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June 7, 2013
Disconnected Prologue
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A party ruined my life. It was supposed to be all making a name for myself and showing everyone that I was the new kid on the block. But my wife was in the background and she left me. I never thought she could really just be gone.
When I got home from shooting the day after the party I thought she would be there waiting for me with a home cooked meal like always. She told me she wanted to keep something normal while everything else was so make-believe. But when I came in, all that was there was a note,
"I'm leaving. I hope you have all the successes you've ever wanted. I won't be along for this crazy ride. Goodbye.
Love, Katy"
I didn't believe her when she said she would leave. I thought she was just mad about all the girls in the house. After I read that note though, I tore the house apart. I ran through every room yelling her name and then I grabbed the phone and tried to call her over and over again. When she didn't answer, I called her parents. All Mrs. Parker would tell me was that she was safe and really upset. She said she was sure we could work things out, this was just the first of many fights married couples have. But she was wrong. Katy never came back home to me.
So I started drinking. I drank and drank until I could hardly move anymore. Mitchell Fallon said he was going to fire me if I didn't get over it because she's "only a girl" and there's plenty more where she came from. But he doesn't get it. She's more then just another girl to me, she's everything. And I blew it.
One morning I woke up and made myself think with a clear head. I'm going to find her. Filming was on a break, so I took a few days and I drove home to my parents' house first.
"Sweetie, are you sure you're alright?" My mom asked me for the hundredth time since I got here.
"Yes. Because I'm going to find her, Mom. I have too. I'm going to go talk to Mr. and Mrs. Parker and make them understand that I need her! I'll apologize and Katy will come home with me."
My parents exchanged a look and I sighed with frustration. "Look, I'll be back later."
I walked out and hopped into my car and sped down the route I knew by heart until I got to Katy's child hood home. I tapped my fingers on the steering wheel until I had the courage to get out and walk up the door and knock.
A few moments later, Mr. Parker opened the door and crossed his arms as he looked at me. "Liam."
"Mr. Parker, I need to know where Katy is." I wanted to sound like I meant business but it came out more as a plea.
He shook his head looking down at the ground. "I'm sorry son, I can't tell you that."
I glared at him. "She is my wife! I have every right to know where she is!"
He glared right back at me and stepped closer. "And she is my daughter. Do you have any idea what you put her through when you took her to that city? All you did was party and you forgot all about the wife you had that was right there with you!" He yelled through clenched teeth.
I flinched and stepped back as Mrs. Parker came around the corner to see what was going on.
She crossed her arms and came to stand next to her husband. "Hello Liam."
"Please--please Mr. and Mrs. Parker. Tell me where she is so I can fix this." I pleaded with them.
Mrs. Parker looked at me sadly as she stepped forward and took my hand. "Liam, sweetheart, she needs her time." She turned to look at her husband. "Katelyn's not in Nevada anymore."
My eyes widened and I had to bite my lip to keep from yelling and getting hit by Katy's dad. "She left the state? Just up and left?" I shout, frustrated and start pacing.
I couldn't believe this was really happening. If she wanted to teach me a lesson, well she has.
"Where did she go? You have family all over the place! Which one did she go to?" I yell and storm back towards the door.
"Son, I think it's best if you get in your car and leave, now." Mr. Parker glared at me. "You're just going to cause a scene, and I doubt that's real great for your what do they call it in Hollywood? Image." He shook his head. "Go on back. If Kate wants to come back, she will."
"And what if she doesn't? What if I already screwed this up too bad?" I gulp and look down at my simple black wedding band. When we ran off to Vegas to get married right after graduation, our parents were furious. But we were in love and this was supposed to be forever. Maybe forever isn't forever when you live in Hollywood.
The whole drive back to L.A I start making a plan in my head. Any free days I get, I'm going to spend contacting Katy's friends and family that I have information on. One of them is bound to know exactly where she is. Or maybe Katy's parents will slip up when they're talking to my parents. They're best friends. My parents are practically Katy and her brother Derek's other family. They can't keep her away from me. I just have to hope she'll come around. We've known each other our whole lives, she has to know how much she means to me, I think as I smack my fist against the steering wheel and turn into my very empty home.
There I see the car of my new friend, Scott Adams. Another up and coming actor that Excite has taken on. We get a long good, and he likes to hang out. Especially since everything has been going on.
"Hey man, how's it going?" He asks as I get out of the car.
I shake my head and lean against the door. "Not good. She's not even back home. She left the state. Her parents won't even tell me where the heck she went!" I kick some rocks from the driveway into the grass.
"So now what?"
"Every chance I get, I'm gonna contact all the people I know connected to her and figure out where the heck she is." I shrug. "I really screwed up."
"I'll tell ya what, I'll help you." Scott smiles at me as we walk inside. "You really love her don't you?"
I plop down on my very expensive leather couch and nod. "I do. This city makes me different. I'm not the Liam that came from a theater in Nevada anymore. Here I'm Liam Warren, movie star and I feel like I need to act the part." I run both hands through my hair and squeeze them into fists. "I just forgot to stop acting when I came back home."
And so here I am, a year later, and still no closer to figuring out where she might be. Hope is slowly slipping away of ever getting another shot at this.
After yet another dead end phone call to a friend, I threw my phone across the room and watched it hit a wall.
"What was that about?" Scott asked as he came around the corner. He's taken up residence here. Might as well.
"The same freaking answers over and over and over again." I grit my teeth. "I don't....I don't know what else to do Scott." I slip into a chair and cover my face. "If she was going to forgive me, she would be back already."
Scott came and sat on the coffee table in front of me. "You need to let go. I know you don't want to." He added in when I gave him a look, but he just shrugged. "Come out with me tonight. Mingle with some of Hollywood's newest and brightest. You have noticed your co-star, Alexia right?" He raised an eyebrow at me.
I shrug. "What about her?"
"She's beautiful. And she wants you. It's in her eyes every time you guys are near each other. Marriage or not, she'll make you forget the hurt you're feeling right now."
"I don't know, man. I don't think going out partying is good for me right now."
"So don't think, get changed and come to the new club everyone's been talking about. A bunch of people will be there, you won't think about Katy and that mess at all. We'll just relax and have a good time."
After some internal arguing, I finally give in to Scott. Having a good time won't kill me and a little bit of distraction is welcome right now.
I quickly get changed into some dress slacks and a button up white shirt and just run some gel through my hair before I walk down the stairs where Scott's waiting.
"Ready to go?"
I nod. "I guess so."
He pats my shoulder as we both go out the door and I slip behind the wheel of my little sports car. "I'll try to have fun, I promise."
Scott smiles and nods as he turns the radio on. "Good, that's all I ask."
A little bit later we drive up to a large building that has a line wrapped around the building. There's even strobe lights going, it masks out the camera flashes I can just barely make out of paparazzi that are just waiting for people like us to drive up.
"Are you sure this is a good idea?" I ask Scott looking at the long line before we get out of the car.
He smirks at me. "Our pictures are all over the place right now, we can just bypass all this," he motions to the lines. "You know what Mitch always says about the papps. Any publicity from them is good as long as we don't destroy anything." He shrugs and pulls me up to the front of the line by the bouncer.
"Oh my God, Liam Warren and Scott Adams!" A red headed girl that was flirting with the bouncer squeals when she sees us. "I can't believe I'm standing right beside you!"
The bouncer shakes his head as he looks us over. "You're both legal, right?"
"Yep." Scott answers for the both of us and grins as the bouncer steps back and lets us in easily.
"See? No problems." He smiles over at me and directs me to a barricaded area where there's two different bouncers blocking the area.
"Names?" One of the guys asks us.
"I'm Liam Warren. This is Scott Adams." I point in his direction.
The other bouncer looks over his list, nods and lets us go by. Immediately we are handed a drink and I take a quick glance to see that it's beer before taking a drink and following behind Scott to a table in the back. Sitting there is Alexia Dalton and another actress I can't remember the name of.
Alexia looks up at me with a big grin. "Liam! I'm so happy you decided to come!" She jumps up and hugs me before I realize what she's doing.
"Um yeah." I run a hand through my hair and sit down.
The actress I can't remember looks over at me and smiles shyly' "I'm Josie." She reaches her hand out and I shake it. "I'm an extra on the movie you're working on right now."
"Oh, right." I nod. "That's why you look a little familiar."
She smiles a little bigger and nods. "Yep. Alexia is showing me all the fun stuff to do around L.A."
"Yeah, I wouldn't be here if I could help it. I'm kind of being forced." I look over in Scott's direction. "He says I need to get out more."
"Getting out can be good," she shrugs.
I shake my head and glance around until I notice Alexia has her eyes glued on me.
"So Liam, how are you liking L.A so far?" She asks as she crosses her legs and sends the hem of her dress riding up.
"It's alright, I guess. It would be even better if my wife was still here with me."
She pouts as he sets her chin on her hand, "I heard about that." She reaches her hand across to pat mine. "I'm so sorry. Some people just aren't cut out for this life."
I narrow my eyes and pull my hand away from her as Scott brings another round of drinks over.
"Everyone know everyone?" He asks taking a drink of his beer.
"Yep." Alexia smiles and looks me up and down again. "You know Liam, our characters get very cozy over the next couple days."
I just shrug. "Great," I reply dryly.
Scott kicks my foot under the table and sends me a glare. I just take another drink and sigh.
Over the next few hours the four of us end up downing drink after drink and Scott is right. I forget why I'm so mad and hurting in the first place. Alexia has scooted herself closer to me and I don't even mind her rubbing her fingers up and down my arm.
"So, Liam," she whispers by my ear and I look down at her.
"Hm?"
"How about we get out of here and get to know each other really well?" She raises an eyebrow at me suggestively and leans in a little closer until she presses her lips to mine and for a minute, I freeze. But the alcohol is flowing through me, and it's been a whole year since I've had the comfort of my wife and I need this; I deserve this. I can find another way to be happy. I let myself kiss her back and smile flirtatiously as I pull her up out of her chair. "Let's go."
Copyright Bethany Daniel 2013
A party ruined my life. It was supposed to be all making a name for myself and showing everyone that I was the new kid on the block. But my wife was in the background and she left me. I never thought she could really just be gone.
When I got home from shooting the day after the party I thought she would be there waiting for me with a home cooked meal like always. She told me she wanted to keep something normal while everything else was so make-believe. But when I came in, all that was there was a note,
"I'm leaving. I hope you have all the successes you've ever wanted. I won't be along for this crazy ride. Goodbye.
Love, Katy"
I didn't believe her when she said she would leave. I thought she was just mad about all the girls in the house. After I read that note though, I tore the house apart. I ran through every room yelling her name and then I grabbed the phone and tried to call her over and over again. When she didn't answer, I called her parents. All Mrs. Parker would tell me was that she was safe and really upset. She said she was sure we could work things out, this was just the first of many fights married couples have. But she was wrong. Katy never came back home to me.
So I started drinking. I drank and drank until I could hardly move anymore. Mitchell Fallon said he was going to fire me if I didn't get over it because she's "only a girl" and there's plenty more where she came from. But he doesn't get it. She's more then just another girl to me, she's everything. And I blew it.
One morning I woke up and made myself think with a clear head. I'm going to find her. Filming was on a break, so I took a few days and I drove home to my parents' house first.
"Sweetie, are you sure you're alright?" My mom asked me for the hundredth time since I got here.
"Yes. Because I'm going to find her, Mom. I have too. I'm going to go talk to Mr. and Mrs. Parker and make them understand that I need her! I'll apologize and Katy will come home with me."
My parents exchanged a look and I sighed with frustration. "Look, I'll be back later."
I walked out and hopped into my car and sped down the route I knew by heart until I got to Katy's child hood home. I tapped my fingers on the steering wheel until I had the courage to get out and walk up the door and knock.
A few moments later, Mr. Parker opened the door and crossed his arms as he looked at me. "Liam."
"Mr. Parker, I need to know where Katy is." I wanted to sound like I meant business but it came out more as a plea.
He shook his head looking down at the ground. "I'm sorry son, I can't tell you that."
I glared at him. "She is my wife! I have every right to know where she is!"
He glared right back at me and stepped closer. "And she is my daughter. Do you have any idea what you put her through when you took her to that city? All you did was party and you forgot all about the wife you had that was right there with you!" He yelled through clenched teeth.
I flinched and stepped back as Mrs. Parker came around the corner to see what was going on.
She crossed her arms and came to stand next to her husband. "Hello Liam."
"Please--please Mr. and Mrs. Parker. Tell me where she is so I can fix this." I pleaded with them.
Mrs. Parker looked at me sadly as she stepped forward and took my hand. "Liam, sweetheart, she needs her time." She turned to look at her husband. "Katelyn's not in Nevada anymore."
My eyes widened and I had to bite my lip to keep from yelling and getting hit by Katy's dad. "She left the state? Just up and left?" I shout, frustrated and start pacing.
I couldn't believe this was really happening. If she wanted to teach me a lesson, well she has.
"Where did she go? You have family all over the place! Which one did she go to?" I yell and storm back towards the door.
"Son, I think it's best if you get in your car and leave, now." Mr. Parker glared at me. "You're just going to cause a scene, and I doubt that's real great for your what do they call it in Hollywood? Image." He shook his head. "Go on back. If Kate wants to come back, she will."
"And what if she doesn't? What if I already screwed this up too bad?" I gulp and look down at my simple black wedding band. When we ran off to Vegas to get married right after graduation, our parents were furious. But we were in love and this was supposed to be forever. Maybe forever isn't forever when you live in Hollywood.
The whole drive back to L.A I start making a plan in my head. Any free days I get, I'm going to spend contacting Katy's friends and family that I have information on. One of them is bound to know exactly where she is. Or maybe Katy's parents will slip up when they're talking to my parents. They're best friends. My parents are practically Katy and her brother Derek's other family. They can't keep her away from me. I just have to hope she'll come around. We've known each other our whole lives, she has to know how much she means to me, I think as I smack my fist against the steering wheel and turn into my very empty home.
There I see the car of my new friend, Scott Adams. Another up and coming actor that Excite has taken on. We get a long good, and he likes to hang out. Especially since everything has been going on.
"Hey man, how's it going?" He asks as I get out of the car.
I shake my head and lean against the door. "Not good. She's not even back home. She left the state. Her parents won't even tell me where the heck she went!" I kick some rocks from the driveway into the grass.
"So now what?"
"Every chance I get, I'm gonna contact all the people I know connected to her and figure out where the heck she is." I shrug. "I really screwed up."
"I'll tell ya what, I'll help you." Scott smiles at me as we walk inside. "You really love her don't you?"
I plop down on my very expensive leather couch and nod. "I do. This city makes me different. I'm not the Liam that came from a theater in Nevada anymore. Here I'm Liam Warren, movie star and I feel like I need to act the part." I run both hands through my hair and squeeze them into fists. "I just forgot to stop acting when I came back home."
And so here I am, a year later, and still no closer to figuring out where she might be. Hope is slowly slipping away of ever getting another shot at this.
After yet another dead end phone call to a friend, I threw my phone across the room and watched it hit a wall.
"What was that about?" Scott asked as he came around the corner. He's taken up residence here. Might as well.
"The same freaking answers over and over and over again." I grit my teeth. "I don't....I don't know what else to do Scott." I slip into a chair and cover my face. "If she was going to forgive me, she would be back already."
Scott came and sat on the coffee table in front of me. "You need to let go. I know you don't want to." He added in when I gave him a look, but he just shrugged. "Come out with me tonight. Mingle with some of Hollywood's newest and brightest. You have noticed your co-star, Alexia right?" He raised an eyebrow at me.
I shrug. "What about her?"
"She's beautiful. And she wants you. It's in her eyes every time you guys are near each other. Marriage or not, she'll make you forget the hurt you're feeling right now."
"I don't know, man. I don't think going out partying is good for me right now."
"So don't think, get changed and come to the new club everyone's been talking about. A bunch of people will be there, you won't think about Katy and that mess at all. We'll just relax and have a good time."
After some internal arguing, I finally give in to Scott. Having a good time won't kill me and a little bit of distraction is welcome right now.
I quickly get changed into some dress slacks and a button up white shirt and just run some gel through my hair before I walk down the stairs where Scott's waiting.
"Ready to go?"
I nod. "I guess so."
He pats my shoulder as we both go out the door and I slip behind the wheel of my little sports car. "I'll try to have fun, I promise."
Scott smiles and nods as he turns the radio on. "Good, that's all I ask."
A little bit later we drive up to a large building that has a line wrapped around the building. There's even strobe lights going, it masks out the camera flashes I can just barely make out of paparazzi that are just waiting for people like us to drive up.
"Are you sure this is a good idea?" I ask Scott looking at the long line before we get out of the car.
He smirks at me. "Our pictures are all over the place right now, we can just bypass all this," he motions to the lines. "You know what Mitch always says about the papps. Any publicity from them is good as long as we don't destroy anything." He shrugs and pulls me up to the front of the line by the bouncer.
"Oh my God, Liam Warren and Scott Adams!" A red headed girl that was flirting with the bouncer squeals when she sees us. "I can't believe I'm standing right beside you!"
The bouncer shakes his head as he looks us over. "You're both legal, right?"
"Yep." Scott answers for the both of us and grins as the bouncer steps back and lets us in easily.
"See? No problems." He smiles over at me and directs me to a barricaded area where there's two different bouncers blocking the area.
"Names?" One of the guys asks us.
"I'm Liam Warren. This is Scott Adams." I point in his direction.
The other bouncer looks over his list, nods and lets us go by. Immediately we are handed a drink and I take a quick glance to see that it's beer before taking a drink and following behind Scott to a table in the back. Sitting there is Alexia Dalton and another actress I can't remember the name of.
Alexia looks up at me with a big grin. "Liam! I'm so happy you decided to come!" She jumps up and hugs me before I realize what she's doing.
"Um yeah." I run a hand through my hair and sit down.
The actress I can't remember looks over at me and smiles shyly' "I'm Josie." She reaches her hand out and I shake it. "I'm an extra on the movie you're working on right now."
"Oh, right." I nod. "That's why you look a little familiar."
She smiles a little bigger and nods. "Yep. Alexia is showing me all the fun stuff to do around L.A."
"Yeah, I wouldn't be here if I could help it. I'm kind of being forced." I look over in Scott's direction. "He says I need to get out more."
"Getting out can be good," she shrugs.
I shake my head and glance around until I notice Alexia has her eyes glued on me.
"So Liam, how are you liking L.A so far?" She asks as she crosses her legs and sends the hem of her dress riding up.
"It's alright, I guess. It would be even better if my wife was still here with me."
She pouts as he sets her chin on her hand, "I heard about that." She reaches her hand across to pat mine. "I'm so sorry. Some people just aren't cut out for this life."
I narrow my eyes and pull my hand away from her as Scott brings another round of drinks over.
"Everyone know everyone?" He asks taking a drink of his beer.
"Yep." Alexia smiles and looks me up and down again. "You know Liam, our characters get very cozy over the next couple days."
I just shrug. "Great," I reply dryly.
Scott kicks my foot under the table and sends me a glare. I just take another drink and sigh.
Over the next few hours the four of us end up downing drink after drink and Scott is right. I forget why I'm so mad and hurting in the first place. Alexia has scooted herself closer to me and I don't even mind her rubbing her fingers up and down my arm.
"So, Liam," she whispers by my ear and I look down at her.
"Hm?"
"How about we get out of here and get to know each other really well?" She raises an eyebrow at me suggestively and leans in a little closer until she presses her lips to mine and for a minute, I freeze. But the alcohol is flowing through me, and it's been a whole year since I've had the comfort of my wife and I need this; I deserve this. I can find another way to be happy. I let myself kiss her back and smile flirtatiously as I pull her up out of her chair. "Let's go."
Copyright Bethany Daniel 2013
May 30, 2013
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May 26, 2013
Liam POV Teaser!
Note: This is a portion of the Prologue, it is subject to be edited later:
It's been over a year since Katy left me the day after that party. When I got home from shooting that day, I thought she would be there waiting for me with a home cooked meal like always. She told me she wanted to keep something normal while everything else was so make-believe. But when I came in, all that was there was a note,
"I'm leaving. I hope you have all the successes you've ever wanted. I won't be along for this crazy ride. Goodbye,
Love, Katy"
I didn't believe her when she said she would leave. I thought she was just mad about all the girls in the house. After I read that note though, I tore the house apart. I ran through every room yelling her name and then I grabbed the phone and tried to call her over and over again. When she didn't answer, I called her parents. All Mrs. Parker would tell me was that she was safe and just really upset. She said she was sure we could work things out, this was just the first of many fights married couples have. But she was wrong. Katy never came back home to me.
So I started drinking. I drank and drank until I could hardly move anymore. Mitchell Fallon said he was going to fire me if I didn't get over it because she's "only a girl" and there's plenty more where she came from. But he doesn't get it. She's more than just another girl to me, she's everything. And I blew it.
One morning I woke up and made myself think with a clear head. I'm going to find her. Filming was on a break, so I took a few days and I drove home to my parents’ house first.
"Sweetie, are you sure you're really alright?" my mom asked me for the hundredth time since I got here.
"Yes....because I'm going to find her, Mom. I have too. I'm going to go talk to Mr. and Mrs. Parker and make them understand that I need her! I'll apologize and Katy will come home with me."
My parents exchanged a look and I sighed with frustration. "Look, I'll be back later."
I walked out and hopped into my car and sped down the route I knew by heart until I got to Katy's child hood home. I tapped my fingers on the steering wheel until I had the courage to get out and walk up to the door and knock.
A few moments later, Mr. Parker opened the door and crossed his arms as he looked at me. "Liam."
"Mr. Parker...I need to know where Katy is." I meant to sound like I meant business but it came out more as a plea.
He shook his head looking down at the ground. "I'm sorry son, I can't tell you that."
I glared at him, "She is my wife! I have every right to know where she is!"
He glares right back at me and steps closer, "And she is my daughter. Do you have any idea what you put her through when you took her to that city? All you did was party and you forgot all about the wife you had that was right there with you!" he yelled through clenched teeth.
I flinched and stepped back as Mrs. Parker came around the corner to see what was going on.
She crossed her arms and came to stand next to her husband, "Hello Liam."
"Please. Please Mr. and Mrs. Parker. Tell me where she is so I can fix this." I pleaded with them.
Mrs. Parker looked at me sadly as she stepped forward and took my hand, "Liam, sweetheart, she needs her time. She...." she turned to look at her husband, "Katelyn's not in Nevada anymore."
My eyes widened and I had to bite my lip to keep from yelling and getting hit by Katy's dad. "She left the state?...Just up and left?!" I shout frustrated and start pacing.
I couldn't believe this was really happening. If she wanted to teach me a lesson, well she has.
"Where did she go?...You have family all over the place! Which one did she go to?!" I yelled and stormed back towards the door.
"Son, I think it’s best if you get in your car and leave, now." Mr. Parker glares at me. "You're just going to cause a scene, and I doubt that's real great for your what do they call it in Hollywood? Image." he shook his head, "Go on back to L.A, if Kate wants to come back, she will."
"And what if she doesn't? What if I already screwed this up to bad?" I gulp and look down at my simple black wedding band. When we ran off to Vegas to get married right after graduation, our parents were furious. But we were in love and this was supposed to be forever. Maybe forever isn't forever when you live in Hollywood.
It's been over a year since Katy left me the day after that party. When I got home from shooting that day, I thought she would be there waiting for me with a home cooked meal like always. She told me she wanted to keep something normal while everything else was so make-believe. But when I came in, all that was there was a note,
"I'm leaving. I hope you have all the successes you've ever wanted. I won't be along for this crazy ride. Goodbye,
Love, Katy"
I didn't believe her when she said she would leave. I thought she was just mad about all the girls in the house. After I read that note though, I tore the house apart. I ran through every room yelling her name and then I grabbed the phone and tried to call her over and over again. When she didn't answer, I called her parents. All Mrs. Parker would tell me was that she was safe and just really upset. She said she was sure we could work things out, this was just the first of many fights married couples have. But she was wrong. Katy never came back home to me.
So I started drinking. I drank and drank until I could hardly move anymore. Mitchell Fallon said he was going to fire me if I didn't get over it because she's "only a girl" and there's plenty more where she came from. But he doesn't get it. She's more than just another girl to me, she's everything. And I blew it.
One morning I woke up and made myself think with a clear head. I'm going to find her. Filming was on a break, so I took a few days and I drove home to my parents’ house first.
"Sweetie, are you sure you're really alright?" my mom asked me for the hundredth time since I got here.
"Yes....because I'm going to find her, Mom. I have too. I'm going to go talk to Mr. and Mrs. Parker and make them understand that I need her! I'll apologize and Katy will come home with me."
My parents exchanged a look and I sighed with frustration. "Look, I'll be back later."
I walked out and hopped into my car and sped down the route I knew by heart until I got to Katy's child hood home. I tapped my fingers on the steering wheel until I had the courage to get out and walk up to the door and knock.
A few moments later, Mr. Parker opened the door and crossed his arms as he looked at me. "Liam."
"Mr. Parker...I need to know where Katy is." I meant to sound like I meant business but it came out more as a plea.
He shook his head looking down at the ground. "I'm sorry son, I can't tell you that."
I glared at him, "She is my wife! I have every right to know where she is!"
He glares right back at me and steps closer, "And she is my daughter. Do you have any idea what you put her through when you took her to that city? All you did was party and you forgot all about the wife you had that was right there with you!" he yelled through clenched teeth.
I flinched and stepped back as Mrs. Parker came around the corner to see what was going on.
She crossed her arms and came to stand next to her husband, "Hello Liam."
"Please. Please Mr. and Mrs. Parker. Tell me where she is so I can fix this." I pleaded with them.
Mrs. Parker looked at me sadly as she stepped forward and took my hand, "Liam, sweetheart, she needs her time. She...." she turned to look at her husband, "Katelyn's not in Nevada anymore."
My eyes widened and I had to bite my lip to keep from yelling and getting hit by Katy's dad. "She left the state?...Just up and left?!" I shout frustrated and start pacing.
I couldn't believe this was really happening. If she wanted to teach me a lesson, well she has.
"Where did she go?...You have family all over the place! Which one did she go to?!" I yelled and stormed back towards the door.
"Son, I think it’s best if you get in your car and leave, now." Mr. Parker glares at me. "You're just going to cause a scene, and I doubt that's real great for your what do they call it in Hollywood? Image." he shook his head, "Go on back to L.A, if Kate wants to come back, she will."
"And what if she doesn't? What if I already screwed this up to bad?" I gulp and look down at my simple black wedding band. When we ran off to Vegas to get married right after graduation, our parents were furious. But we were in love and this was supposed to be forever. Maybe forever isn't forever when you live in Hollywood.
May 25, 2013
WOW! Thank you!
WOW! Almost 7,000 downloads over the last couple days that Reconnected has been a freebie! I really appreciate all those that have given it a chance and those that have left some great reviews of how they love Liam, Katy, Krista, and Scott :) I even appreciate the critical reviews because as this is my first ever book, I can only get better in the long run. So thank you! And please if you read Reconnected, leave a review on Amazon Just 9 more reviews there and I will post a Liam teaser!
May 24, 2013
Reconnected is now available everywhere!
Just found out that Smashwords has now distributed Reconnected everywhere!
Amazon link (not by Smashwords): http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00C...
Barnes and Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/recon...
Kobo: http://www.kobobooks.com/ebook/Reconn...
Also available in iBooks!
Amazon link (not by Smashwords): http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00C...
Barnes and Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/recon...
Kobo: http://www.kobobooks.com/ebook/Reconn...
Also available in iBooks!
May 18, 2013
Update is available!
To everyone who downloaded Reconnected before I reformatted to fix errors, the update IS available now! Go to "Manage My Kindle" and click the link next to the title that says "Update available" you will automatically get the corrected file, please tell anyone you know who got it! Thank you!
May 16, 2013
Formatting update
Hi guys, Went in and fixed some formatting issues I saw some people mentioned in Goodreads Reviews. Amazon takes 12 hours to update the book in their system. I have given them permission to send out an "update" email to those who already have it, but they say it can take up to 4 weeks for that to happen. So please, if you already have it and the punctuation errors bother you, keep your fingers crossed Amazon doesn't take forever to get the update out! Thank you! :)
May 14, 2013
Smashwords Coupon Code
If you would like to read Reconnected on a device other then Kindle, you can download it on Smashwords here: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view...
Use the Coupon Code WW84V to get it free through the 18th!
Use the Coupon Code WW84V to get it free through the 18th!
