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    Lift Me Up
    Lift Me Up
    Lift Me Up
    Ebook30 pages24 minutes

    Lift Me Up

    By Ray Hatch

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    Alec Bishop never expected the pandemic to bring a Romanesque god swinging into his life. His lockdown days blurred together into the coding of his computer screen and fending off attacks on his beloved balcony plants by a slightly psychotic pigeon.

    When twist of fate -- and rope -- brings gorgeous circus performer Nico Franzetti into his life, Alec must battle his fears to grab hold of love and not let go.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJMS Books LLC
    Release dateAug 1, 2020
    ISBN9781646565405
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      Lift Me Up - Ray Hatch

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      Chapter 1

      A metallic clang echoed on the balcony, snapping Alec’s attention from lines of coding consuming the laptop screen. Rising from his desk, Alec hissed at the stiffness in his knees from sitting at his desk for hours.

      Silently, he slid open the screen door and edged out onto the slab that passed for a balcony in his New York City apartment. Quietly cursing himself for his hesitancy, Alec glanced quickly among the small jungle of plants lining the rails. His ongoing battle with one of the neighborhood pigeons had escalated over the two months of the city’s pandemic lockdown. Convinced the winged creature harbored anger issues, Alec assumed the noise to be the most recent attack on his beloved wildberry heuchera.

      Dang it! a voice called from somewhere above, followed by a rattling against the side of the balcony rails.

      Alec took the two steps to the edge to see a make-shift metal basket snagged along the edge of his balcony. The thin ropes leading up shook slightly, disappearing into the balcony above him.

      Hello? called Alec, reaching out toward the basket before he halted. Every warning about germs and distancing ran through his brain.

      Hey! Relief swelled in the voice above him. Sorry about this, but my lunch seems to be stuck. Would you mind giving it a shove? Peering toward the basket, Alec saw a cardboard box from the pizza place down the block that made breath-taking calzones. His stomach rumbled from just peering at the green logo in the shape of Italy.

      Um, sure, said Alec, glancing around before snatching his gardening gloves. He wondered if they counted as official PPE as he leaned over the side. He spied a small hook on the edge of the basket caught on the corner of the railing. In his clunky gloves, Alec managed to free the basket and steady it before turning his face upward.

      Thanks, said the voice, now attached to the bluest, blue eyes Alec had ever seen. Laced by dark lashes that matched

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