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TRILOGY
Book Two: DUO IN RED
Genre: Literary Fiction
Publication Year: 2028
Sneak Peak of Chapter 1
"In the world most want to be Vanilla, I’d rather be a hint of pepper.
Slowly intoxicating the skin that gripped it at a rush by leaving its own traces of capsaicin. Slowly. The earth good leave its own traces on the skin, invisible, forgotten, when after a while a person whom gripped it remembers it after feeling the burn tingling on the skin.
Remaining for hours blazing in its place, leaving a remarkable signature of its memory of being held.
Great entrepreneurs are the ones mostly feared before admired.
They are the ones everyone tries to offend from time to time, waiting for their rich reaction and comments. Where others like the crow trying to feast from a falcon’s pry, forgetting that the falcon could get rid of the pointless noise of the crow..."
- A journal Entry.
"I really want to bulk." it seems like the common trend also lured his interest.
Looking fit was the winners joker card, they usually have more of the appreciation, the understanding, and the claps. They are mostly in the safe arena. being seen valuable, responsible, and masterfully useful. Being one of them is considered a conscious decision.
Yet, this is a story about failing. Cherishing the mistakes, the lost times, and the alluring mysteries of the ugly.
"I need 50 more grams of protein, add it to this Qahwa shake, please."
The lawyer -to-be waited impatiently for his order. After all, who would want to miss the chance of finding a great seat to witness the United Arab Emirates team qualifying to the World Cup 2118.
There are timeless things in life that technology could never replace, in the present, past or future, like excitement at social events, playing sports, or even seeing Al Faroukha worn as a craft as a part of the traditional wear.
After the rush, he was seated at the first line in the Turbo Train, he received a text.
"Your mid-term will be at court, you will be tested in defending a client against a romance scam he faced."
He agreed on the mid-term genre suggested to him, he knew it was too easy for him to ace it. Little he knew, it would lead him to his greatest failures.
To be continued.