What I had with John was a thunderstorm. It was full of lightening and wind and drama and passion.
For July, the morning air was cool as the breeze lightly wafted through the open curtains in the master bedroom of the Black Penthouse. Marlena Evans lay in bed, her legs intertwined between the silk peach sheets as she mumbled in her restless sleep. Rolling over a couple of times, she opened one hazel eye …
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INT. SAINT LUKE'S CHURCH-DAY PEOPLE gather in the entrance of the church. Whispers pass on from person to person. JOHN stands, greeting people, solomnly. He's visablly shaking and BRADY guides him to a seat before he can collapse. BELLE follows her brother, her head down, SHAWN on her arm. As everyone takes their seat, the …
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I remember being younger and a family friend of my parents had their youngest daughter die in some freak car accident. I always wondered how it would feel to lose a child, I mean you give birth to a little baby and in some whilrwind it just gets taken away. I never actually thought I …
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"I hereby sentence, Marlena Evans to 28 days in a Rehabilitation Center with 300 hours of community service for a DWI and recklessly driving into someone else's property. Court dismissed," the judge spoke as she banged her gavel against its post. "That's crap!" Marlena said outraged. "By all means your honor, I was not …
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"What's wrong with you?" Crystal Midera turned to see her roommate, Ally Thomas, coming at her. "Nothing Ally. I was just gazing out the window here thinking. I have to find her Ally, I just have to," Crystal said as she felt the cool summer's breeze from an open window engulf her. "I know Sweetie," …
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For John Black, it wasn't a question of where his wife wanted to meet him, but a question of why. She had made it quite known on several occasions that she hated the Cheatin Heart, that the smoke caused her to cough and the beer was so disgusting it made her feel sick more times …
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"This is Dr. Marlena Evans, and your listening to WDOC Salem Radio. I'm hear all night long to help you with your problems, so feel free to call in and say what's on your mind." Marlena announced excitedly, more than thrilled for the first time in ocer a decade to have her own talk show …
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I walk into my home and it's dark. Not the kind of darkness that comes along with midnight, but a darkness that foreshadows doom. I've felt this feeling before; when Belle was in danger on the traintracks or when Sami was thrown through the glass doors at the mansion. It was never something I voiced …
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BOOK ONE: The Beginning Prologue Welcome to the past. Where college is nothing more than growing, learning, and most of all, loving. Where the future doesn't matter just yet and the present is all that is known. Where fraternity parties and dinner with friends seems like the most wonderful plans and where sleeping throughout …
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Belle Black sat against the balcony that bound the upstairs hallway of her home. Glancing down at her parents, she swiped at the small tears that had begun to fall, keeping her sobs hidden within her throat. Pulling her knees up to her chest, she rested her head against them, her blonde hair falling delicately …
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