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    A Lesson in Truth (A Short Story)
    A Lesson in Truth (A Short Story)
    A Lesson in Truth (A Short Story)
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    A Lesson in Truth (A Short Story)

    By Sloan Parker

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    **Includes bonus story Swept Away**
    A LESSON IN TRUTH: David's a graduate student about to finish his thesis. Michael is his advisor and former instructor. The two shouldn't have feelings for each other, but after two years of friendship and longing, David can no longer deny what he's feeling. Is Michael ready to accept being more than a teacher to a man fifteen years younger? And if they give into their desires, is it only a way for them to say good-bye?
    SWEPT AWAY: The biggest case of Eddie's career and nothing's going right. He's stuck in a stifling courtroom with no air conditioning during the worst heat wave in years, and the judge has denied his latest motion. He just wants to spend a quiet night celebrating with his partner, Mike, on their fifteenth anniversary. But Mike has a surprise in mind this year. A surprise that may be more than Eddie imagined possible.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSloan Parker
    Release dateSep 1, 2013
    ISBN9781301748105
    A Lesson in Truth (A Short Story)
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    Sloan Parker

    Award-winning author Sloan Parker writes passionate, dramatic stories about two men (or more) falling in love. She enjoys writing in the fictional world because in fiction you can be anything, do anything—even fall in love for the first time over and over again. Sloan lives in Ohio with her partner and their neurotic cats. Her greatest moments in life are spent with her family, her friends, and her characters. To contact Sloan, find out about her books that are available for purchase, and read free stories, visit: www.sloanparker.com. If you'd like to be notified of new releases and get exclusive sneak peeks, be sure to sign up to receive Sloan Parker's newsletter via her website.

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      A Lesson in Truth (A Short Story) - Sloan Parker

      Copyright

      A LESSON IN TRUTH

      Copyright (c) 2010 by Sloan Parker

      Cover Design: Copyright (c) 2016 by L.C. Chase

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system for access by others, or transmitted to others in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of the publisher.

      This is a work of fiction. The names, characters, and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or have been used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons or incidents are coincidental.

      This work contains graphic language and explicit sexual content between men. Intended for adult audiences only.

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      Sloan Parker Press

      www.sloanparker.com

      E-book: 3.1.17

      A LESSON IN TRUTH with Bonus Short Story

      Sloan Parker

      A LESSON IN TRUTH: David’s a graduate student about to finish his thesis. Michael is his advisor and former instructor. The two shouldn’t have feelings for each other, but after two years of friendship and longing, David can no longer deny what he’s feeling. Is Michael ready to accept being more than a teacher to a man fifteen years younger? And if they give into their desires, is it only a way for them to say good-bye?

      SWEPT AWAY: The biggest case of Eddie's career and nothing's going right. He's stuck in a stifling courtroom with no air conditioning during the worst heat wave in years, and the judge has denied his latest motion. He just wants to spend a quiet night celebrating with his partner, Mike, on their fifteenth anniversary. But Mike has a surprise in mind this year. A surprise that may be more than Eddie imagined possible.

      A Lesson in Truth

      I can’t do this anymore.

      Do what? I asked. My voice squeaked in a way that bothered me almost as much as his words.

      You know what, Michael said, his gaze focused on the stapled pages of my latest chapters lying before him, a red pen in his hand as if he was going to grade my work with me sitting right there.

      I stared at him, hoping to hell he’d say more without me needing to add anything else to the conversation. The squeak was bound to emerge again. No need to remind him I was fifteen years his junior. Squeaking might give him a clue.

      He ditched the pen with a flick and ran his hand through his hair. The dark strands popped up and gave his hair a spiky guise that made him look too young to be a tenured professor, too vulnerable to be telling me we were over. We hadn’t even started. One kiss. One long, beautiful kiss that ruined me for all other men and he was calling it quits?

      I’ve asked Professor Shields to take you on, he said. He’s familiar with your thesis and knows the field of research well enough.

      My stomach did a flip-flop thing I could only recall it doing one other time in my life—waiting in my dad’s car as he took my dog into the vet’s office for the last time. Was I going to vomit like I did then? Was I going to lose it sitting across from Michael, his metal desk between us, a wall of ungraded midterms blocking the way? I’d been in his office every week for the past two years. How did I not know where the trash can was?

      David, you’re not saying anything.

      Yeah, I wasn’t. I was busy holding down the Cap’n Crunch I’d inhaled for dinner. That’s what I got for eating a kids’ cereal. Why’d I buy that shit anyway? Because I had no

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