Ebook: What You Won't Do for Love
Author: Lewis Michael
- Tags: African American gay men, Triangles (Interpersonal relations), Fiction, African American gay men -- Fiction, Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction
- Year: 2013
- Publisher: Indigo Books Publishing
- Language: English
- epub
Victor Williams has had more than his share of lifes disappointments. He was placed in a foster home after losing his mother at age twelve. Seven months later he ran away, opting for a life of homelessness on the rough streets of Houston rather than suffer at the hands of his sadistically violent and abusive foster parents.
Victor received a blessing when he met Reverend David Williams, the pastor of the largest church in the city. He considers Victor as the answer to his prayers for a son. With help from his brother, a case manager with children's services, David adopted Victor within only days of meeting him. Davids intense love and devotion rivals that of even the most loving fathers, biological or otherwise.
Victor entered High School as the New Guy with the added challenge of readjusting to the school environment and meeting all new friends. #1 nationally ranked, varsity quarterback, Robert Taylor extended his sincere offer of friendship and they bonded instantly, soon becoming best friends.
Life becomes complicated when Victor realizes he is in love with Robert. Victor becomes trapped in a virtual hell, bound by a secret love more beautiful than any hes ever known, yet he can't celebrate it, as it could possibly jeopardize the best friendship hes ever had. A desperate suicide attempt serves as the catalyst to a shocking revelation between the two friends that offers the key to both of their freedom.
After experiencing a cycle of physically and emotionally abusive relationships, the ugly side of drug abuse and addiction, the intense grief of death, and all the emotional and physical scars to show for it, Victor tries to make sense of it all. Refusing to abandon the one thing he can count on, his faith, he finds love in an unexpected place. In a moment of clarity as he walks down the aisle, he finally understands the path his life has taken and accepts it all with no regrets.