Deceive Me

<p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Jared</strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>They say love and hate dance together along the same line.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>My feelings for Layla don't dance on the line; they destroy it.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>It's been seven years since she disappeared without a trace.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>And now she's back but things have changed-I've changed.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I'm no longer the Jared she remembers the boy who wanted to protect her.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I'm very much my father's son and I take what I want and what I want is Layla.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>But this time I'm keeping her forever.</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Layla</strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Seven years-that's how long it's been since I've seen him.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>After painstakingly putting myself back together I'm finally ready to start a life without his memory chasing my every step.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Imagine my surprise when my new beginning leads me straight back to him.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Only he's not the boy I remember.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>He's angry.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Damaged.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Hiding secrets that want to destroy him.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>He hates me. He wants me.</span></p><p><br></p><p><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I'm not sure I'll survive the man he has become. His demons threaten to destroy us both.</em></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>***Part One of the Broken People Duet***</strong></p>