Work In Progress: Lamebrain #6: Flawed Mercy
21 parts Ongoing MatureRachel's heart broke ten years ago.
The man she wanted never saw her. She was never on his radar. So she moved on--or tried to.
He was her best friend's brother, after all; escaping him was impossible. Instead, she built a life. Married another man who promised her the kind of love she'd stopped waiting for.
But promises shatter easily.
When Rachel discovers her husband's infidelity, the illusion of her happy ending crumbles. Mark was never the man who saw her. And the miserable truth is--the only man who ever did, abandoned her while her world fell apart.
Now she's a new mother to her cheating, abusive husband's daughter, surrounded by friends who refuse to let her break... including him.
Roy. Leroy.
The man she weaved fantasies around since she was thirteen.
So when he finally looks at her--really looks at her--and promises the kind of love she once dreamed about, Rachel lets herself fall.
Completely.
Only to learn she was never going to be his first choice.
He had twenty years to hear her.
Five months to claim her.
And one night was all it took--for him to destroy her instead.