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Chapter 7, Kate in Good Neighbors
I couldn’t wait for Nora to return home later that day so I could listen to whatever the recording device picked up. It was sound-activated, so I didn’t have to go through hours and hours of noth...
Chapter 6, Nora in Good Neighbors
Nora ran down the stairs to the front door as soon as she heard the doorbell. She knew exactly who would be on the other side of the door. Her heart rate sped up in anticipation. She flung the do...
Chapter 5, Kate in Good Neighbors
I slumped down against the door, hand over my mouth to keep from laughing too loud, lest Nora still be close enough to hear. Half a second later, I burst out laughing wildly and loudly. I just co...
Chapter 4, Nora in Good Neighbors
“I hear the dog barking like crazy,” Nora told her mother. “Let me go check it out and I’ll call you back later.” Nora placed the phone down on her kitchen island and went out her back door. “Far...
Chapter 30 in Rainstorm
Rain slowly regained the use of her arm and shoulder, but oh, how it ached at times. A week later she was transferred back to the psych ward where she received intensive therapy to discuss the ho...
Chapter 29 in Rainstorm
Someone rapped on the door to her room and Rain turned her head from her book. It was the ever so dark and lovely sexy Nurse Elizabeth. “Hey there,” she said with a smile. “Hey,” Rain smiled ba...
Chapter 28 in Rainstorm
The voice cooed to her. It was the most comforting, soothing voice she heard in a long time. She wanted to open her eyes in response to the voice that was speaking ever so gently to her, but the ...
Chapter 27 in Rainstorm
Rain slowly floated up toward consciousness and struggled against her restraints. She tried to force her eyes open, but all she could see was the blurry white ceiling above her. She moaned and tu...
Chapter 26 in Rainstorm
The detective pressed the button and began to speak. “Just to get it on record, this is Detective John Morrison, and present with me are Officer Tanner Wallows and Doctor Julia Linden. The date i...
Chapter 25 in Rainstorm
Rain had been dealing with a series of psych evaluations and meeting with therapists, shrinks, and participating in therapeutic groups and activities within the hospital. She hadn’t been pressure...
Chapter 24 in Rainstorm
“Are you sure of what you saw?” the sharply dressed police detective asked the shy woman before him. The woman was a young Mexican immigrant and her English was rather limited. “Sí, estoy seguro....
Chapter 23 in Rainstorm
Doctor Santiago studied Rain Rudkin’s medical records on the medical group’s computer system. She wanted to make sure that everything was up to date. She was just about to log off the portal when...
Chapter 22 in Rainstorm
Rain stared out the window forlorn and feeling lost. She still had no roommate and that was okay with her. Or was it? Maybe if she had a roommate, they would take her mind off of things even if i...
Chapter 21 in Rainstorm
Part Three The Nurse Elizabeth Curran had been a registered nurse for the same medical group for years. The thirty-five-year-old California native loved being in the medical field. Unlike many bu...
Chapter 20 in Rainstorm
Rain cried that morning upstairs in bed while the neighbor that Julia had babysit her watched TV downstairs. How could her life change so horribly and so fast? She felt so trapped and depressed t...
Chapter 19 in Rainstorm
She couldn’t believe it. She just couldn’t believe it. How she actually managed to work up the nerve to shoot Rain’s husband, she’d never know. It just seemed like the night Rain went on her last...
Chapter 18 in Rainstorm
Doctor Ana Santiago sunk into her plush chair, kicked her feet up, and closed her eyes. It had been a rather long and interesting day for the young Costa Rican-born doctor. She had seen Rain Rudk...
Chapter 17 in Rainstorm
Rain had just gotten off the phone with Nurse Elizabeth who had called to give her the numbers of her current thyroid hormone level, and then she sat down to do some more mental pondering. She wa...
Chapter 16 in Rainstorm
As time passed, Rain began to feel more relaxed while she and the doctor spent time chatting and watching TV. They made dinner together as they chatted about local and world events. The shrimp sc...
Chapter 15 in Rainstorm
Julia thought about Rain all day at work. Rain was becoming like a drug to her. An addicting drug at best, too. The more she saw of Rain, the more she wanted to see her. She was baffled by hersel...
Chapter 14 in Rainstorm
As Rain and Troy settled into their new home, Rain began to loosen up and relax. The more time went on without anything bad happening, the more confident she felt that the madwoman would not trac...
Chapter 13 in Rainstorm
Julia didn’t know why, but each time she saw Rain she wanted to see more of her. She wanted to get to know more than the few trivial things she knew about her. She seemed to be the only one whose...
Chapter 12 in Rainstorm
“Guess who our neighbor is across the street?” Rain asked her husband as soon as she entered their house. Troy looked at her, unable to begin to guess. “Please don’t tell me it’s her.” “I would s...
Chapter 11 in Rainstorm
Part Two The Doctor Six Weeks Later… 57-year-old Julia Linden had taken a month off from her endocrinology practice in Sacramento in order to do something she hadn’t expected to do for another 25...
Chapter 10 in Rainstorm
When they returned that night from the Chinese restaurant, they agreed to check into a hotel after gathering the bare necessities, some valuables, and their cat. They didn’t talk about it inside ...
