The Shades of Paradise

by Jalvin Read

When Beth relocated to Costa Rica, the Nicaraguan civil war was over by 7 years. Never could she imagine it would affect her. It didn’t seem so at first; the weather balmy, the people friendly, the language stimulating, culture intriguing and her beach home paradise perfect. She even fell in love. That’s when her troubles began. Truman was a badly scarred Nicaraguan war refugee. As his impenetrable exterior cracked, Beth gained an understanding of armed conflict’s realities and...