So, you want to know the truth? Truth’s a tough sell in a broken world, ya know. Fiction goes down easier. I won’t promise you’ll like it. This story is about a guy called Jude, or Judas, Judas Iscariot, if you’re going by the name history slapped on him. A good Jewish boy who became a catholic. Heir to a global fashion empire, but hey, more about that later. Now there’s a whole lot of stories about him. I’ve seen most of them, none of them completely true.

Books, magazines, newspapers, social media, movies, stage shows, are full of stories, half-truths or just straight-out lies. But hey, let’s not get in the way of a hell of a good story now. And let’s face it, the victor always gets to tell the story. Right? Their story. Their version.

But I’m going to set the record straight, ya know. This is basically a love story, Romeo and Juliet style, with a unique twist. A love story with heavenly complications. You might not believe it, and I don’t really care because sometimes the truth is harder to accept than fiction, and somebody needs to tell what really happened. I know because I was there. And let’s face it. The truth might just set you free! But then again, most people don’t wanna be set free.

I’m Tony Monaro, from Brooklyn, New York, and this is Jude’s story.