waiting for her to walk by like some criminal.

Just to make sure that… no one is kidnapping her. Apparently, I have a conscience when it comes to her.

Jesus Fucking Christ.

What the fuck is she doing here? Why the hell won’t she leave me alone?

It was a stupid drunken mistake…

So it was a mistake.

She made a fucking mistake. Because she was drunk. Because she thought she could do whatever the hell she wanted.

Because she’s this terrible thing that I can’t seem to forget.

The most terrible thing that’s ever happened to me.

I strangle the bottle with my fingers and take a deep, deep pull and bark out a harsh laugh.

Fucking teenager.

I lied.

I told her that my life changed that night, the night she kissed me, the night of her stupid drunken mistake.

My life changed the moment I moved into that house over two years ago.

I never should’ve done that. I never should’ve moved to Connecticut in the first place. It was a mistake.

The only reason I did it was for Brian.

It was a good school for him. When they contacted me out of the blue and offered me a job, I was hesitant. We were happy in Denver. We were settled. I had a good job. We lived in a good neighborhood. Brian had life-long friends.

But then, they told me that kids from Cherryville High usually end up at Yale or Columbia or something similar, and I knew Brian wanted that.

Unlike me, he’s always been a straight-A student. He’s always been excellent at everything according to his teachers. Not only that but he’s one of those rare kids who are good at sports too.

Sometimes I can’t believe he’s my kid. My son.

I raised him. Me. An aimless, angry kid from a small town who never thought he’d get anywhere. Whose only goal at eighteen was

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