Lakeview Vendetta: A Gripping Vigilante Justice Thriller by KJ Kalis

Author:KJ Kalis
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: BDM, LLC
Published: 2021-02-28T22:00:00+00:00

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Marlowe had spent the entire day doing nothing. The edges of her mind were frayed. The one person she thought might be able to help her — Angelica's sister, Emily — had disappointed her. She was just another person in a long line who hadn’t given her even a scrap of help when she needed it.

By midmorning, Marlowe found herself with a splitting headache sitting and sipping a cup of tea at a coffee shop around the corner from Kelsey’s apartment. Marlowe just couldn’t sit still all day long staring at the walls and there was no point in going to the office. She’d gotten an email that an eviction notice had been posted on the door. At some point, Marlowe would have to go there and get the rest of her paperwork out. There was nothing she could do with the office furniture. There was no place to take it. At least maybe the landlord could sell it and recoup a little bit of their money because Marlowe had none to give him. Vince had taken it all.

Why the basic fact that Vince had stolen her money seemed to be so hard to get people to wrap their brains around, she wasn’t sure, she thought, lifting the mug to her lips and blowing on it. As she sipped the tea, she tasted the iron of her blood. Her lip was split from chewing on it.

Getting the news that the building had been condemned by the city was the last straw. It seemed unfathomable to her. How was a structurally sound building deemed condemned? She set the tea mug back down on the table, wrapping her fingers around it. She was alternately hot and cold. Why, she wasn’t sure. It’s probably just the stress wreaking havoc on my body, she thought, pushing up a curl from her forehead back behind her ear. Touching her hair, she realized she needed a shower.

As she lifted her eyes, she saw people walking by through the wide glass windows of the coffee shop. They were all dressed like they had somewhere to go, something important they needed to do. Marlowe gazed back down at the table. That wasn’t her. At least not anymore.

Marlowe took another sip of the tea and wondered where things had gone wrong. She had the same conversation with herself for what felt like months on end. Did she miss a warning sign? Was there some change in Vince she didn’t see? She chewed on her lip, the taste of blood back in her mouth. Sure, one of the biggest ones was when he got her to sign the paperwork releasing him from the partnership and the loan, but she knew at least part of that was on her. She never noticed. Never asked what the papers were for. She was so caught up in the details of the building that she’d given him carte blanche with the finances. That was a mistake. It was a mistake she would never repeat if she had the chance.

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