Authors: Chris Fraser
Tags: #Mystery; Thriller & Suspense, #Thrillers & Suspense, #Historical, #Spies & Politics, #Assassinations, #Conspiracies, #Political, #Terrorism, #Thrillers
Bookmaker, The (27 page)
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We both stopped reading and stared out into the sunset.
“A brutal ending to a brutal story,” she said, putting her head on my shoulder. “Are you ever going to share it with the world?”
Her question exposed the reality that these truths, these history
-altering revelations, were now mine and mine alone and would weigh heavy on me. Somehow it became my cross to bear.
“I don’t know,
” I said, looking at the ocean behind her. “It certainly would change our lives and probably not for the better. What do you think? Should we make it public?”
“I don’t know,” she said, “is there any way we can just pretend that it all never happened and let the world keep believing what it’s been told?”
“For us, for now, I think it’s the only way.”
The last remnants of the sun painted the horizon orange and red as I held her tight, feeling her heartbeat coincide with my own. This is what I’d wanted all along—Corynne and I alone with sand between our toes and palm trees swaying above. It was time to do the second thing I came there to do. I took her hand in mine and looked deep into her eyes. Her welling tears told me she knew something was coming, something big. I got down on one knee and started fumbling for the ring in my pocket.
The End
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The Bookmaker is Chris Fraser’s debut novel. Chris was born and raised in Southern California and currently lives in Arizona with his wife and young son where he is finishing up his next novel.