Circles
Divided– Book 2 - Circles Trilogy
Is
the love of a girl from wealthy Westland and a street punk from the slums
of the Shore strong enough to surpass all that life will throw at them and
forge a life together? Is Julie willing to sacrifice her childhood dream of
becoming a professional dancer for the man she loves? Is Robert willing to
lay down his ties to the gang in order to hold onto his new found love?
Sacrifices
must be made, but will they be enough?
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Mrs. Wolmsley finished the
attendance as Robert entered and placed an admit slip on her desk. She
proceeded with a class discussion of the novel they were studying. "Mr.
Holiday." Her brow wrinkled. "Are you sleeping or paying
attention?"
Robert didn't open his
eyes. "Payin' attention, ma'am. Just tryin' to get rid of a
headache."
"Do you find my class
painful?"
"No, ma'am. The
three-hour calculus quiz I just wrote was rough. None of it made any sense, but
now I'm sittin' here listenin' to you and tryin' to make my headache go
away."
"Did you read the
book?"
Robert opened one eye and
glanced at Julie.
She nodded.
"Yea. Gawd, it was
borin'." Shit. Shouldn't have said that.
"You found Young
Men/Lost Nights/No Dreams boring?"
"Yea. The guy don't
know what he's talkin' 'bout. I'd love to live where he lives. Shore ain't half
as nice."
"What's so tough
about Shore?" A voice floated over from the other side of the room.
Robert forced his eyes
open. The harsh glare from the lights irritated the throb in his head.
"It's called basic survival. In the book, the school was a nice place to
go. It had lockers. North Shore Secondary don't got any. Well it's got lockers,
just none got any doors on 'em. The teachers ain't as good as here. Mrs.
Wolmsley, you're too nice. You wouldn't survive a day."
"And why not? I've
handled enough rowdy students in my day?" She stood a bit taller.
"Rowdy?" He
snorted. "Try violent. Let me explain it this way, English was givin' bro
a harsh go so I whipped my switch past his brains."
The teacher blinked.
Robert chuckled.
"Translation, the English teacher was giving a Shoresmen a rough time, so
I threw my knife past his head." A small grin crossed Robert's face.
"He didn't bother my buddy no more. Ya see, I'm tryin' to be good while
I'm here. I'm gettin' treated like shit but I'm tryin'."
"You don't seem to be
getting the hint and leaving." Derek yelled across the room.
"Ya have no idea how
much I'd like to, but I'm stuck here."
"How is your life
different than ours?" asked Jaclyn.
Robert rubbed his face.
"How many here know who their father is?"
Everyone raised their
hand.
"I don't have a clue
and I doubt my hooker mother knows either." He glanced around the room.
"Anybody ever had to sleep on the streets 'cause you had no place to go?
Anybody spend a cold Saturday night under a street light defending your right
to exist?"
He paused, waiting for a
comment, but the class remained silent. "I'm not proud of my life, but I
am proud that I survived. I know you'se guys got problems, but none of your
problems are based on survival."
"Trying to make us
feel sorry for you?" Derek sneered.
"No, Jaclyn asked a
question and I answered it."
Derek stood, fists were
clenched by his thighs. "You're not one of us. You're Shore."
"Flash the news
bulletin."
"You invade our
territory. You beat me up. You knocked out Chris and sent Stephan to the
hospital." Derek flung out his arm and pointed at Julie. "You stole
Chris's girl. Picked a fight in the library—"
"Chris's girl!"
Julie's eyebrows rose. "I have a name. And he did not steal me from
Chris."
Robert peered at his desk
trying to stifle a smile.
"Chris got what he
deserved." Julie slammed her palms on her desk.
The girl sitting across
from Robert asked, "Is it true you killed someone?"
Author
Bio – Victoria Adams, author of the Circles Trilogy was born and raised in
Ontario, Canada. Victoria lives in the country where she takes long walks on
her quiet country road and in the summer tends her flower gardens and vegetable
patch and in the winter dreams about them, while they are buried under two feet
of snow. Her large farm house now holds only her cat, herself, her husband and
a ghost.
Victoria
Adams is the alternate pen name to another author – secret identity. She is
indie published. Published works - Circles Trilogy - a NA and contemporary
romance and A Guy and A Girl – NA contemporary romance.
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