Home is the Prisoner / The Little Lie

✍ Scribed by Jean Potts

• Book ID: 100506568
• Publisher: Stark House Press
• Year: 2020
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 208 KB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9781944520908
• ASIN: B084Z5R73L

✦ Synopsis

HOME IS THE PRISONER Jim Singley has served his time. Accused of killing his business partner, he left a lot of bad feelings in Athena but now he s back. Back to a wife who hates him, a son who has been raised to despise him, and a town full of folks who wish he were dead. But Jim has some unfinished business. There is his former partner s wife, Audrey, now married to someone else. And her daughter, Cleo, the only one who spoke up for him at the trial, corroborating his defense when no one else would. There s Matt, his only real friend, harboring a long-kept secret. And Wayne, the son who has been raised to hate, ready to explode with unanswered questions. Athena is a town that can never forgive, but Jim won t leave until he s confronted them all. THE LITTLE LIE Everyone knows that Dee and Chad will eventually get married. They re such a perfect couple. So when boarder Mr. Fly overhears them having an argument that results in Chad s moving out, he assumes that they will soon make up. But Dee knows that it s over. She just can t stand the public humiliation. So she lies about it. Just a little lie. She tells everyone that Chad has moved to the city to pursue a new job. Then she tells everyone he s headed for California, where she will no doubt soon join him. She even convinces herself that it s all true. Still, when the plane that Chad is supposedly on crashes, and someone with his last name is listed as a passenger, Dee breathes a sigh of relief. Her secret is now safe. But is it...?
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