TAKE IT ALL
Re-releasing Valentine’s Day 2014
Take
it All synopsis
***Inspired by true events***
Judy Garland said it best,
‘For it was not into my ear you whispered but into my heart. It was not my lips
you kissed but my soul.’
If you asked her why she
loved him, she would only be able to tell you it was because he was who he was
and well, she was who she was.
Plain and simple.
All her life Lennox Ward felt
incomplete. That her heart was always searching for that one special thing;
that special someone she had yet to find.
Then Caleb Kingston came
strolling back into her life unexpectedly, and little did she know her world
was about to come crashing down around her; forever shattering it.
Is love enough to conquer
all?
Will she be able to lead them
out of hell and off their path of self-destruction?
Or will Caleb take it all?
Take it All excerpt
“Is he here?” asked a panic stricken
Lennox.
“What?” he asked, still half asleep and
not understanding.
“Caleb, Reed. Is he here? Did he come
by?”
Reed nodded and moved from the doorway,
letting her inside. She walked into the living room looking around but not
seeing him as Reed closed the door behind her. “Where is he?” she asked,
looking as she turned around to see Reed looking at her with an unreadable
face.
“Lennox –”
“Last night after the concert, he came
back to my place and stayed with me. I thought... I laid it all out for him,
like Em said,” She paused, taking a breath as her heart rate spiked, “I woke up
and he was gone, where is he?”
She didn’t want to believe the feeling
she got last night, those kind of things just didn’t happen, she needed him to
be true to his word. And for once, just this once, she needed him to have been
telling her the truth and not just lying to put her at ease and having no
intentions on keeping his word.
“Fuckin’ Christ,” Reed said mostly to himself
as he ran his hand through his hair.
“What the fuck is goin’ on?” Emerson
exclaimed, through half a yawn. His voice was thick and full of sleep as it had
echoed from the hall, not sounding the least bit happy.
“Bro, get out here would ya,” Reed
called back, sounding just as unhappy as he walked around Lennox to the couch
and grabbed his shirt and pulled it on just as Emerson rounded the corner, his
eyes narrowed on Reed then eventually seeing Lennox off to the side.
“What the fuck, man– Lennox– what’re
you doing here?” Emerson said, his expression as confused as Reed’s.
“I...” she began, trailing off and
looking at Reed for help.
“She’s here looking for Kingston,” he said,
eyeing Emerson, who’s head snapped in Reeds direction. “Yeah, man,” Reed said
as he nodded, answering his unasked question.
“What’s going on, where is he?” Lennox
asked, trying to keep the panic she felt at bay but it was becoming impossible
as she watched Emerson and Reed exchange looks.
Emerson’s hand grabbed the back of his
neck as he walked over towards her and the pain in her stomach intensified as
her pulse began to race, the sound of blood rushing in her ears. “Lennox, um–
you wanna sit down?”
“No, Emerson, just tell me,” she
pleaded, looking him in the eyes, unsure she wanted to hear what he was about
to say. “Where is he?”
He exhaled a deep breath before saying,
“I don’t know, Lennox.”
“What do you mean, you don’t know?” she
asked, sounding panicked and sick as she looked between Emerson and Reed, who
both had dull expressions on their face.
“He stopped by last night, really late
and in a hurry, said he needed a few of his things and that was it, he left;
just got in his car and took off like a bat outta hell.” He shoved his hands
into his jean pockets as he watched Lennox closely.
“Promises,” she mumbled, the words
coming out in a whisper, “and lies. Last night... it was telling me the truth,
nagging at me to pay attention, warning me even but, I... I didn’t listen,
again.”
Their relationship was full of lies,
whether it was a small lie or a big lie; a lie is a lie no matter how big it
is.
Some of the smallest lies do the most
damage.
He hadn’t even tried to get clean this
time for her.
He had said he would and went through
everything to make her believe in him and his road to recovery but it had all
been a facade. Nothing more than a con, that built her up and gave her hope for
a future that now felt as if it was just hanging there, in the midst of a fall
not knowing where to go. The lies and broken promises weren’t even the most
disturbing and painful part for Lennox; that went to just how good Caleb was at
it all.
“Lennox, sweetheart, calm down,”
Emerson said as he appeared in front of her face, Reed next to him; both
looking at her worried.
“She doesn’t look right, man.” She
barely heard Reed’s voice that sounded so far away.
“I... I can’t breathe,” she choked out,
the pain becoming unbearable as she stood there in front of Emerson and Reed,
as it all hit at once.
The pain in her stomach stabbed at the
side, her breathing hitched and her chest squeezed in pain as she tried gasping
for a breath. Her head pounded against her skull, causing her vision to become
blurry and the only thing she could hear was the rushing in her ears as the
room spun out from under her and she felt herself fall before everything faded
black.
PROMISE IT ALL
Releasing spring 2014
Synopsis coming
soon!
First look at PROMISE IT ALL
© Emma Grayson 2013
Caleb moved out
of the darkness with his arms crossed over his chest and his face hard; the
muscle in his jaw pulsated.
“What did you
just say?” He asked her, his azure eyes dark and narrowed.
Lennox swallowed
past the lump in her throat. Her heart pounded in her chest as the anger filled
her body.
She knew she was
going to regret the words that were about to come flying out of her mouth, but
the anger and hurt had taken it course and she didn't think of the
repercussions.
She leaned
forward. Her face close to his and her hand on the small bump of her stomach.
“What judge in their right mind would give custody of a child to a drug dealing
addict,” she said slowly, her words full of malice as she willed the tears to
stay back for another couple seconds.
Caleb reeled back
an inch and his arms clenched across his chest as if he struggled to keep them
there. Lennox's heart stilled, and for the first time in her and Caleb's
relationship she feared he would raise his hand to her.
She could feel
the rage as it radiate off his body as his eyes cut into her deeply and he
didn't utter a word.
Lennox took a
step back and slowly tuned away from him, not wanting to make any sudden
movements. Finally with her back to him, she walked towards the door and
slammed it behind her.
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