Tainted Liberties
L.R. Jackson
- Two
- starkly
- contrasting
- families
- collide
- amidst
- disturbing
- revelations
- that
- threaten
- to
- shatter
- their
- beliefs
- and
- marital
- vows
- in
- this
- raw
- and
- reflective
- romantic
- drama
- in
- the
- vein
- of
- Donna
- Hill’s
- Confessions
- in
- B-Flat.Raised
- on
- red-blooded
- American
- traditionalism,
- Mark’s
- views
- on
- life
- are
- simple—the
- man
- leads,
- provides,
- and
- protects
- the
- household,
- and
- the
- family
- follows
- suit,
- no
- matter
- the
- cost.
- His
- refusal
- to
- part
- from
- his
- detrimental
- ways
- paired
- with
- his
- primitive
- ideologies
- drives
- an
- unknown
- wedge
- between
- him
- and
- those
- he
- cherishes.
- When
- he
- receives
- a
- series
- of
- devastating
- news,
- it
- could
- prove
- to
- be
- the
- catalyst
- for
- change
- that
- he
- doesn’t
- realize
- he
- needs.Amy
- struggles
- to
- keep
- her
- family
- together
- as
- Mark’s
- behavior
- continues
- to
- spiral
- out
- of
- control.
- For
- years,
- she’s
- lived
- in
- the
- shadow
- of
- their
- marriage
- while
- trying
- to
- maintain
- an
- upstanding
- home
- and
- work-life
- balance.
- Soon,
- she
- finds
- herself
- immersed
- in
- a
- string
- of
- personal
- mishaps
- that
- may
- cause
- everything
- she’s
- tried
- to
- hold
- together
- to
- gradually
- slip
- between
- her
- fingers.Sheldon
- has
- beaten
- all
- odds
- stacked
- against
- him.
- As
- a
- black
- man,
- he
- is
- Ivy
- League
- educated
- with
- a
- prominent
- career,
- a
- beautiful
- and
- equally
- educated
- wife,
- and
- adorable
- children.
- Their
- life
- is
- the
- epitome
- of
- the
- American
- dream
- fulfilled.
- For
- Sheldon,
- having
- everything
- you
- need
- doesn’t
- always
- equate
- to
- what
- you
- desire.
- Desires
- that
- could
- ruin
- all
- his
- accomplishments.Eva
- has
- hopes
- and
- dreams
- that
- are
- buried
- under
- burping
- babies
- and
- wifely
- responsibilities.
- She
- loves
- her
- family
- but
- has
- lost
- herself
- in
- the
- process.
- In
- an
- effort
- to
- figure
- out
- her
- new
- normal,
- she
- becomes
- a
- woman
- her
- husband
- Sheldon
- doesn’t
- recognize.
- While
- trying
- to
- find
- her
- way
- back
- to
- herself,
- she
- risks
- losing
- the
- faith
- and
- family
- she
- holds dear.
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