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    By Renata F. Barcelos

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    Please note that this short story (around 8K words) is a sequel to “Mean: A Psychological Thriller Novelette” and “My Sore Hush-a-Bye”. Do not read it before these books if you don’t want those stories to be spoiled!

    Cassandra Connelly and Camille Marie Jones: two women who suffered unthinkable child abuse. Their lives were forever stained by their ordeals during their childhoods.

    The way they reacted to it, however, was completely different.

    Five years after the events of “Mean: A Psychological Thriller Novelette” and “My Sore Hush-a-Bye”, see what happened to Camille and Cassandra, and how they will react when facing one another.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRenata F. Barcelos
    Release dateJan 5, 2013
    ISBN9781301640775
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    Renata F. Barcelos

    Renata F. Barcelos lives in Brazil with her beautiful and creative daughter and teaches English and Spanish as Second Languages. She watches way too much TV and reads perhaps too many (almost exclusively) mystery novels. Nonetheless, she has somehow convinced herself it's all work - research for her own stories. She writes for as long as she can remember, and has two published works: 'Mean: a Psychological Thriller Novelette' and 'My Sore Hush-a-Bye'. She's now working on a novel called 'Myself in Blue'. http://renatafbarcelos.wordpress.com @RenataFBarcelos https://www.facebook.com/RenatalFlBarcelos

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      Merge - Renata F. Barcelos

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      Renata F. Barcelos

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright © 2013 Renata F. Barcelos

      http://renatafbarcelos.wordpress.com

      Merge is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and events are all products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, incidents or locales, is purely coincidental and not intended by the author.

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      ISBN: 9781301640775

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Cover art and design: Ágata Maria C. Barcelos

      Editor: Martha Bryce

      - Thank you, Chasity Brewer -

      Also by Renata F. Barcelos:

      Mean: A Psychological Thriller Novelette

      My Sore Hush-a-Bye

      CAMILLE

      It’s been five years since my life started again. That’s what I call it; that moment in 2012 when I decided I wouldn’t be a victim anymore. That I would be, and I could be, more than Camille, the girl who was taken, the girl who’d lived with a monster for eight years.

      When I went to college, I was still shaken; still recovering, but I had help. My mother, my friend Lori, and my therapist, who became so important to me, Dr. Wales. They all helped.

      My estranged family in New Orleans made their efforts too. They wrote from time to time, but never came to visit, respecting my necessity for space, for solitude. I wrote back, and I think they’ll never know how much I enjoyed that bit of normalcy that they offered me in each of their letters…

      Many exceptions were made for me to begin my life again. I didn't have all the extracurricular activities required to be accepted into the Iowa University Social Work program. I never had enough time during my last year—which was in fact my first year—of high school to keep pace with the other students. Dr. Wales, however, wrote amazing reports stating that all I had endured was more than enough to qualify me to enter

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