Tarek Never Wanted a Family

Tarek Never Wanted a Family

Author: Maren Holt Listening Length: 11h 35m

Tarek Fairisles has money, ease, and no desire for a wife, a child, or anything that resembles commitment. Penny already has success, a house, and financial security, yet the family she wants starts with a baby rather than a husband. Fresh from a breakup and short on options, she turns to a holistic clinic and fixes on...

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Dax

“A lexa play Paula Abdul–Opposites Attract,” I shout. The hip beat of 80s music always lifts my soul.

Funny, isn’t it? People assume serial kills listen to black metal in dark basements, dressed like a rejected extra from The Crow. They picture big glasses, slick hair, and a style that is reminiscent of Napoleon Dynamite. If they only knew the truth. That a psycho isn’t born. No, he is brewed. One part high volume abuse. Two parts emotional neglect. A dash of narcissism. Mix well and voila…me.

I take pleasure in the God like feeling of having people beg for mercy. Or when people run away from me. It awakens something primal in me. Sometimes, I yell after them, “Why are you running?” Just to see what they will do.