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Shadows in the Light: Oscar’s Story – Chapter Five

CHAPTER FIVE

 

“So this is a gilded cage?”

Max’s voice grated on my nerves when he got like this. I’d explained to him several times over the last two weeks why he couldn’t leave the property. I very carefully let him know that he could go to the beach. I showed him where and how to dig for the clams he seemed to enjoy for dinner, how he could catch fish, and shit like that. Each time he had to be reminded he couldn’t leave, he bristled and it started an argument between us.

Admittedly, angry Max was better than the bouts of sadness that followed him around. He could go from sixty to zero in point two seconds if he saw something that reminded him of his family. Having been there myself, I got it. Not that I was going to explain that to him.

He crossed his arms, blew out a breath, and glared at me.

It was cute, really.

Shadows in the Light: Oscar’s Story – Chapter Four (This one is picture heavy.)

Making the decision was the easy part. How to go about achieving my goal was something totally different. Max was fragile, and what I had to tell him wasn’t going to be easy on him. There wasn’t a choice, though. I needed him ready to move.

I stood up, walked over to the tiny desk, turned the chair around, and plunked down.

“Okay, so we seem to have a situation here. I’ve got something I need to tell you, and I know you’re not going to want to hear it, but I don’t have the time to break it to you gently.”

Shadows in the Light: Oscars Story – Chapter Three

Knight’s information said that Maximillian would be at his family’s River Hills home between seven and eight in the evening. A niggle in the back of my brain made me wonder where he got such specific information, but I pushed it aside. Knight was in charge for a reason, and I trusted him with my life. And had many times.

My plan was simple. Kill Maximillian before he could do his family harm, call Knight to dispose of the body, then head off to meet Gina for beer and a pie. I hoped to hell she didn’t like anchovies on her pizza, because that could be a deal breaker.

Shadows in the Light: Chapter Two of Oscar’s story

In Haven’s War, we meet Gina, who told Haven that Oscar got her out of a bad situation, but she wasn’t willing to go into details. Today we’re going to see how Oscar and Gina met, and who Gina used to be.

Shadows in the Light: Oscar’s Story

Hey, all. So this happened. I started writing something for Oscar and he insisted that I had to tell the whole story. The problem with that is it took us back a decade or more, and when I finished, I was already at 40k. I wasn’t going to release it as a novella, so thought I’d do it on my blog. Every Monday, I’m going to post a chapter of the story. There are twelve and the ending will take us to a point where we can begin a story for Oscar and Max, with a little Haven and Sammy thrown in for good measure. Please note, this has not been professionally edited. If you see something seriously wrong, let me know and I’ll fix it.

Without further ado, here’s chapter one: