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The Cost: Accountability Has A Price
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Apr 3 2026
Pages: 58
Weight: 0.15
Height: 0.12 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
LaMont believed love would wait for him to become better.
He thought apologies, effort, and late change could repair what emotional avoidance had already damaged. He assumed the woman who had always held him down would still be there when he was finally ready to show up right.
But Jennifer is no longer moved by potential. She is no longer interested in promises that arrive after the damage is done.
As LaMont is forced to confront the truth about his choices, he learns a hard lesson: accountability is not the same as regret, and growth does not guarantee access to the people you hurt. What follows is not a love story about getting her back-it is a reckoning with consequence, emotional maturity, and the cost of waiting too long to become the man love required.
The Cost is a raw, emotionally grounded short story about avoidance, responsibility, and what it means to change even when the outcome does not. Perfect for readers who enjoy layered relationship fiction, emotional realism, and stories that confront the truth about love, pride, and personal growth.
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