His Guilty Secret by Helene Fermont
Release Date: 27th November 2017
Publisher: Fridhem Publish
Publisher: Fridhem Publish
Genres: Mystery / Suspense / Psychological
When Jacques's body is discovered in a hotel room
his wife, Patricia, suspects he has been hiding something from her.
Why was he found naked and who is the woman that
visited his grave on the day of the funeral? Significantly, who is the unnamed
beneficiary Jacques left a large sum of money to in his will and what is the
reason her best friend, also Jacques's sister, Coco, refuses to tell her what
he confided to her?
Struggling to find out the truth, Patricia visits
Malmö where her twin sister Jasmine lives and is married to her ex boyfriend.
But the sisters relationship is toxic and when a family member dies shortly after,
an old secret is revealed that shines a light on an event that took place on
their tenth birthday.
As one revelation after another is revealed,
Patricia is yet to discover her husband's biggest secret and what ultimately
cost him his life.
His Guilty Secret is an unafraid examination of the tangled bonds
between siblings, the lengths we go to in protecting our wrongdoings, and the
enduring psychological effects this has on the innocent...and the not so
innocent.
EXTRACT
Her eyes welled up with tears. “But I
can’t lose you! Please let me call reception and ask them to send
someone…anyone!” Her intuition told her something terrible was about to happen.
Yet, unless he allowed her to help him, there wasn’t a thing she could do to
prevent it.
Struggling to talk now, the man
whispered, “You must leave: we must think of the people in our lives. Someone
will find me after you’ve gone. Take good care of yourself; no one can find out
about us…” He collapsed on the carpet next to the bed where only a few hours
ago they’d made love.
The woman ran over and sat down beside
him, sobbing hysterically while holding him in her arms. “Please let me help
you, we can’t end like this!” Flashbacks of everything they had shared mingled
with regret he’d never been part of the most important thing.
As she held on to him for dear life,
the woman heard him whisper, “I was wrong to deny what matters to me the most.
You must find it in your heart to forgive me for my mistake. Promise me you
will always be there when it’s required of you…I will always love you and
Patricia…” The man knew his life would soon be over. As he took a final look at
the woman he’d loved for so long, his last words were barely audible. “Forgive
me…Tell Patricia I never…meant to hurt her…”
Tears blinding her vision, the woman
gently kissed his mouth and closed his eyes. He was gone. Everything they
shared ceased to exist and she had no idea how to survive without him.
Just before noon, the woman took one
last look at the man, praying he didn’t have to be on his own for much longer.
She couldn’t bear the thought of some stranger discovering him like that. But
it’s what he wanted. Even at his death, no one knows about us and the secret
we’ve been hiding. “Goodbye, my love, I will carry you in my heart until
the day I die.”
Gathering up their suitcases and the
mobile he’d been hiding from his wife, she ran downstairs to reception and out
of the main doors, grateful he’d settled the bill for the room and breakfast
last night. She caught a cab outside, and asked the driver to take her to the
airport, where she disposed of his case and phone in a dustbin on her way
towards her gate.
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