RELEASE DAY~ DISCONNECTED by Bethany Daniel
Title: Disconnected
Author: Bethany Daniel
BLURB
This is the retelling of Reconnected from Liam's POV.
A Fast Paced Love Story!
Liam and Katy were high school sweethearts. Shortly after they graduated they
ran off to Vegas to get married. Liam does theater acting and it's there that
he is discovered by Excite Entertainment and flown to L.A.
Once he's in L.A his marriage takes the backseat to rubbing elbows with
Hollywood's biggest and brightest. One night Liam throws a big party and Katy
comes into their house filled with half dressed women. When Katy says she's
going to leave, Liam doesn't believe her until he comes home from filming and
finds a note that tears him apart.
Four years later, he's tried to move on but never let go of the love he has in
his heart for his Katy. It's in a little town they are filming in that their
paths cross again and Liam has to try and convince Katy that their love is
worth fighting for.
Prologue
A party ruined my life. It was supposed to be all about
making a name for myself and showing everyone that I was the new kid on the
block, but my wife was in the background and she left me.
When I got home from shooting the day after the party, I
thought she would be there waiting for me with a home cooked meal like always.
She had told me she wanted to keep something normal while everything else was
so make-believe. But when I came in, all that was there was a note:
"I'm leaving. I hope you have all the successes you've
ever wanted. I won't be along for this crazy ride. Goodbye.
Love, Katy"
I didn't believe her when she said she would leave. I
thought she was just mad about all the girls in the house. I never thought she
could really just be gone.
After I read that note, I tore the house apart. I ran
through every room yelling her name and then I grabbed the phone and tried to
call her over and over again. When she didn't answer, I called her parents. All
Mrs. Parker would tell me was that she was safe and really upset. She said she
was sure we could work things out, this was just the first of many fights
married couples have. But she was wrong. Katy never came back home to me.
So I started drinking. I drank and drank until I could
hardly move anymore. Mitchell Fallon said he was going to fire me if I didn't
get over it because she's "only a girl" and there's plenty more where
she came from. But he never got it. She's still more than just another girl to
me, she's everything. And I blew it.
One morning I woke up and made myself think with a clear
head. I was going to find her. Filming was on a break, so I took a few days and
I drove home to my parents' house first.
"Sweetie, are you sure you're alright?" my mom
asked me for the hundredth time after I got there.
"Yes. Because I'm going to find her, Mom. I have to.
I'm going to go talk to Mr. and Mrs. Parker and make them understand that I
need her! I'll apologize and Katy will come home with me."
My parents exchanged a look and I sighed with frustration.
"Look, I'll be back later."
I walked out, hopped into my car, and sped down the route I
knew by heart until I got to Katy's child hood home. I tapped my fingers on the
steering wheel until I had the courage to get out and walk up to the door and
knock.
A few moments later, Mr. Parker opened the door and crossed
his arms as he looked at me. "Liam."
"Mr. Parker, I need to know where Katy is." I
wanted to sound like I meant business but it came out more as a plea.
He shook his head looking down at the ground. "I'm
sorry son, I can't tell you that."
I glared at him. "She is my wife! I have every right to
know where she is!"
He glared right back at me and stepped closer. "And she
is my daughter. Do you have any idea what you put her through when you took her
to that city? All you did was party and you forgot all about the wife you had
that was right there with you!" He yelled through clenched teeth.
I flinched and stepped back as Mrs. Parker came around the
corner to see what was going on.
She crossed her arms and came to stand next to her husband.
"Hello, Liam."
"Please--please Mr. and Mrs. Parker. Tell me where she
is so I can fix this," I pleaded with them.
Mrs. Parker looked at me sadly as she stepped forward and
took my hand. "Liam, sweetheart, she needs her time." She turned to
look at her husband. "Katelyn's not in Nevada anymore."
My eyes widened and I had to bite my lip to keep from
yelling and getting hit by Katy's dad. "She left the state? Just up and
left?" I shouted, frustrated, and started pacing.
I couldn't believe this was really happening. If she wanted
to teach me a lesson, well, she did.
"Where did she go? You have family all over the place!
Who did she go to?" I yelled, and stormed back towards the door.
"Son, I think it's best if you get in your car and
leave. Now." Mr. Parker glared at me. "You're just going to cause a
scene, and I doubt that's real great for your… what do they call it in
Hollywood? Image?" He shook his head. "Go on back. If Kate
wants to come back, she will."
"And what if she doesn't? What if I already screwed
this up too bad?" I gulped and looked down at my simple black wedding
band. When we ran off to Vegas to get married right after graduation, our
parents were furious. But we were in love and this was supposed to be forever.
Maybe forever isn't forever when you live in
Hollywood.
The whole drive back to L.A I started making a plan in my
head. Any free days I got, I was going to spend contacting Katy's friends and
family that I had information on. One of them was bound to know exactly where
she was. Or maybe Katy's parents would slip up when they were talking to my
parents. They're best friends. My parents are practically Katy and her brother
Derek's other family. They couldn't keep her away from me. I just had to hope
she'd come around. “We've known each other our whole lives, she has to know how
much she means to me,” I thought as I smacked my fist against the steering
wheel and turned into our very empty home.
There I saw the car of my new friend, Scott Adams, another
up-and-coming actor that Excite had taken on. We got along good, and he liked
to hang out-- especially since everything that had happened with Katy.
"Hey man, how's it going?" he asked as I got out
of the car.
I shook my head and leaned against the door. "Not good.
She's not even back home. She left the state. Her parents won't even tell me
where the heck she went!" I kicked some rocks from the driveway into the
grass.
"So now what?"
"Every chance I get, I'm going to contact all the
people I know connected to her and figure out where the heck she is." I
shrugged. "I really screwed up."
"I'll tell ya what, I'll help you." Scott smiled
at me as we walked inside. "You really love her don't you?"
I plopped down on my very expensive leather couch and nodded.
"I do. This city makes me different. I'm not the Liam that came from a
theater in Nevada anymore. Here I'm Liam Warren, movie star, and I feel like I
need to act the part." I ran both hands through my hair and squeezed them
into fists. "I just forgot to stop acting when I came back home."
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A year later, I was still no closer to figuring out where
she might be. Hope was slowly slipping away of ever getting another shot at
things.
After yet another dead end phone call to a friend, I threw
my phone across the room and watched it hit a wall.
"What was that about?" Scott asked as he came
around the corner. He'd taken up residence here. I'd figured he might as well.
"The same freaking answers over and over and over
again." I gritted my teeth. "I don't....I don't know what else to do
Scott." I slipped into a chair and covered my face. "If she was going
to forgive me, she would be back already."
Scott came and sat on the coffee table in front of me.
"You need to let go. I know you don't want to," he added in when I
gave him a look, but he just shrugged. "Come out with me tonight. Mingle
with some of Hollywood's newest and brightest. You have noticed your co-star,
Alexia right?" He raised an eyebrow at me.
I shrugged. "What about her?"
"She's beautiful. And she wants you. It's in her eyes
every time you guys are near each other. Marriage or not, she'll make you
forget the hurt you're feeling right now."
"I don't know, man. I don't think going out
partying is good for me right now."
"So don't think, get changed and come to the new club
everyone's been talking about. A bunch of people will be there, you won't think
about Katy and that mess at all. We'll just relax and have a good time."
After some internal arguing, I finally gave in to Scott.
Having a good time wouldn't kill me, and a little bit of distraction was
welcome.
I quickly got changed into some dress slacks and a button-up
white shirt and just ran some gel through my hair before I walked down the
stairs to where Scott was waiting.
"Ready to go?"
I nodded. "I guess so."
He patted my shoulder as we both went out the door and I
slipped behind the wheel of my little sports car. "I'll try to have fun, I
promise."
Scott smiled and nodded as he turned the radio on.
"Good, that's all I ask."
A little bit later we drove up to a large building that had
a line wrapped around the side. There were strobe lights going, masking the
camera flashes of paparazzi that were just waiting for people like us to drive
up.
"Are you sure this is a good idea?" I asked Scott,
looking at the long line before we got out of the car.
He smirked at me. "Our pictures are all over the place
right now, we can just bypass all this," he motioned to the lines.
"You know what Mitch always says about the paps. Any publicity from them
is good as long as we don't destroy anything." He shruged and pulled me up
to the front of the line by the bouncer.
"Oh my God, Liam Warren and Scott Adams!" a
redheaded girl that was flirting with the bouncer squealed when she saw us.
"I can't believe I'm standing right beside you!"
The bouncer shook his head as he looked us over.
"You're both legal, right?"
"Yep." Scott answered for the both of us and
grinned as the bouncer stepped back and let us in easily.
"See? No problems." He smiled over at me and
directed me to a barricaded section where there were two different bouncers
blocking the area.
"Names?" one of the guys asked us.
"I'm Liam Warren. This is Scott Adams." I pointed
in his direction.
The other bouncer looked over his list, nodded and let us go
by. Immediately we were handed drinks, and I took a quick glance to see that it
was beer before taking a swig and following behind Scott to a table in the
back. Sitting there was Alexia Dalton and another actress I can't remember the
name of.
Alexia looked up at me with a big grin. "Liam! I'm so
happy you decided to come!" She jumped up and hugged me before I realized
what she was doing.
"Um yeah." I ran a hand through my hair and sat
down.
The actress I can't remember looked over at me and smiled
shyly. "I'm Josie." She reached her hand out and I shook it.
"I'm an extra on the movie you're working on right now."
"Oh, right." I nodded. "That's why you look a
little familiar."
She smiled a little bigger and nodded. "Yep. Alexia is
showing me all the fun stuff to do around L.A."
"Yeah, I wouldn't be here if I could help it. I'm kind
of being forced." I looked over in Scott's direction. "He says I need
to get out more."
"Getting out can be good," she shrugged.
I shook my head and glanced around until I noticed Alexia
had her eyes glued on me.
"So Liam, how do you like L.A?" she asked as she
crossed her legs and sent the hem of her dress riding up.
"It's alright, I guess. It would be even better if my
wife was still here with me."
She pouted as she set her chin on her hand. "I heard
about that." She reached her hand across to pat mine. "I'm so sorry.
Some people just aren't cut out for this life."
I narrowed my eyes and pulled my hand away from her as Scott
brought another round of drinks over.
"Everyone know everyone?" he asked, taking a drink
of his beer.
"Yep." Alexia smiled and looked me up and down
again. "You know Liam; our characters get very cozy over the next couple
days."
I just shrugged. "Great," I replied dryly.
Scott kicked my foot under the table and sent me a glare. I
just took another drink and sighed.
Over the next few hours the four of us ended up downing
drink after drink, and Scott was right. I forgot why I was so mad and hurting in
the first place. Alexia had scooted herself closer to me and I didn't even mind
her rubbing her fingers up and down my arm.
"So, Liam," she whispered by my ear, and I looked
down at her.
"Hmm?"
"How about we get out of here and get to know each
other really well?" She raised an eyebrow at me suggestively and leaned in
a little closer, until she had pressed her lips to mine and for a minute, I
froze. But the alcohol was flowing through me, and it had been a whole year
since I'd had the comfort of my wife, and I need this; I deserved this. I could
find another way to be happy. I let myself kiss her back and smiled
flirtatiously as I pulled her up out of her chair. "Let's go."
But the next morning when I tried to roll over and was
stopped by arms and legs draped all over me... it was then that everything came
crashing down. I slept with Alexia, I betrayed Katy. Oh God, what had I done?
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Title: Reconnected (Book #1)
Author: Bethany Daniel
Blurb:
A fast paced love story!
Katy Warren thought her life was perfect. Then her new husband, and also
highschool sweetheart, gets discovered while theater acting and gets swept away
to Hollywood. Once there, things change. Liam throws himself into the Hollywood
life and ignores Katy.
One night after a particularly crazy party, Katy can't take it anymore and
leaves Liam and his celebrity behind but doesn't get an official divorce.
Four years later, Liam goes to Georgia for filming and crosses paths with Katy
again. But now she's just Kate and she has a boyfriend and she doesn't want
anything to do with her marriage. Liam
has other plans.
Author Bio: Bethany Daniel lives in Tx with her husband
and 2 sons. She enjoys reading, photography and of course, writing. Bethany
really found the passion for writing again this last year and came up with the
idea for Reconnected after years of following Hollywood gossip and reading
books about girls always chasing the guys and thought it would be nice for it
to be the other way around. She is currently writing Disconnected, the story of
Reconnected from Liam's POV.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Bethany Daniel lives in Tx with her husband and 2 sons. She
enjoys reading, photography and of course, writing. Bethany really found the
passion for writing again this last year and came up with the idea for
Reconnected after years of following Hollywood gossip and reading books about
girls always chasing the guys and thought it would be nice for it to be the
other way around. She is currently writing Disconnected, the story of Reconnected from
Liam's POV.
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