Every Shattered Dream: Part Three

By T.A. Chase

In fulfilling a promise made forty-five years ago, Logan discovers love in the most unusual way.

Logan Shelton and Dawson Harrow have met under unusual circumstances. Logan is trying to fulfil the wishes of the dead soldier haunting his Camaro by delivering a package that was left in the glove compartment.

While fixing the car up, they use Dawson's contacts to try and find Kenny's home town, hoping to find Harold, Kenny's first love. Kenny died in Vietnam forty-five years ago, but his ghost still haunts the car Logan bought.

Logan dreams of Kenny's last moments in Vietnam, and he begins to feel desperate about ever finding Harold, but he and Dawson are determined to do it.

But Logan's not looking forward to the end of their time together. He's falling in love with Dawson, though he's not sure how Dawson could fall in love with a man haunted by a ghost.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Pride Publishing
• Release date: Sep 20, 2013
• ISBN: 9781781844564

T.A. Chase

There is beauty in every kind of love, so why not live a life without boundaries? Experiencing everything the world offers fascinates TA and writing about the things that make each of us unique is how she shares those insights. When not writing, TA's watching movies, reading and living life to the fullest.

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EVERY SHATTERED DREAM: PART THREE

T.A. Chase

Part three in the Every Shattered Dream serial

In fulfilling a promise made forty-five years ago, Logan discovers love in the most unusual way.

Logan Shelton and Dawson Harrow have met under unusual circumstances. Logan is trying to fulfil the wishes of the dead soldier haunting his Camaro by delivering a package that was left in the glove compartment.

While fixing the car up, they use Dawson’s contacts to try to find Kenny’s home town, hoping to find Harold, Kenny’s first love. Kenny died in Vietnam forty-five years ago, but his ghost still haunts the car Logan bought.

Logan dreams of Kenny’s last moments in Vietnam, and he begins to feel desperate about ever finding Harold, but he and Dawson are determined to do it.

But Logan’s not looking forward to the end of their time together. He’s falling in love with Dawson, though he’s not sure how Dawson could fall in love with a man haunted by a ghost.

Dedication

Thanks for sticking around for the ride.

Trademarks Acknowledgement

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Camaro SS: Chevrolet, General Motors Company

Let’s Spend the Night Together: The Rolling Stones

Chapter Eight

The sounds of incoming mortars shocked him, and he was disoriented as he tried to remember where the nearest bunker was. Men shouted around him while running to their defensive positions. He stared down at his trembling hands.

Why was it so hard to think? It wasn’t his first firefight. Hell, he’d been dropped right into the middle of a battle his first day in country. Yet something about this paralysed him. Maybe it was the suddenness of the attack or the sheer unexpectedness of it.

Both sides had agreed to a ceasefire while they’d observed the celebrations for the Tet Lunar New Year, and the US military had agreed as well. But here were the Viet Cong breaking the truce while the rest of them were sleeping. They should’ve known better than to trust the bastards.

Deep breaths, Kenny. You can do this.

His head shot up, and he glanced around wildly. What was Harold doing there? He should be in California or Canada, anywhere besides this hellhole. But Harold wasn’t there. In fact, there wasn’t anyone near him. They had all gone to the other side of the base where the enemy attack seemed concentrated.

As a rocket exploded over the area, he looked out beyond the foxholes to where the no man’s land was between the base and the jungle. There were men crawling across it towards him. Shit! He was going to be overrun, and there wasn’t anything he could do about it.

Take some of the bastards out with you then, Kenny. The voice that was Harold’s, yet couldn’t be, ordered him.

He knew it wasn’t Harold’s because his lover would never tell him to kill another person. Harold hadn’t even liked to go hunting with him back home. A lot of the other guys had picked on him, calling him ‘sissy’ and ‘girly’ for not wanting to take a life, but Harold had ignored them for the most part.