Same Innocence

by Shaun M Mathis

Maurice Monroe is a gifted track star from North Carolina that has his goal set on running in the Olympics. Maurice also wants to wait until marriage to lose his virginity but his choice is clashing with Lauren, his sexually charged girlfriend. Sharice Hill is a gifted track star whoÕs running from her home life and a dark family secret, which has turned her off from men and sex. When the two meet for the first time at the Penn Relays, two things happen. Sharice is attracted to a guy for the first time and Maurice becomes love struck. Eventually, the two embark on a meaningful relationship, until. Sharice discovers some disturbing news which sends her in a violent rage, but that is only the beginning. Unbeknown to Maurice, his family has a secret of it's own. The secret is so massive that it has the potential to destroy the house that love has built. Will their love survive? Or will the price of love cost Maurice and Sharice their lives? Will love conquer all? Find out....

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First published March 22, 2010