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(Fat By Whose Scale? is a full length novel ~ Read Chapter 1 Excerpt) Excerpt: Alexxis’ resistant frame was yanked forward as Odell pulled her into the brighter light of a nearby lamp. His eyes bucked. Moving closer, he examined the deep set, dark purple scratches and bruises lining her upper arm and wrist. On the other, he found more of the same. “Unfasten that shirt,” he ordered. Alexxis hesitated, but his forward steps brought quick compliance. Slowly, the buttons were undone leaving the shirt opened down the front. “Ruthy Dee, do you see this?” His wife gasped in horror. “Oh my God!” Odell moved the material aside. It was then that the bruises about Alexxis' neck, shoulders and chest could be seen. Nearing tears, he pulled the shirt down, examining her back, cringing from the scratches and discoloration around her bra and waistline. He touched a gentle hand to them, recoiling in his own measure of pain when she cried out and moved away. “Daddy, you're hurting me.” Odell let go. Tears welled in Alexxis' eyes as she looked from one distraught parent to the other. Covering herself with the shirt, she redid the buttons as quickly as her trembling fingers would allow. Ruthy Dee was shocked by what she’d seen. “Alexxis! Baby, what happened?” “Mama, please,” she pleaded. “Please don't make me answer that.” “You gone answer some damn body, young lady," Odell blared. "Tonight! |
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Prodigious, enterprising and flawlessly beautiful, Alexxis Robbins has her heart set on one thing... landing a position at Brooks Enterprise, Inc. Corporate! Home of the big cheese! Candidates come from all over the world to compete for employment within BEI's walls of perks and prestige, and Alexxis is hell-bent on attaining that which, for most, has proven impossible. But when have the rewards of life been so freely given; fate so kind as to allow forward progress without a slew of disheartening set backs? Never. And this over achieving, daddy's girl experiences this first hand when she finds herself helplessly dangling from the wrong end of society's and her own judgmental stick. Enter Langston Brooks, the successful mogul and BEI founder whose ongoing joke is the fact that he's yet to become a billionaire, net. He's clearly surpassed it gross. But, while most women would give anything to capture the heart of this elusive vision of perfection, Alexxis just wants the job. Her lengthy professional career, academic prowess and host of degrees are well intact, but her battered soul has yet to heal from its tumultuous bouts with a street slick manipulator who'd eased his way into her heart. In a mere six months, Dominique Flynn had redefined womanhood, relationships and pain to the degree that Alexxis could no longer reason one from the other. It was her first real relationship and at the youthful age of twenty-six, she's sworn it to be her last. Regrouped and focused, she wants it all. But, everything has a price. Even success. How far is she willing to go? Is there enough left inside to move on to greater things? Can she come to terms with her new self long enough to finally fulfill her childhood dreams? A brash introduction to deceit can drain even the most resourceful reserve and Alexxis is no exception. Odell is livid. Distraught that he couldn't predict, nor protect his daughter from a fate such as this. Will this loving father commit murder to release his cherished daughter from her translucent confinement? Will she find the strength to walk away and save him the trouble, along with a life sentence? Or, will the seeming night in shining armor swoop in like calgon and take her away? Fat By Whose Scale? is truly a must read, a true page turner you'll hold close to your heart refusing to exhale until a sequel is at hand. Hold tight. This could very well be the case. |
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