Short Novel Collection
TRUTH
The Cost of Telling What Really Happened
Fairhope, Alabama
A newspaper editor in Fairhope discovers that her late father’s public record needs correcting. Honoring the man she loved and meeting her responsibility to the truth may require choices that cannot protect every reputation.
Biblical foundation: Ephesians 4:25 and John 8:32
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When love asks for an honest account.
Celia Arlen knows how to keep a small newspaper running. Remembering her father should be easier than making payroll. But as she prepares the pages that will honor him, an old photograph opens a question she cannot set aside.
In Fairhope, Alabama, the reputation Hugh Arlen built is part of his daughter’s inheritance. So is the newspaper’s responsibility to the people whose lives appeared in its pages. Following the record could expose a failure Celia never wanted to see, and another family has already borne its cost.
An intimate contemporary novel about loyalty, grief, and the courage to tell the truth without turning someone else’s pain into your own redemption. What does loving a parent ask of us when the account we inherited is incomplete?
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Bereavement, false accusation, reputational harm, and family conflict. Original contemporary fiction with an Inspiration Note reflecting on Ephesians 4:25 and John 8:32.
Word count includes headings and end notes in the complete EPUB; it is not a reading-time estimate.
Local journalism · Public record · A deceased father’s reputation · Professional responsibility · Grief · Correction · Truth that carries a cost
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Biblical foundation
Ephesians 4:25 and John 8:32
25 Therefore, putting away falsehood, speak truth each one with his neighbor, for we are members of one another.
32 You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”
The Inspiration Note distinguishes truthful responsibility toward others from the freedom described in Jesus’ teaching. Correcting the record does not erase harm or compel forgiveness.
World English Bible (WEB), Classic edition. Public domain.
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