Leo is a troubled young man, constantly on the brink of disaster. In the midst of his own emotional turmoil, Leo meets Elizabeth, single mom of a newborn, with a lot on her plate and a past that she won't acknowledge.
Leo has always been driven to rescue others, and Elizabeth becomes the newest project to help him forget his own troubles.
Can Leo reach Elizabeth, and at the same time, come to terms with his own past? Or is he messing around with something beyond his ability to manage?
[Warning - contains disturbing scenes of abuse]
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LEO. THE LION. SOMETIMES I wonder if I am the only one walking around with a lion inside me. I try to suppress it, to bury the lion, to keep it deep, deep down inside me. But it doesn’t seem to matter. It is still there, barely beneath the surface, showing its snarling face at the least provocation.
I see other people walking around without a care in the world. I see people who ignore insults and slights. I see people who ignore it when they see wrong and injustice around them, who are able to turn their backs on neglect and abuse, who seem to go through life with a sort of peace and apathy incomprehensible to me.
Do I feed the lion? I mean, I must, for it to live on and be so strong. I don’t try to. I don’t mean to. I try to starve it out, but it feasts on everything I try to thrust down inside me. Someone cuts me off on the freeway, I swallow the anger and the lion feasts. I find a dog someone has beaten and tied up for three days without food, and I push it down. Try to suppress the rage and the lion feasts and grows. Then something happens at the gym… someone doesn’t put equipment away or one of the kids doesn’t show up for practice or I hear one of them is in trouble, and the lion comes out. He roars, he rages, he is uncontrollable. I say and do things I know I shouldn’t and I will regret later, but it doesn’t matter. It doesn’t matter I know it is wrong, because I can’t stop it any more than I could stop a hurricane in its path. It is simply against nature. Can’t be done.
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Translated by Alex Ferretti
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