The Gamble

By Kim Cong

Tomika Hartnett hadn't planned on the twists her life had taken. But she'd never doubted the love Samuel James held for her. 

Until the day he walked out. 

All Sam wanted was to repair their broken relationship. But the pain he saw in Mika's eyes everytime she looked at him said something's couldn't be fixed. So he did what he thought was right, Sam left. 

A chance meeting gives Sam the encouragement he needs to return... but will Mika forgive him? 

Short story - less than 4000 words.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Kim Cong
• Release date: Jun 6, 2015
• ISBN: 9781513000817

Kim Cong

Kim Cong is a transplant to Australia’s only inland capital city, Canberra. While most people curse it as the place of all things politics (and therefore evil), Kim loves the food, the weather, the mountains and even the roundabouts. She is a part-time aspiring writer, full-time worker bee and lover of all things romance. Kim lives with the hero of her own love story, their dachshund and their house full of books.

Book preview

Chapter One

It felt like it had been years since he’d left, but really only a handful of months had passed. His books were still on the shelf, his shoes tucked into the nook under the stairs. She stared down at the mail in her hand addressed to Mr. Samuel James and Ms. Tomika Hartnett. 

‘Mika?’

Her head jerked up from where she’d stood, eyes downcast, staring for long minutes at the mail. Mika turned her attention to Lorrie.

‘You ok?’

Mika nodded, avoiding her friends’ gaze. ‘Fine.’ She shuffled the envelope under a stack of junk mail and magazine subscriptions and, turning, she glanced in the hallway mirror.  As always, she was shocked at the sad blue eyes, pale face, and long un-kept brown hair that the mirror reflected back. Mika paused, staring at the woman she had become.

‘Mika?’ Lorrie’s voice was gentle, hesitant. ‘Are you sure you want to go tonight?