Pushed

By J.W. Hankins

Revenge is sweet, but the taste is fleeting

A promising teen, victimized by neighborhood bullies, devises a sinister plan to take them down. If he survives the night, he’ll either become the neighborhood hero or something far worse than the hoodlums ever were.

Pushed is a gritty psychological thriller about Warren, a nice-guy honor student, pushed to the edge, who tries to lure a group of neighborhood bullies to their deaths. When things don’t go as planned, and he’s faced with a harsh moral dilemma, Warren must either act out in cold blood to cover his tracks or spend the rest of his life evading the police and those seeking revenge for what he’s done.

• Language: English
• Publisher: J.W. Hankins
• Release date: Dec 23, 2013
• ISBN: 9781310086168

J.W. Hankins

A native of Brooklyn, East New York, J.W. currently resides in Atlanta, Georgia. Pulling influences from a wide range of creative interests, he writes Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction and Thrillers, usually focused around shedding light on the dark side of human nature.

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PUSHED

J. W. Hankins

PUSHED

Copyright © 2013 J.W. Hankins

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Title

Copyright

Death and dying

About the Author

Death and dying never crossed Warren’s mind as much as they did tonight.

His cell phone read 9:37pm before Crystal covered the screen with her hand.

Why you keep checking your phone? Waiting on some other chick to call you? She frowned.

Nah, just checking the time. He stuffed the phone into the front pocket of his jeans. A pang of guilt pulsed through his chest. This was the last time they’d be together and he wasn’t paying her any attention. Knowing he was about to die made it hard to focus on anything at all.

You in a rush to leave me or something? she prodded, wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt and her favorite navy-blue and white polka-dot pajama pants. She folded her arms and tapped a white socked foot waiting for his answer.

In a rush to leave you? Not at all. He spilled a nervous chuckle.

Oh, okay, cause I was about to say. Her stern act gave way to a small grin.

They stood in the hallway, just outside her apartment, as they always did before he left. Her mother had proclaimed it time for him to leave about an hour ago, but Warren and Crystal always found a way to stretch their time. Standing in the hallway was