Cemetery Blues
Layla Dorine
- Five
- years
- ago,
- Ethan
- Rayne's
- life
- was
- on
- the
- right
- track.
- In
- college,
- a
- member
- of
- the
- football
- team,
- on
- his
- way
- to
- a
- degree,
- with
- a
- boyfriend
- he
- cared
- for
- deeply
- and
- a
- bright
- future
- ahead
- of
- him,
- it
- was
- a
- far
- cry
- from
- the
- place
- he'd
- grown
- up,
- and
- the
- life
- he'd
- led
- in
- that
- dismal,
- falling
- down
- house.Then
- tragedy
- struck
- the
- person
- closest
- to
- him,
- his
- little
- sister,
- and
- despair,
- grief,
- and
- self-loathing
- led
- him
- to
- throw
- everything
- he'd
- worked
- for
- away.
- Bitter,
- struggling
- to
- get
- through
- his
- days
- while
- drowning
- his
- nights
- in
- alcohol,
- Ethan
- has
- been
- on
- the
- fast
- track
- to
- self-destruction
- ever
- since
- they
- lay
- his
- sister's
- body
- in
- the
- ground.
- Personally,
- he's
- alright
- with
- that;
- feels
- he
- more
- than
- deserves
- to
- end
- up
- in
- a
- hole
- right
- beside
- her,
- and
- truth
- be
- told,
- is
- doing
- his
- damndest
- to
- end
- up
- there.Enter
- Byron
- Walters.
- Slamming
- into
- the
- stumbling
- drunk
- shambling
- up
- the
- block
- should
- have
- been
- a
- momentary
- disruption
- of
- his
- night,
- only
- the
- drunk
- turned
- out
- to
- be
- Ethan
- Rayne,
- former
- college
- football
- teammate,
- but
- more
- than
- that,
- the
- man
- who'd
- broken
- Byron's
- heart
- when
- he'd
- slipped
- away
- after
- a
- night
- of
- passion,
- never
- to
- be
- heard
- from
- again.By
- all
- accounts,
- Byron
- should
- hate
- him,
- has
- hated
- him
- for
- years.
- Only
- as
- the
- truth
- is
- revealed,
- and
- Ethan's
- reason
- for
- abandoning
- everything
- and
- everyone
- becomes
- clear,
- Byron
- can't
- help
- but
- want
- to
- help
- him.
- As
- Byron
- comes
- to
- realize
- the
- burden
- Ethan
- is
- carrying,
- he
- also
- comes
- to
- discover
- just
- how
- much
- love
- he
- still
- has
- for
- the
- other
- man.
- Can
- he
- help
- Ethan
- save
- himself,
- or
- will
- he
- allow
- his
- former
- teammate
- to
- drag
- them
- both
- down
- a
- path
- of
- no return?
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