The Gypsy's Lie
C.J. Heath
Mickey accepted a long time ago how his life would be but he has a chance encounter with a local teenager. Tom is a quiet, introverted boy; raised by his mother after his father died in the war. His education places him between being a labourer and a clerk and as such, he fits in neither world. Solitary and frequently bullied, the youth spends his time buried in library books.
When Mickey and Tom meet, Mickey has the first glimpse of a possible alternate future than obligation dictated to him.