Beautiful Lies
A Novel
Chapter One
It's dark in that awful way that allows you to make out objects but
not the black spaces behind them. My breathing comes ragged from
exertion and fear. The only person I trust in the world lies on the
floor beside me. I lean into him and hear that he's still breathing
but it's shallow and hard won. He's hurt, I know. But I can't see
how badly. I whisper his name in his ear but he doesn't respond. I
feel his body but there's no blood that I can tell. The sound of his
body hitting the floor minutes before was the worst thing I've ever
heard.
I feel the floor around him, looking for his gun. After a few
seconds I feel the cool metal beneath my fingertips and I almost
weep with relief. But there's no time for that now.
I can hear the rain falling outside the burned-out building, ... read full excerpt from Beautiful Lies ebook
