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Synopsis
Dalton,
I loved you
once. A love I thought irrevocable. A love I mistakenly believed could
transcend both time and circumstance. Under the influence of my dimwitted,
naïve, traitorous heart, I became intoxicated with what I now know was simply a
figment of my self-indulgent imagination. So drunk on the feeling, I couldn’t
see what was right in front of my face. So foolishly enamored, I blindly
followed my heart into the depths of an emotion that would ravage me.
Years later,
I know now what I wish I knew then. I am stronger. Smarter. Tougher. I will not
allow myself to be broken again.
I loved you. I raged for
you. I wept for
you. And now, I’m
letting you go.
Author’s Note: Under the Influence is the
journey of two childhood friends that spans the course of five pivotal years in
their lives. It is a story about their discovery of true friendship as it blossoms
into first love, their experience of crucial sacrifice and ultimate betrayal,
and their endurance of agonizing heartbreak on the way to finding lasting
redemption.
Excerpt
None of them truly know me. Because the truth is, there’s nothing more
frightening in my world than those who know you—who really know you. The ones who know your deepest, darkest
secrets. The ones who know what you’re going to do before you do it. The ones
who know not only what buttons to push when they seek your attention, but also
the ones that can be used to completely incapacitate you. They can be your strength. But they can also be your weakness. And just as a chameleon changes color to
blend for protection, I’ve learned to evolve into the person I need to be in
order to survive the situation at hand, all while keeping people at arm’s
length. Yet sometimes I can’t help but wonder what my
true colors
would have been had I not been subjected to this life. I question what it would
be like to just let someone in, to tell them all of your unforgivable truths
and discover they still love you in return.
I find myself utterly fascinated, awe-struck
even, that there are people actually capable of truly loving someone without
wondering when and how they will be betrayed. However, the knowledge of their
existence also saddens me because the cold reality is I will never know that
type of love. I will never know the freedom to just be with someone, without pretense or fabrication, without the
endless lies and untruths.
Maybe that’s why I keep holding onto Spencer
when I know I shouldn’t. When all my instincts scream for me to let her go, to
cut those ties and just let her be. I can’t. I’m too selfish.
About the author
L.B.
Simmons is a graduate of Texas A&M University and holds a degree in
Biomedical Science. She has been a
practicing Chemist for the last 11 years.
She lives with her husband and three daughters in Texas and writes every
chance she gets.
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