What Happened?

About the Book

What Happened—a Fiction The story is a drama, mystery, and a suspense novel. The storyline is about a family which owns a “Used Furniture and Appliances” business. The husband (Pa) neglects his wife emotions and pursues his business. The husband accuses the son (Johnny) for having a sexual affair with his mother (Bessie). The mother dies of being an alcoholic. The son moves away to live with his best friend, Razz. The daughter (Lisa Ann) gets pregnant by the son’s best friend. Other friends of the family (Benfields) become foster parents to the daughter and baby. The friend’s husband dies of injuries received in World War II. A civil rights struggle ensues and the best friend gets killed. The daughter’s best friend (Betty Jo) whom she knew from school knows too much. The town of Middleton, Mississippi, segregates and despises colored people. Old man Coolidge is the ringleader of hatred between the coloreds and whites. The law enforcement helps to defray integration. Henry Bolton (Pa) stands on the sidelines. He meets and marries his daughter’s best friend’s mother, Wendy, his soul mate. The son disappears and never being heard from again.

About the Author

Charles Collins’s accomplishments include two books. His first book is entitled The Living Soul; his second book is entitled What Happened? This is his third book, Transforming of Home Boy, Man or Monkey. Charles graduated from Wilson High School in Georgia and Savannah State University. He also served in the United States Army as a paratrooper and served two tours in Vietnam. He is a double-leg amputee and has retired from civil service after thirty years. He is a member of the African Methodist Episcopalian Zion Church of Fayetteville, North Carolina. He resides in Hope Mills, North Carolina, with his wife of forty-one years, Kathleen Collins.