What would you do if you thought your boyfriend were a figment of your imagination? That is Lilly’s problem.
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by Lisa Graves |
Sure he randomly seems to appear and
disappear out of nowhere.
Perhaps he is cryptic and evasive when it
comes to details of his past?
But what if you can feel in your soul
that you are meant to be together?
Would that tiny detail matter?
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Excerpt from Atlantis:
My eyes looked at the
ground. I didn’t want to, but I made myself say it. “You’re not real.”
Elliott was quiet. I
looked up to see what he was doing. He continued to sit on the grass but he
looked shocked. “What do you mean by that?” I noticed a cautious tone in his
voice.
I dove into my brain
trying to find the right words to use when breaking up with yourself. I came up
empty handed. The fact that I desperately wanted to stay and live in my fantasy
land didn’t make it any easier. My torrent stream of emotions was giving me away.
I bit my lip, trying to keep my face from exposing all of my secrets.
Strangely, he did the same.
“What do you mean, I’m
not real?” Elliott asked again. He gently placed his hand on mine. The usual
sensation of electricity flowing through him to me, pricked my mind and made me
doubt my hallucination theory. He wasn’t helping me.
It was probably a
combination of my emotions keeping me an inch from tears, and his penetrating
eyes bearing down on my soul, but I had overflowed. I couldn’t stop the words
from pouring out.
“YOU ARE NOT REAL!” I
yelled, more at myself than at Elliott.
I stood up. His mouth
gapped open at me as I paced the cove and continued.
“You are too perfect.
And good looking. And sweet...”
He looked as though he
was going to argue, but I went on.
“No one has seen you but
me.”
He whispered something
to himself and shook his head.
“You appear and
disappear out of nowhere.”
I turned again at the
edge of the cove, racking my brain for more proof of my theory. When I resumed
my pacing, he spoke.
“I know,” he said in a
soft, apologetic purr and looked straight at me.
Elliott caught me off
guard. I hadn’t expected my hallucination to agree with me. “What do you mean
you know?"
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Hi Louise. Thanks for visiting my blog on blog-hopping day. I really appreciated you sharing your info on proofreaders.
ReplyDeleteThis book "Atlantis" sounds interesting. And I will check it out.
Your previous post looked interesting too. I hope to check that link out when I get a moment.
All the best of 2012 to you with your novels:)
Thanks Jacqueline, all the best to you, too.
ReplyDeleteHi, Louise. Thanks for introducing me to this author. The book sounds interesting, especially with the talk of secret messages on her website. Although my TBR pile just fell over during the holidays, thanks to winning some contests, etc., I couldn't help myself and grabbed a copy of this book.
ReplyDeleteThanks to you and Lisa for the opportunity to check out her work.
-Jimmy
Thank you James, I hope you enjoy the book. Please come back and let us know what you thought, won't you?
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