Take
A Chance
Second Chance Series
By Megs Pritchard
Genre: M/M Romance
Release Date: April 7, 2017
Tom Carter
Kicked out at
fifteen for being gay, Tom survived by selling his body on the streets. Four
years later, Tom, now nineteen, doesn’t know how long he can continue living
this life.
One night while
out working, Tom sees a face from his past, one he had long forgotten. One he
had used to fantasise about.
Sebastian Banks
Afraid of the
reaction he will receive, Tom runs away hoping never to see him again. But Seb
had other ideas.
Seb Banks
At twenty-five,
Seb’s life is going exactly the way he had wanted. Having worked hard at
University, Seb has been offered a permanent contract at a local solicitor.
While driving to
a friend’s house to celebrate, Seb is shocked to find Tom, someone he hasn’t
seen in years, on the streets, selling himself.
Feeling an
overwhelming need to help Tom, Seb tracks him down and offers him a way out.
Is Tom willing
to take a chance on Seb and accept his offer, or will his distrust of everyone
from his past cause him to push Seb away?
Dodging a group
of people who were already drunk, as they stumbled out of Via, Tom continued
towards the end of Canal Street before heading towards Piccadilly Gardens. Not
the safest of areas but one he knew well, and he knew the people who worked
there both male and female.
As he was
walking along, a car pulled up beside him. Tom turned towards the car and
plastered a fake smile on his face as he walked over to the window. Leaning
over, he saw who it was. "For fuck's sake!" he muttered. "What
do you want?" he asked as he pushed away from the car.
Seb parked up
and got out, leaving the door open. "What? You working?"
"Actually,
yeah I am, and you're scaring away all the punters, so fuck off!"
Seb grabbed him
and shouted, "No, I won't." He took a deep breath. "I won't let
you walk away again. I want to help. I'm not like your parents, and it doesn't
have to be like this. You don't have to sell yourself. I don't know what it's
been like for you, but there has to be something better than this."
What. The. Fuck!
"No, you don't know what it's been like for me!" screamed Tom.
"My parents, they threw me out like yesterday's rubbish, they didn't give
a shit. I was fifteen, man, how the hell was I supposed to look after myself?
There's nothing better for someone like me, so just leave me the fuck
alone!"
"No, I
can't just walk away knowing what you're doing. Explain it to me. Why this,
Tom? Why turn to this?" Seb asked him with genuine interest shining from
his brown eyes.
Tom spun away
from Seb, looking at his feet while running his hands through his hair, as he
paced back and forth in front of him. Talking about his choice to sell himself
wasn't a conversation he wanted to be having, but fuck, he'd made the best he
could with what he had, which was nothing. He turned back to Seb as he looked
up into the night sky. Closing his eyes, Tom inhaled deeply, holding the air in
his lungs. How could he explain why he had resorted to selling himself? What
could he say?
Tom glanced at
Seb and exhaled. "I know this isn't what you wanted to hear, your
brother's mate, the rent boy, the whore, taking money for blow jobs or back
alley fucks." Tom paused and looked at Seb. "I look in the mirror and
see who I am, what I've become to pay for food, the occasional roof over my
head. I wish things could have been different. I wish they'd accepted me for
who I am." Tom shrugged. "I should have known they'd never accept
their son as gay." Tom laughed bitterly. "Do you know they never even
let me get my stuff from my room? I left with the clothes on my back and money
from my Saturday job. That was it. That first night on the streets, I didn't
know who to turn to or where to go." Tom shook his head. "Do you
think I want to be gay? Do you think I would choose this life?"
"Tom,
I'm—"
"Save it,
Seb. Whatever you're gonna say, don't," Tom muttered quietly.
Megs Pritchard lives in England and is a mother to two small
boys. When she isn’t working or being mummy, she is busy writing about complex
characters that know the harsh realities of life but want a HEA.
A lover of M/M and M/F romances
she believes everyone deserves to be happy, healthy and loved.
Growing
up in a military family, Megs has traveled Europe and has a great deal of
respect and gratitude for all the men and women who have and who still serve. Her
dream job was to be a Bomb Disposal Expert and even had her own ‘kit’ when she
was younger.
She is
currently working on her first full length series called Second Chances.
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