Forced Out of the Darkness (31 page)

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Cameron had a nice time
in church though he had to park a block away from the church because the
parking lot of the church was full. He looked at his phone when he got out of
church and found that he did not have any missed calls. As he was walking to
the car, a nicely dressed man walked up to him and asked, “Are you Cameron
McNeil?”

“Yes, I am. How can I
help you?”

“I was told that you
might want to see this.” He said as he handed Cameron the manila envelope.

“Excuse me? Who are you
and how do you know me?”

“That is not important
but what is important is that you see what is in that envelope. Sorry that you
had to learn it this way.” He said as he turned and walked away.

Cameron looked at the
envelope and saw that someone wrote on the outside of the sealed envelope:

This is what you were
looking for
.

Cameron got into his
car and took a breath. His heart was beating fast and hard. “What in the hell
was this?” Cameron though. He opened the envelope and saw the photo of Monti in
the park having sex but he could not recognize the person Monti was with. His
face burned and his eyes began to water. “What the fuck?” He said. Cameron
pulled out the note and read it.

Cameron,

I am sorry to have to
bring this to you like this. The guy that you have been dating has a secret
life. He frequents parks, bookstores and bathhouses. He has not stopped this
even when he was involved with you. The photos are him taken less than a month
ago when you were away at work. This is not the first time and won’t be the
last time. He has never been faithful to anyone and trust me we know. We gave
him a few days to tell you the truth but he is a coward and a pathological
liar. He doesn’t know how to tell the truth. You deserve better. I hope you do
what is right.

Harper

“Who the hell is Harper
and why would they give me this stuff?” Cameron said as he wiped the tears that
formed in his eyes.

Chapter
Forty-Four

Secrets
Exposed

Church was over and Monti
was speaking to his friends and some family members who also attended the
church with him. He was getting ready to walk out of the sanctuary when a man
in a suit walked up to him. “What a great service today. I see that you really
enjoyed the message.”

“Yes, I needed this
message.” Monti responded.

“Enjoy the rest of your
day.” He said as he shook his hand. Monti felt someone tap him on the shoulder.
He turned around and one of his church friends said, “I think you need to see
this.” He handed him a flyer that had the caption
Introducing Monti’s
Lustful Desires.
Immediately Monti knew what he was seeing. Monti asked
him, “Where did you get this?”

“They are on everyone’s
cars in the parking lot.”

Monti ran out of the
church to find that the photos of him in the park with Calvin were put collage
style on a flyer and distributed on every car in the church’s parking lot and
those that were on the streets surrounding the church. The bottom of the flyer
said, “
The darkness comes to the light!
” Monti tried to get the flyers
that he could see but it was too late. Most of the congregation was outside of
the church at their cars seeing Monti exposed in all his lust. He ran to his vehicle
to find another manila envelope on his windshield. This time there were no photos
in the envelope. Just a note that said:

Monti,

You will now know what
it means to lose everything. Your church family sees you for who you are. Your
boss knows that you can’t keep your dick to yourself and I am sure that Cameron
will not want to see you again because he, too, knows your secrets. Does your
mother know where you take her Jeep in the wee hours of the night?

The truth revealed
feels so good…doesn’t it?

H-W

Monti had to call
Cameron. He reached for his cell phone to call Cameron when it began to ring. He
looked at the caller Id and saw that it read Mom.

“Hello?”

“Hello Son, what are
you doing?”

“I am just leaving
church and you?”

“Montague, are you
going to tell me why I got home from church today and found an envelope with a
photo of you and some man doing God-knows-what on a tree?”

“Mom, I don’t have time
right now for your condescending comments. Obviously, the picture is of me. I
made some bad judgments recently…oh hell, in my whole life I have made bad
decisions. I do not need you to throw it in my face. My life is crumbling
before me, and personally, I don’t need you adding to the pain that I am
already feeling. So, if that is all you are calling me for then I don’t need to
hear this right now. I have a relationship that I have to try to save and I
think that I might have gone too far at this point.”

“I did not raise you to
do this stuff…”

“Mom, I can’t talk
about this with you right now.” Monti interrupted. He heard the phone beep, indicating
another call was coming through. He looked at his phone and saw the caller ID. “My
phone is ringing. Cameron is the man that I love. We can talk about this
later.” He clicked over and said, “Hello.”

“Monti?” Cameron said
on the other line.

ABOUT
THE AUTHOR

G. Wayne Jackson is a
freelance writer and author. G. Wayne is a Gulf War Veteran of the United
States Army and a graduate of the University of Michigan-Dearborn. He has
earned two Master degrees and is close to finishing his Doctorate degree. He
decided, at the urging of his partner in life, to write what was inside. After
a year of indecision, he began the process of putting on paper what was in his
heart.
Forced Out of the Darkness
is the result of this effort.

G. Wayne is currently working
on the sequel to
Forced Out of the Darkness
. He resides in Chicago,
Illinois with his partner Walter and their two dogs, Isis and NeeNee.