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FREE eBook: The Great Cigarette Escape
After learning that his wife is pregnant with their sixth child, Charlie puts his long awaited escape plan into action. But leaving his sassy wife, rambunctious kids and a mountain of debt behind may not be as simple as Charlie thinks.
The Great Cigarette Escape
Leaning against the post—the one with splinters like porcupine quills—Charlie stared at the fading sunset. He yearned for the day when he too could melt like fallen ice cream upon a warm sidewalk. If I were Houdini, thought Charlie, I would say a few magic words, tease the audience and puff, I’d be a happy, single man again—free—free of wife, free of kids, free of responsibilities I never wanted. But there were no magic words or a slick vanishing act that would free Charlie from being Charles Kennedy, husband, father and would-be escape artist.
