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SHADES OF LIFE by Ms.Lucy Kuria
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S
A novel
Written by
Miss Lucy Kuria
Shades of life Copyright ©2021
Lucy Kuria
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the author except brief quotations.
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidences are entirety the product of the author's imaginations. Any resemblance to actually persons, living or dead, events or locations is entirely coincidental.
Dedication
This book is dedicated to my siblings for giving me the motivation to decide what I want to be and go be it.
Also dedicated to all the romantics out there who believe in a love that lasts.
Note from the author
Some books are pieces of us, some are pieces of other people while others are pieces of imagination. Then there's Shades of Life; having a piece of each. Love, hate, joy, sadness, songs, death and life.
I wanted to write a modern romantic comedy but jokes on me am not good at it. It's my first novel don't be too harsh... Baby steps right?
Table of contents
Cover page
Dedication
Prologue
Chapter 1: JOSH
Chapter 2: OLIVIA
Chapter3: JOSH
Chapter 4: OLIVIA
Chapter 5: JOSH
Chapter 6: OLIVIA
Chapter 7: JOSH
Chapter 8: OLIVIA
Chapter 9: JOSH
Chapter 10: OLIVIA
Chapter 11: JOSH
Chapter 12: OLIVIA
Chapter 13: JOSH
Chapter 14: OLIVIA
Chapter 15: JOSH
Chapter 16: OLIVIA
Chapter 17: JOSH
Chapter 18: OLIVIA
Chapter 19: JOSH
Chapter 20: OLIVIA
Epilogue
Acknowledgement
Other titles by Lucy Kuria
PROLOGUE
Olivia is a final year medical student with a skeptical knowledge about her 'sister ' Lisa who disappeared before she was born. Her parents didn't talk much about her other than that she will return some day. Even so Olivia feels deeply connected to her despite not knowing her at all.
One fine afternoon as she was studying in the library, her mind wondered off to her sister. She had all the while wished she had known her personally. She tore a leaf from her book and wrote;
Lisa
All the days under the sun
Yet none began or ended with you
How I wish you were here
When I was hanging by a thread
Yet I've not lost hope
That you'll surely come
Come home
Where you belong
They have not forgotten
How you warmed their hearts
All they sing is praises
From where did you get so much courage?
Believe me when I say
That I admire you so
I wish you were here
Liv
She then folded the piece of paper into a paper plane, her way of letting thoughts fly, and then put it away in one of her books. She then continued studying for her test. This had become a habit of hers; shed put down her intimate thoughts on a paper then fold it. She believed that this calmed her down and as a matter of fact, it did.
It had been a week after that day when she took up a book from the library. As she was flipping through its pages, a sheet fell off. It was the same sheet she had written. She must have forgotten to take it with her back then. She quickly grabbed the paper and opened it up. There was a sticker note on it. Someone had definitely read it.
The note read;
Liv
It's man's nature to long
It's their nature to feel lost
It's our nature to want what we lost
I believe that who you are looking for is right with you
You just have to close your eyes and feel them
Their place is in the warmth of your heart
Don't look too far
Your love is home
Josh
She was fascinated at the writers ability. It was like they read her mind. She read the note over and over. She felt happy at the writers words. She then tore a page in her book and wrote;
Josh
You are right
Even so it seems like the light is so hidden afar
A darkness that seems too thick a wall to cross
When the only assurance of their existence is the beat of your heart
And you know that when your heart stops so will theirs
I will look within for the warmth of her touch
And seek without for the days not spent with her
I believe someday...one day we'll find each other.
Liv
She wished she could meet the stranger who had brilliantly comforted her. She wanted to thank them. She pulled out a sticker note then wrote a thank you message and left it in place of the two notes. She was however not expecting them to reply to the note. She just hoped that they would read it.
Chapter 1: My puzzle
JOSH
It had been weeks since the note cycle began. One I still carry in my wallet. It reads;
My mind is a minefield of sad days
One will end and another will roll in a constant ebb
Like a switch I find things as unappealing as instantly as I found them appealing
I shy away from real; they are all masked
Tend to push away those closest to me
Attraction leads to trust and trust to love things I don't want to be...
S
A novel
Written by
Miss Lucy Kuria
Shades of life Copyright ©2021
Lucy Kuria
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the author except brief quotations.
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidences are entirety the product of the author's imaginations. Any resemblance to actually persons, living or dead, events or locations is entirely coincidental.
Dedication
This book is dedicated to my siblings for giving me the motivation to decide what I want to be and go be it.
Also dedicated to all the romantics out there who believe in a love that lasts.
Note from the author
Some books are pieces of us, some are pieces of other people while others are pieces of imagination. Then there's Shades of Life; having a piece of each. Love, hate, joy, sadness, songs, death and life.
I wanted to write a modern romantic comedy but jokes on me am not good at it. It's my first novel don't be too harsh... Baby steps right?
Table of contents
Cover page
Dedication
Prologue
Chapter 1: JOSH
Chapter 2: OLIVIA
Chapter3: JOSH
Chapter 4: OLIVIA
Chapter 5: JOSH
Chapter 6: OLIVIA
Chapter 7: JOSH
Chapter 8: OLIVIA
Chapter 9: JOSH
Chapter 10: OLIVIA
Chapter 11: JOSH
Chapter 12: OLIVIA
Chapter 13: JOSH
Chapter 14: OLIVIA
Chapter 15: JOSH
Chapter 16: OLIVIA
Chapter 17: JOSH
Chapter 18: OLIVIA
Chapter 19: JOSH
Chapter 20: OLIVIA
Epilogue
Acknowledgement
Other titles by Lucy Kuria
PROLOGUE
Olivia is a final year medical student with a skeptical knowledge about her 'sister ' Lisa who disappeared before she was born. Her parents didn't talk much about her other than that she will return some day. Even so Olivia feels deeply connected to her despite not knowing her at all.
One fine afternoon as she was studying in the library, her mind wondered off to her sister. She had all the while wished she had known her personally. She tore a leaf from her book and wrote;
Lisa
All the days under the sun
Yet none began or ended with you
How I wish you were here
When I was hanging by a thread
Yet I've not lost hope
That you'll surely come
Come home
Where you belong
They have not forgotten
How you warmed their hearts
All they sing is praises
From where did you get so much courage?
Believe me when I say
That I admire you so
I wish you were here
Liv
She then folded the piece of paper into a paper plane, her way of letting thoughts fly, and then put it away in one of her books. She then continued studying for her test. This had become a habit of hers; shed put down her intimate thoughts on a paper then fold it. She believed that this calmed her down and as a matter of fact, it did.
It had been a week after that day when she took up a book from the library. As she was flipping through its pages, a sheet fell off. It was the same sheet she had written. She must have forgotten to take it with her back then. She quickly grabbed the paper and opened it up. There was a sticker note on it. Someone had definitely read it.
The note read;
Liv
It's man's nature to long
It's their nature to feel lost
It's our nature to want what we lost
I believe that who you are looking for is right with you
You just have to close your eyes and feel them
Their place is in the warmth of your heart
Don't look too far
Your love is home
Josh
She was fascinated at the writers ability. It was like they read her mind. She read the note over and over. She felt happy at the writers words. She then tore a page in her book and wrote;
Josh
You are right
Even so it seems like the light is so hidden afar
A darkness that seems too thick a wall to cross
When the only assurance of their existence is the beat of your heart
And you know that when your heart stops so will theirs
I will look within for the warmth of her touch
And seek without for the days not spent with her
I believe someday...one day we'll find each other.
Liv
She wished she could meet the stranger who had brilliantly comforted her. She wanted to thank them. She pulled out a sticker note then wrote a thank you message and left it in place of the two notes. She was however not expecting them to reply to the note. She just hoped that they would read it.
Chapter 1: My puzzle
JOSH
It had been weeks since the note cycle began. One I still carry in my wallet. It reads;
My mind is a minefield of sad days
One will end and another will roll in a constant ebb
Like a switch I find things as unappealing as instantly as I found them appealing
I shy away from real; they are all masked
Tend to push away those closest to me
Attraction leads to trust and trust to love things I don't want to be...
