Tiny Teaser

Here's a small teaser from my novel. I'm withholding the title for the time being.

"The next morning, Reggie laid in the bed clutching a pillow. He managed to get some sleep but he didn't rest well. He hoped that Ebony would return to him. Even if she snuck in the middle of the night and slept in the other room, she would be there with him. He sighed and stared at the wall. It was a few hours before he decided to get out of the bed. He bathed and made himself a cup of tea. He sat in the living room and tried to watch the television but he just flipped the channels and stared into space. He then decided to go out for a long drive. He got dressed and after making sure that the house was secure, he got into her car and looked around to see if she left a note or anything to give him an idea of where she was. Besides the normal papers that she kept in her car, he didn’t find anything. He saw a pack of gum she loved to chew and stuck it inside of his pocket. He closed the car door, inhaled deeply, then decided to drive it instead of his own. He smelled a faint scent of her perfume in the car as he drove around the city. He went to the different spots they used to go to when they first got together. He drove through his old neighborhood and saw the people that he used to hang out with. He saw the element of destruction that he himself was once a part of. Reggie acknowledged the people that he was close to and stopped to talk to them. It felt good for him to be around his buddies but at the same time it was strange. In a way, he felt like he had betrayed them by leaving that lifestyle. He knew that it was the right decision but wasn’t too sure if it was the best one. Ebony was what kept him from going back into that life. He had his moments where he missed that fast life. It was in him. It was a part of who he was but Ebony would always encourage him into staying on the other side of that life. ‘You’ve been there, done that and you see where it led you. You have talents that you can focus on. The same way you hustled in the streets, you can hustle at the work place. Use that skill for good.’ That’s how he ended up with the contract to build the building that he ended up working in. Now with her gone, he felt the need to be in his old neighborhood. He also decided to visit with his family."