As If It Was Real - Paperback

Chapter One:

Daniel Jacobs stared at his father’s paintings in wonder. How had he missed what a beautiful artist his father had been?

I suppose if I would have stayed home, I would have known, Daniel thought. Perhaps then I could have helped him, if he would have let me.

Instead, Daniel had traveled the world looking for adventure, trying to escape his father’s abusive nature. Maybe if he had seen his father’s art, he would have discovered this hidden part of his father. One that saw such beauty and had such skill to bring it to life.

It turned out that his father was a mystery. Daniel thought he had known his father well—a cruel man to his wife and son, both of whom he had abandoned to concentrate on his art.

But everything he knew about his father had to be partially a lie. How could a man like his father paint like this? What had he missed about him? And now that his father was dead, would he ever find out what was real about his father and what had been a lie?

Daniel shook his head, his mind swirling with unanswered questions. The man who had never shied away from conflict, who wielded an indomitable influence over others, who navigated life with reckless abandon, had ended his own existence, all the while he was crafting these magnificent works of art.

Perhaps, Daniel mused, he had never truly known his father at all.