A twenty-five year old black female, Nevaeh (Heaven spelled backwards), finds her husband dead, and her pants and hand covered in blood; entering a new type of hell. What will she do?
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Excerpt from book: She saw how lifeless his eyes looked; knowing that someone must have taken his life, as she geared in closer to open his narrow eyelids. Her pants cooked in the summer heat, and she had sweat all over. As she looked down, she noticed her pants soaked in the color of love, or the color of fire; but this description of this color wasn't as positive, this time, it was the color of blood, the same color as Jordan's rosy cheeks. She took the body inside, and kept it away, protecting it.
Elliot's partner was his whole world, but after Allan's death, his ghost haunts Elliot's dreams. Everyone tells Elliot to move on, but he isn't sure he can.
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It's been a year since the love of Elliot's life, Allan, passed away. Everyone thinks he should have recovered after that much time, but Allan still haunts Elliot every night. He struggles to maintain relationships with his family, and despite a coworkers interest he can't summon up the courage to date. Elliot is living for the past, because to live for the present means he'll have to live with a hole in his heart. But the question Elliot has to face chases him through his monotonous days: is mourning Allan with everything he has truly living?
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