His Beloved Criminal

The clock is ticking, and Tristan has to make the choice of a lifetime - does he play it safe, or give everything he has to love?

Tristan is devastated when his lover, Nicolas, leaves two days before Thanksgiving and doesn’t come back. He knows that Nicolas is into some shady things, but he doesn’t know whether or not Nicolas meant to leave him, and the worry drives him mad. But just as suddenly as he left, Nicolas is back, and Tristan has a decision to make…

This is a contemporary short story of approximately 5000 words, or 20 book pages.