A SACRIFICE BEYOND LOVE
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A Story of Guilt, Loyalty, and Second Chances_
By
Israel M. Kingsley
Copyright © 2026 by Israel M. Kingsley
All rights reserved.
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are The product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is
Purely coincidental.
No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form
Without written permission from the author.
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First Edition: 2026
Cover Design by Israel M Kingsley
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Dedicated to everyone who chose love
When staying was the hardest thing to do.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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PART ONE: THE MEETING
Chapter One: Car Park
Chapter Two: Bryan's Flat
Chapter Three: The Office
Chapter Four: The Hotel
Chapter Five: The Growing
PART TWO: THE RESISTANCE
Chapter Six: What They Said
Chapter Seven: The Bar
Chapter Eight: Dinner with the Williams
Chapter Nine: The Office
Chapter Ten: Late Night
PART THREE: THE MARRIAGE
Chapter Eleven: What Love Bought
Chapter Twelve: The First Year
Chapter Thirteen: The Cracks
Chapter Fourteen: The Ground Shifts
Chapter Fifteen: The Campaign
Chapter Sixteen: The Old Flame
Chapter Seventeen: The Papers
PART FOUR: THE NIGHT EVERYTHING CHANGED
Chapter Eighteen: Room 412
Chapter Nineteen: The Choice
Chapter Twenty: The Morning After
Chapter Twenty-One: The Station
Chapter Twenty-Two: Holding
PART FIVE: THE WEIGHT OF WAITING
Chapter Twenty-Three: The Business
Chapter Twenty-Four: Glass Between Them
Chapter Twenty-Five: What the Mother Kept
PART SIX: THE TRUTH AND AFTER
Chapter Twenty-Six: The Courtroom
Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Steps
EPILOGUE: Three Months Later
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THE END