Free Master of Deception: Things aren't always what they seem by Karoyln Huddleston Page B

he's got a lot of things inside that he's terrified to reveal. Demons that he only shares with me, he and I have been friends since we were kids and he's a great guy. He does everything he can to keep his house in order. However until he begins to live the truth he will never truly be happy. Alexis appears to be very happy within their relationship but that's only because she lives in the dark. She doesn't truly know who her husband is. I’ve talked to him about this a million times over drinks, blunts, sober whatever. Yet he refuses to step up and be honest about who he truly is and the life that he'd rather be living. Sometimes I just want to drop an anonymous letter to Alexis and tell her everything, but it’s not my place. When I met him he was playing basketball at the park, he was pretty good to. I asked could I play and he said sure, and he’s been my ace from that day forward. We got really tight right away, I remember him confiding in me that his dad had given his mom a black eye. Tristan wanted to kill his dad for hurting his mom. And he couldn't understand why she stayed with him. I listened and understood completely my father had left me and my mom a long time ago. But I remember him beating her and me, I always hated him for hurting my mom more than me. I remember Tristan always trying to remain strong but a few times tears still came and he'd wipe them just as quick as they'd fall. I told him to come to my house and spend the night anytime he wanted to, our house wasn’t as nice as his but my mom always cooked and made dessert we both laughed. We've been inseparable ever since.
    I care for him more than anything and I would never go against him but it is time for him to man up and tell the truth about his life and stop living in denial.
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    Chapter 4
    Kandi (Alexis best friend)
    The life of a woman is one that is never completely comfortable or safe. A lot of times we as women believe what we want to believe instead of what's right in front of our faces. Which is the case of my home girl Alexis. Alexis and I have been friends for the last ten or more years. We met at a factory temp job that we both worked at before we advanced. I went on to buy and run my very own nightclub and she decided to go into business for herself writing a variety of novels. And no matter how busy we were, she and I continue to be friends. I love Alexis with all my heart but I can see right through Tristan, he's just as no good as they come. Now don’t get me wrong he's a good provider and he sounds very convincing when he speaks of his family. But there's way more to him that meets the eye. And sometimes when you're in love you can't see past your own heart and that's exactly where Alexis is. I myself am single, I have no children and I love my life just the way it is. I've been in good relationships and I've been in horrible relationships. But one thing I have learned is how to read a man and know when his ass is telling a bald-faced lie. And honestly he and his friends are the most lying conniving group I have ever met in my life! But being a good friend to Alexis… sometimes I have to tone it down a little bit. She gets upset when I dog his ass out! She tells me these things about him and I can see that he's causing her pain. She pretends to be happy all the time, when she's really not.
    Sadly she won't even consider leaving him or maybe counseling. I don't know what to do there's no real evidence against him but all the other signs of him doing extra curriculum outside of the house is very clear. Yeah he’s a good provider, but he is never there. And when he is.. he’s secretly on the phone or so mentally withdrawn that he isn’t there anyway.
      I'm no fool… I see him for just the dog he is. The only thing that I will give him credit for is he's a very good father to Ronisha. She loves him to death, and he provides her with everything she needs and more. Even moral support, he has been