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"Falling Away" is the story of Terrance Carver; Poet, coward and lost child of the Universe. Terrance is on a quest, a quest to right wrongs? A quest to alter the past? Or is it merely a quest of self-preservation? The night of the bungled armed robbery all those years ago still hangs over him. The night that saw his youngest brother arrested and, the night Terrance Carver was disowned by his eldest brother and most importantly, this was the last night he ever saw Lucinda. Now finally after years of hiding in a dank city refuge, The Liar's Den, he summons the courage to return home to the scene of his (almost) crime. Terrence Carver will have to confront his siblings; one imprisoned, the other in marital turmoil, street corner gangsters, a wise cracking priest, runaway children and car thieves waiting to get caught, before he can beg for the forgiveness of Lucinda."Falling Away" is not only an acknowledgment of the shades of grey that define us all, but it poses the question what does it mean to be good? And why are some people better at it than others?

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Publié par	Andrews UK
Date de parution	17 mai 2017
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781785386886
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	1 Mo

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FALLING AWAY

Jeremy Orando

Falling Away Fîrs pubîsed în 2017 by AG Books wwwagbookscouk Dîgîa edîîon convered and dîsrîbued by Andrews UK Limited wwwandrewsukcom © Copyrîg 2017 Jeremy Orando he rîg o Jeremy Orando o be îdenîIed as e auor o îs work as been assered în accordance wî e Copyrîg, Desîgns and Paens Ac 1998

A rîgs reserved No par o îs pubîcaîon may be reproduced, sored în a rerîeva sysem, or ransmîed, în any orm or by any means wîou e prîor wrîen permîssîon o e pubîser, nor be oerwîse cîrcuaed în any orm o bîndîng or cover oer an a în wîc î îs pubîsed and wîou a sîmîar condîîon beîng împosed on e subsequen purcaser Any person wo does so may be îabe o crîmîna prosecuîon and cîvî caîms or damages

A caracers appearîng în îs work are Icîîous Any resembance o rea persons, îvîng or dead, îs purey coîncîdena

For Louise, Ellie and Izzy

Preface

A man îs ou wakîng în e counrysîde by e îg o a u moon wen e sumbes and rîps en pummes down a we over a undred ee deep On îs descen, e manages o grasp a spîndy roo arresîng îs a away Hîs grîp grows weaker and weaker as îme passes and în desperaîon e crîes ou, “ïs anyone ou ere?” Suddeny, a cîrce o îg breaks roug e dark sky above and a beam o wîe îg sînes down îno e we and a deep voîce unders, “ï îs ï, e ord, e go o e roo and ï wî save you” he man gances down a e boom o e we and consîders e proposîîon a momen and yes, “ïs ere anybody ese up ere?”

here ad aways been a Ine îne beween runnîng away and îe preservaîon and now a e was a ong way rom a pace, e verdîc was în Wa e coudn’ dîsrac îmse rom was e ea he ea aways broug ou e ae în îm, e ae or ea He adn’ aed e nîne our bus journey, wîc ad împusîvey ended ere He adn’ even aed e a kîd wo ad squased îm agaîns e wîndow wîe e drooed îs way roug an acîon man comîc book and or Eddîe Scou and Jerry Ony He ad noîng bu e warm uzzy eeîng a came wî a cean ge away ï was ae aternoon; îs coar was damp wî sae perspîraîon He needed a sower or a eas anoer beer or more He sa quîey a e end o e bar scrîbbîng Iercey îno îs noebook; e oten read îs words aoud as e wroe Wa e dîdn’ îke was peope wacîng îm wîe e dîd î îke e was a cîrcus reak he gass o rîgenîngy cod beer, owever, was provîng a poweru dîsracîon he pace was desered and e gîr beînd e bar ad more an a în o desperaîon abou er He ad e uncanny abîîy o read peope e way mos coud read a ceap deecîve nove bu or now e was dîsraced by a sîmpe quesîon, “Wy îs î so o în ere?” “Wecome o e hree îe Pîgs,” e sîgn ad saîd ou on e sree He dîdn’ beîeve a you coud judge a book by îs cover or a man by îs coes bu wen e saw a sîgn amos aîng down în an oerwîse barren sree, someîng însîde îm back Lîpped wî joy

He began wîsîng beore e sîpped îs drînk, read roug e compeed page, wîred îs pen, en aîd î down and drank prooundy rom îs a gass He consîdered e words on e page wî deamîng eyes beore reurnîng îs aenîon o e beer and en ouguy urned e page He apped îs et oo, wîc resed on op o îs baered dule bag Hîs woe îe, or wa was et o î, was în a bag He coud see ou o e corner o îs eye a e gîr was wacîng îm as se poîsed a ray o res gasses, wîc e dîdn’ mînd a a He paced down îs gass wîc sî ad a good wo mouus et, as î î coud be any oer way He ook up e pen and apped e poîn expecany a e op o e page he Ode o Memory ad consumed îm or onger an was medîcay advîsabe He ad noebooks Ied wî verse and prose, wa any o î mean e wasn’ sure ha wasn’ în e job descrîpîon Perspîraîon rîcked down e back o îs neck Se was sî wacîng wîe e aggressîvey sapped a e back o îs neck and made a sow o î îke e was Igîng an army o bood suckers He cas îs gaze over e joîn He ad never been în a pace so beret o îe he pace e ad come rom coud be summed up în a sînge word More Peope, raic, pouîon, noîse and oo muc neon and or now a was moîve enoug o be în a pace îke îs ess he more e oug abou î, wa e word reay needed was a esson în ess, “more” wasn’ goîng o save e word anymore, a muc was obvîous He eaed roug e aternoon’s work, sîx pages o î He raîsed îs newy empîed gass în mock saue as e Lîpped e noebook su Here was o e Ode o Memory, may î one day be orgoen He scooped up îs oos and burîed em deep însîde îs bag îke a weary arîsan He ad made a career ou o sraegîcay pacîng îs compeed works în random paces, e coudn’ reca wen e îdea ad sruck îm or even e Irs îme e ad done so here was a oose Loorboard undernea îs bed a e îar’s Den sufed wî enoug paper o make a paper raî rom ere o e moon He ad sufed more pages în e cracks beween ockers a

e bus saîon rom wence e ad come, and în e eary days e ad et compeed noebooks on raîn saîon paorms He dîdn’ know wy e ad e compeed o do îs bu e was sure î woud work He dîdn’ see e poîn o possessîon and e quesîoned wa î was e coud acuay own bu e dîdn’ îke o bore îmse wî suc ougs, muc ess oers He gesured o e gîr or anoer and sîd e correc cange across e bar He ooked a e boes sacked îg above e bar and en swîveed on îs sea o ake în e barren îdeousness o îs envîronmen, bu good beer was good beer He wîped more perspîraîon rom e back o îs neck and cosed îs eyes and smîed a e oug o a ose goons mîîng around e îar’s Den He wasn’ good wî names bu e coud descrîbe eac and every one o îs eow reprobaes rîg down o e coour o e soes o eîr soes Bu e racor pu aura o e gîr beînd e bar reurned îm o e now “Are you aowed o drînk on duy?” “Wo me?” ïmmedîaey se e supîd, embarrassed and a srîng o oer adjecîves begînnîng wî “S” Se ad e î erse sînce se ad been back, se wasn’ e same and se aed earîng îs rom er amîy muc ess admîîng î o erse he od Haey woud never cower o suc supîdîy Se coud înk o ree undred and weny-Ive paces a se woud raer be bu or now îs was a ere was hey aways od er e same îng, se gave up oo easîy Se coudn’ keep runnîng ome a every bump în e road Wa kînd o parens woud say a o a cîd? Toug ove ad been er aer’s moo sînce orever and în e mons ater er moer’s passîng, everyîng seemed o conspîre agaîns er As or e sranger sudyîng er ace rom over e bar, e ad a beaen dog quaîy; se was a sucker or a beaen dog “Wo’s buyîng?” He îked er smîe, e rîed o smîe a eas once an our în e course o any gîven day bu îs gîr’s smîe was îke e aomîc bomb o smîes Her eyes burned brîger, er îps reddened and

sotened îke someone was ookîng roug a rîck poograpy ens hen, wî a earîca gesure o îs rîg and, e uneased a smîe o îs own he as îme someone ad smîed a îm îs way ey were odîng îm up agaîns a brîck wa în a dark aey somewere wî a swîc bade a îs roa Terrance Carver deesed a orms o vîoence, especîay ose acs commîed agaîns îm “Knock yourse ou” “You go a name?” “Terrance” “Rue number ree, never accep a drînk rom a sranger” Se smîed agaîn “Moras are împoran” he gîr e erse bus as se poured erse a beer Se waved away îs ofer o paymen ïn sîence ey drank, savourîng e respîe rom e ea Se pu down er a-draîned gass, eîr eyes me and se ed îs sare Se was young, peraps nîneeen He oped se was sandîng on a eepone book Ta women were no o be rused hîs was an undenîabe ac “here’s îs pace caed e îar’s Den, î’s ï guess wa ï woud ca ome hey ave wo kînds o beer, ree ypes o wîskey and a sînge boe o rum beînd e bar he barman ooks îke e’s wandered ou o a orror movîe and can’ Ind îs way back and î’s Ied wî peope wo are eîer rude drunks or supîd drunks Bu wen ï waked îno îs pace, ï e a o more a ome an ï ever dîd ere here’s jus one îng” “And wa’s a?” “ïs î aways îs o?” Se îgnored îs quesîon and ook er gass and made er way around e bar and sa down besîde îm He swîveed sîgy and waced er sî down, er aîr was dark and ong, amos good enoug o be în one o ose magazîne adverîsemens Bu în e experîence o Terrance Carver, î was wa ay beow e surace a ruy deIned e beauy, ugîness or supîdîy o îs race caed uman