title: October Baby: A Novel
author:  Eric Wilson 
description: <i><b>Eric Wilson</b></i> is a New York Times best-selling author whose books include the novelizations the hit films <i>Flywheel, Facing the Giants</i>, and <i>Fireproof</i>. His acclaimed suspense novels, including <i>Dark to Mortal Eyes</i> and <i>The Best of Evil</i>, explore earths tension between heaven and hell. Wilson lives in Nashville, Tennessee, with his wife and two daughters.<br />
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  OCTOBER’S NOVEMBER
  
  
  
  A Novel by
  
  James Loram
  
  
  
    
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Copyright 2016, James Loram + LDe. First published in 2016.  
  Original music: ”She Falls” music and lyrics, Copyright 2016, James Loram.
  ”Stay” music and lyrics, Copyright 2016, James Loram  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  PART I
  
  
  
  _ Everybody’s got something to hide except me and my monkey. _
  
  _ Why don’t we do it in the road. _
  
  Lennon/McCartney
  
    
    
  
    
  
  
  
  _ ONE _
  
  
  
  “October?”
  
  “Yeah, that’s right.”
  
  “That’s your name?”
  
  “That’s my name.”
  
  “But it says here your birthday is November 1st , you know?”
  
  “Yeah.  My mother loved the month of October, planned everything for me to be
  born then, but...I was defiant even in the womb.  I just thank God she didn’t
  love April, May or June.”
  
  October Waterman flashed a quick, tight-lipped smile and nodded at the girl
  behind the glass.  He used this joke so many times, it was an old habit.  The
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