Six paragraphs from my sensuous paranormal, urban fantasy
romance.
1. “It’s
Nottman,” he informed the physician. “Nash Rose,” he answered. “Thanks for
getting back to me, Chet. Yes, that’s right. She did. Yes. Yes. Well, since I
phoned your office, there’s been some new developments. Ehrynn… Ehrynn claims
to be someone else. She says she’s some woman named Nadia Logermeyer. She
didn’t recognize me or Dr. Larson. Yes.” Nash nodded his head, then shook it.
“No. I have no idea how long she’d been in the shower when I found her. That’s
what Phil said. That her memory could have been affected because of blood loss.
But one thing’s for certain. She’s not acting like herself. What I mean is,
she’s not acting like the Ehrynn we know. Yeah. Yeah, okay. Listen, I need to
run back to the house and clean up, but I should be back here at the hospital
before you leave. Okay, sounds good. Thanks again.” He slipped the phone into
his pocket. “He says he’ll be by within the hour.”
2. He
grabbed the stool next to her and sat. “Let me start with why I married her. I
met up with a couple of friends in Cabo to go deep sea fishing. Ehrynn was
vacationing with a group of her girlfriends. We were staying at the same hotel
and met at the bar. That’s how we discovered we were both from Texas. I was
living in Fort Worth at the time. She was from Dallas. We were practically
neighbors. I saw a beautiful woman who was intelligent and sociable. We had
similar tastes in movies. The sex was great. I fell madly in love with her.
Yet…”
3. Yet
again, he remembered all the little peculiarities that defined his wife. Her
likes and dislikes. Her pettiness. Her need to best others, like it was an
obsession or a contest. If Nadia had politely turned down his offers of a limo
and an ice cream bar, he’d have no problem thinking it was Ehrynn’s way of
avoiding what she couldn’t stand. But Nadia had neither turned him down nor
tried to avoid anything. What’s more, those little personality quirks that enraged
him were absent. This Ehrynn was not spiteful. She was appreciative. She said
thank you and please.
4. His
heart gave him the answer before the words passed his lips. I love her. I’ve fallen in love with Nadia.
I’m in love with the person inside the body, not with the body. It was no
longer an infatuation with Ehrynn’s beauty or poise. He was curious to learn
more about the personality that had taken over the shell.
5. “Even
without evidence, there’s the circumstantial aspect to consider. Ehrynn has
broadcasted our failing marriage to all four corners of the world. She’d have a
dozen or more of her so-called friends testify about how tense things have
gotten between us.” He bit his lips. “I’m wondering if they’d planned to claim my
motive for attacking her was because I found out she’d taken a lover. It would
be the perfect trigger. Yes, it would be their word against mine. Her crowd of
friends against me as the lone dissenting voice. And Jarrod’s sworn testimony
if he’d been the first one to discover her in the shower. If you were sitting
in the jury box, who would you believe?”
6. “Hello,
bitch. Give me back my body!”
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