INVICTUS Prt 1: Introducing Richard - A glimpse of things to come.
Introduction:
There are always two
sides to any story.
If you were to look over the fence of 38 Bassildon Street
on the outskirts of Gloucester you would witness an idyllic scene: children
playing in and around the inflatable pool, the smell of the chicken and
sausages smoking on the bar-b-que hung invitingly in the air, the parents
sipping iced Pimms and chatting with their visitors. It was July 1991, a
glorious summers day and, to the onlooker, the scene could not be more perfect.
Julia had the same view of her marriage to Richard, well
almost. Apart from his work related overseas travel their lives were pretty
good; very much in love, two wonderful daughters and financially stable. They
were a perfectly ‘normal’ inconspicuous middle class family.
AND then there is the truth.
Richard has kept a secret for a very long time, as with
all such secrets, once it is revealed those lives effected can never be the
same again; there was no going back.
Discovering his secret propels Julia in to an unfamiliar
world, one that she is ill prepared for. The more she discovers, the more her
‘normality’ disintegrates. The realisation that their marriage has been built
on this one hidden truth causes Julia to question her own future, and who
should be part of it. Her husband meanwhile, has his own battles to fight, not
least of all his battle for actual survival, a battle for his life.
Secrets are dangerous, and seldom without consequence.
Given the opportunity to meet his nemesis for a second
time, Richard longs for a chance to silence his demons. In his mind it is this
one person that has been solely responsible for the dismantling of his double
life. One way or another the haunting screams would have to stop.
The question is, who else is keeping secrets?
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