The Chosen: Love in a Hopeless Place, #3

By Emma Calin

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A story reminiscent of the 'Tales of the Unexpected' series.A woman, a man, a van and a plan.

What do painting and decorating, Thai brides, self-help manuals and pay-day loans have in common? J.A. knows the answer. Follow his his quest for love and happiness in The Chosen. When the luck runs out; the lucky walk away. A humorous short story set in the extremis of everyday.

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"An absolute gem"

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A classic short story in the tradition of O'Henry and Thurber

• Language: English
• Publisher: Emma Calin
• Release date: Apr 1, 2020
• ISBN: 9781393412526

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The Chosen

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by Emma Calin

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The Chosen

Published by Gallo-Romano Media

copyright © 2012 Emma Calin

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All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without prior written permission of the Author. Your support of author’s rights is appreciated.

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All characters in this compilation are fictitious. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. This book is written using American English spelling conventions but with British English punctuation and grammar in order to do the impossible – to please everyone.

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The Chosen

Of course, there had to be a woman in the story.

I had known J.A. for a couple of weeks and that one lunchtime, he spoke of her. He sat eating a thin white bread sandwich, spread with thin red jam with his thin white hands. He rolled a cigarette as thin as a match, inhaled deeply so that the red end glowed. He handed me his baccy and papers and began to talk the smoke from his wheezing lungs.

"It weren’t a sex holiday my friend – she chose me. Mr Chang met me at the airport. He told me straight away that she’d chosen me. That’s the reason I sold up and bought the condo flat for her. Bloody ‘ell – the poor thing,