{"product_id":"rushed-christopher-a-the-four-novella-paperback","title":"Rushed: Christopher: A \"The Four\" Novella - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSloane Kennedy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristopher\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHappily ever afters.\u003cbr\u003eWhite knights riding to the rescue on their brazen steeds to rescue the damsel in distress.\u003cbr\u003eSaid knight declaring his undying love. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSame stories just with different covers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eI'd spent the better part of my childhood reading those stories, always putting myself in place of the damsel in distress. And by the last page I felt safe. Safe from the sounds of my mother being beaten. Safe from watching my uncle who was less than a dozen years older than me being dragged from our room because his body was considered nothing but currency. Safe from knowing there would be a day that \u003ci\u003eI\u003c\/i\u003e became currency. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eI gave up on believing in happy endings and white knights a long time ago. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEven if I'd somehow managed to hang onto my dreams of finding true love like all of the men and women in my life as I'd left for college, all it had taken was one wrong, naive decision to take it all away. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor good. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRush\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI remembered the kid the second I saw him. I remembered the feel of him in my arms as I'd saved him from his would-be attacker years earlier. I remembered that I'd never wanted to let him go--that despite his young age, he'd fit in my arms like he'd been made for them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut the young man opened the door might as well have been a stranger. Thin, jumpy, and distant, there was just no light in young Christopher's eyes. Even the presence of his uncle, a man who'd treated him like a son from the first moment they'd met, elicited nothing more than passing query of why we were there. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt should have been a simple task... drop off the box of books Christopher's uncle had asked me to help him and walk away. I managed the walk away part but between a tiny kitten appearing out of nowhere, some less than graceful footwork on my part and a broken table later, I'd been sitting on Christopher's couch getting some TLC for a paltry wound. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd that had been when I'd seen it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe old Christopher. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe sweet, innocent young man who'd been subjected to all kinds of trauma that no kid should ever have to hear, see or even know about. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eI'd gone there to deliver some books but when I'd walked out that door, the sensation of Christopher's tender touch still lingering on my skin, I knew I'd be back. It didn't matter why or when or how and it didn't matter if the young man I'd held in my arms so long ago fought me tooth and nail, Christopher--\u003ci\u003ethe real Christopher\u003c\/i\u003e-- was coming home. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e*This story can be read as a stand alone but will give spoilers for the previous books in the series.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 156\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.33 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 23, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52526527938867,"sku":"9798372826175","price":20.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/M0dqeFNYc0krZzJGVzNnVytwbGppQT09.webp?v=1760626645","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/rushed-christopher-a-the-four-novella-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}