You Made Me - Softcover

Have you ever said the wrong thing at the wrong time? Shaun has. Now his ex-wife, Lashelle, is missing and his best friend, Headache, is in a coma. Everything over the past seventy-two hours has traversed from a sanity state to full-blown chaos, and Shaun is at the root of it all. In his straightforward way, he composes a letter to Lashelle, explaining the sacrifices he had made during their marriage, including forsaking his illegitimate son. He closes his letter with hopes that Lashelle will one day get the opportunity to read it. Three days have passed and Lashelle is still missing. Shaun is frantic. She calls Yolanda, Kevyn's wife in an attempt to let someone know of her whereabouts while maintaining her secret from Shaun. After revealing the details of her argument with Shaun, she learns that Yolanda is having an affair with Kevyn's best friend, Headache; a man correctly nicknamed. Headache and Yolanda indulge in a "secret rendezvous" but are interrupted by a phone call from Tameika, Headache's wife. Guilt-ridden, Yolanda gestures for Headache to stop, but he continues, erupting with an orgasmic residue as the condom broke. Yolanda visits Shaun at the hospital, where he works, wanting to speak in private about what has happened, but not before a furious Lashelle reappears and catches them in a compromising situation. Caught up in the moment, Shaun forgets about Lashelle's disappearance, as he searches for an explanation for being behind a closed door with his friend's wife. Yolanda reveals that she was raped by Headache and that she wants to press charges. Headache has been gone for the majority of the day and has missed yet another opportunity to spend quality time with his wife Tameika and their son, Keshawn. Just as he returns home, he is summoned for a meeting with Shaun to discuss Yolanda's plan. Tameika, attempting to stress the importance of spending time with his family, becomes infuriated when Headache indicates that he is about to leave again.

Eric Custard was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and attended Culver-Stockton College of Canton, Missouri. His artistic talents can be traced back to the Visual and Performing Arts High School in St. Louis, Missouri where his passion for writing proved to be his hidden niche. In 1989, he joined the US Army to pursue a career in the military. After departing the military in 1999, he landed a job with Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) as a computer help desk technician in San Antonio, Texas. He soon began working on a concept for his first novel based on the trials and tribulations associated with a bitter divorce. After becoming a victim of the volatile computer industry, he found himself aspiring to fulfill his dream of writing. Custard started writing and performing spoken-word poetry in Central Texas, having several pieces published within the St. Louis based magazine, "Spoken Vizions." Although he is currently serving our country as an Army Reservist in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, he continues to fine tune his craft by attending creative writing seminars and working on his second novel, "When Small Things Change."