To Be Alive

At twenty-two years old Rhett Hawkins lives a life full of secrets and lies. Nobody knows the truth about his childhood growing up in an abusive home the eating disorder that threatens to take his life the obsessive thoughts about death that play like a movie in the back of his mind and the sexuality he hides.Nobody until he meets Colt that is.Police Constable Colt Williams is the only person ever took the time to look past the lies and see Rhett for who he really is: a damaged beautiful young man desperate for love and acceptance. When Colt steps in and tries to get him help Rhett makes a choice that takes him further away from life than hes ever been before.With his world turned upside down and his secrets laid bare for all to see Rhett realizes its only by facing death that he can learn what it truly means to be alive.