Unexpected Betrayals
by
Liza O’Connor
Blurb
Mary Campbell was tired of servicing half the town. Ever
since she reached puberty at the age of twelve, all the boys and men in her
town wanted her. Nor could she refuse them. Despite all her pleas to stop, they
would take what they wanted, certain she liked it. And the reason they believed
this was because in truth her body wanted them. While her mind objected, her
body did not. She would have sex with anyone, even if she hated them. Finding
her life intolerable, she had decided to move to California and start a new
life where no one knew her past.
Excerpt
Mary
Campbell was tired of servicing half the town. Ever since she reached puberty
at the age of twelve, all the boys and men in her town wanted her. Nor could
she refuse them. Despite all her pleas to stop, they would take what they
wanted, certain she liked it. And the reason they believed this was because in
truth her body wanted them. While her mind objected, her body did not. She
would have sex with anyone, even if she hated them. Finding her life intolerable,
she had decided to move to California and start a new life where no one knew
her past.
Excerpt
Chapter 1
Mary
Campbell wrote down three phone numbers and closed out of the website before
any of her family noticed what she was viewing. As she slipped the paper into
her pocket, she looked out the window. A cold gray sky left little doubt that
soon it would begin to snow again. Nothing unusual for a Minnesota winter day,
but Mary was tired of it; tired to the bone.
After
dinner, she lifted the wireless phone from its cradle and carried it upstairs
to her bedroom. Her brother was in his room listening to country music, her
parents were downstairs: Mom in the kitchen and Dad in front of the TV, no
doubt sound asleep, even though it was barely eight p.m.
Mary
dialed the first number. If this didn’t work, come the next phone bill there
would be hell to pay for these long-distance numbers. She had barely explained
why she was calling when the girl cut her off with a quick, “It’s rented,” and
slammed the phone down. The second person was nicer, but the news was no
better. “Third’s the charm,” she whispered, as she dialed the last number.
She
explained why she was calling and held her breath waiting for the bad news….
“Yeah,
well it’s like not much,” the girl replied, “But it’s cheap.”
Mary
paused, surprised to find a rent of $800 a month considered cheap. “Then…it’s
available?”
“Yeah,
you interested?”
“Yes,
oh, yes.” She was more than interested. She was desperate.
“Come
by tomorrow morning, 1606 Anderson, first door on the left, fifth floor.”
“Wait!”
she panicked. “It will take me a day to get there. Can you hold it for me?”
There
was a pause. “Sure, you sound like a nice person. I’ll hold it.”
***
Mary
was shaking as she disconnected her call. She had done it. She had a place to
live in sunny California. She snuck downstairs, returned the phone to its
cradle and then hurried back to her room to pack. Terrified that someone might
walk in while she packed, she gave little thought to what she tossed inside.
Once the suitcase was full, she slid it beneath her bed, so her Dad wouldn’t
notice when he came to say good night.
She
removed her gown and studied her naked body before the mirror. Everyone said she
was prettier than the movie stars. She hadn’t always been so beautiful. Her
life had been normal as a young girl, but when she reached puberty and her body
changed, everyone loved her. The teachers, the boys…even the girls. Within a
single year, she turned from being a wallflower to the most popular girl in
school.
At
first the constant admiration pleased her but as time progressed, she grew
jaded. No one knew anything about her. They loved her on sight, because of her
looks, not because of who she was.
When
she graduated from school two years ago, she went to work at a dentist office.
Getting the job had been easy, but keeping it required more than she wished.
Recently her boss had been pressuring her to get an apartment so he could be
with her beyond work hours.
She
had admitted she would like her own place, and gratefully accepted the money he
offered so she could afford to rent an apartment.
She
suspected he’d be a bit angry when he discovered the apartment she rented was
in California, but she never actually said she’d look in Minnesota.
She
was in bed when her father softly opened her door and eased inside, closing the
door behind him. “You awake, sweetie?” he whispered.
She
hesitated before answering. It would be over faster if she admitted she was.
She rolled to her back. “Yes, sir.”
***
She
awoke to the banging of pots as her mother fixed breakfast. The clock said it
was almost four a.m. She rolled from the bed and grabbed her robe, stumbling to
the bathroom. Her heart raced as she realized this would be the last morning
she’d rise before the sun.
Breakfast
was always a silent affair. It was too early in the morning for anyone to have
much to say. Once the meal was consumed, everyone went about their chores on
the farm. Only Mary was exempt from farm work. She had a job at the Dentist’s
office, which brought in hard cash. Her dad had been after her brother Jeff to
bring home a wife to help Mom with the house chores, but so far, Jeff hadn’t
complied with that request.
Mary
sighed. It was good she was leaving. She suspected Jeff would never marry as
long as she remained at home.
With
everyone about his or her chores, Mary was able to toss the suitcase from her
bedroom window, walk downstairs, retrieve it from the hedge and put it in the
car without notice. It was easy, yet the whole time she held her breath,
expecting something or someone to stop her from escaping. Even as she drove to
the airport, she expected a car accident to block her way or a tire to go flat.
She didn’t relax until the plane lifted into the air
Finally,
her life was her own!
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Release Date: April
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