The Emerald Dress is here! A dark tale of obsession and regret, this ebook will keep your fingers swiping the pages as you follow Amanda Johnson’s descent into chaos.
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Everything changed when she met him. Amanda Johnson liked to consider that she had a regular life so mundane that it was simple, carefree, and above all else, too easy—work smart, not hard. Hunting for antiques and flipping through the yellowed pages of strange old books were her Friday night highlights.
Once the tight fitting emerald dress came into her life, the one he liked, she couldn’t help but grow fixated to the point of stealing glimpses into his private journals and creating a secret scrapbook of her intensifying obsession. Amanda’s simple world was quickly unraveling into the strings of discord.
His delicate fingers, his light caress, and his wonderful face—Dr. Jeffrey is not the nice man she believes he is. Beneath those thin glasses and stethoscope is a cold sociopath.
Follow Amanda’s descent into madness in this novella as Dr. Jeffrey unfolds his sinister plans for her.
Enjoy this excerpt from the beginning of the novella!
Local Woman Commits Suicide by Asphyxiation
Winterville (Placer Sun Times) – Amanda Johnson was found dead in her apartment at approximately 7:00 p.m. Saturday night. The official police report claims that the woman had committed suicide in an elaborate display of unrequited love. She had turned her living room into a shrine of candles, flowers, and wine. Officer Richman was the first to arrive at the scene. He described the ordeal as a dark ritualistic matter created by the whims of a girl stuck on works of fiction. The city hasn’t seen a death so elaborate or shocking in ten years.
She was found lying in the center of the room inside a crude circle of half empty wine glasses, flowers, and candles. Wearing a tight fitting, emerald dress, she held a photograph of herself against her chest, just below her breasts. Amanda Johnson had plugged her nose with a close pin, and the autopsy shows that she held her breath until she died. There were no signs of foul play. Not everyone believes her death to be suicide.
Local resident Lacy Spring claims that it was murder.
“It was the boyfriend,” she told the Placer Sun Times. “I know he was doing something to her. Amanda was always a loner, but something happened. She began coming to work without showering or changing clothes. She would gaze off and start talking to no one. Then, suddenly, she stopped showing up altogether.” When we stated that her doctor had proof that Amanda Johnson was suffering from manic depression, Miss Spring became belligerent.
“It was him! He’s the boyfriend!” she shouted. “Of course he created a paper trail for himself. Wouldn’t you!?”
The doctor requested that we keep his name private. He stated that he was friends with the woman and nothing more. Evidence points to the accuracy of his testimony even though the autopsy shows that she had engaged in intercourse several hours before her death. The police have closed the case and have asked the Placer Sun Times to drop the matter. We have our First Amendment rights and an obligation to the public to provide fair and unbiased news.
An anonymous tip enabled us to uncover a few startling facts about the doctor’s past relationships. Two of the five women are dead, and Miss Johnson now marks a third. Could Lacy Spring be onto something? Could the hospital be employing a sociopath right under our noses? Miss Spring claims to have Amanda Johnson’s personal diary and was gracious enough to let one of our reporters borrow it. As for the police, why are they so quick to close the case? Stay tuned for E.L. Pierson’s exposé into the matter in our Sunday edition.
