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    Last Stroke of the Brush
    Last Stroke of the Brush
    Last Stroke of the Brush
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    Last Stroke of the Brush

    By SiewJin Christina Jee

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    When Roxana, a celebrity talk show host, meets Jam and his gang of street urchins, little does she realize that her intention to bring change to their lives will set her on a treacherous path of self discovery she has no stomach for.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSiewJin Christina Jee
    Release dateNov 11, 2011
    ISBN9781465999924
    Last Stroke of the Brush
    Author

    SiewJin Christina Jee

    At an early age, I was encouraged to read and write. As an only child, loneliness I have to fight My vivid imagination I grow to like These are some of the reasons why from teaching I retire to pursue the course I desire that is, write and inspire until the day I expire.

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      Last Stroke of the Brush - SiewJin Christina Jee

      LAST STROKE OF THE BRUSH

      BY

      SiewJin Christina Jee

      LAST STROKE OF THE BRUSH

      Published by SiewJin Christina Jee at Smashwords

      Copyright 2011 by SiewJin Christina Jee

      Cover Art by T.Y.Wee

      Smashwords Edition Licence Notes

      This book is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be resold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each person you share it with. 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

      Last stroke of the brush is a work of fiction. Though some actual towns, cities, and locations may be mentioned, they are used in a fictitious manner and the events and occurrences were invented in the mind and imagination of the author. Any similarities of characters or names used within to any person past present or future is coincidental.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission from the author. Brief quotations may be embodied in critical articles or reviews.

      Chapter 1

      Rox remembered well why she picked the project. It was a bright sunny day. She was only listening to her production crew with a fraction of her ear and leaving through the files listlessly when a picture fell out of one of them. She bent to pick it up noting that the current presenter did not even break his stride in his eagerness to highlight his project. Even from under the table, she could hear his staccato voice going on and on. She was suddenly irrationally irritated with him, irritated with her secretary who had hurried to pick up the photo for her. Waving away her eager hands, Rox retrieved the photo. It was a picture of a small boy in ill-fitting clothes that were obviously not meant for him. Dirty, scruffy, unkempt, shouted the picture. A mop of curly black hair sat atop the boy, its unruly wildness extending in all directions despite its owner’s futile attempts to keep it under control. From beneath it shining like a car’s headlights on a dark night was a pair of bright brooding eyes that spat ‘Get lost.’ Later when queried, Rox would say that she was galvanized into action by those black beady eyes.

      Breaking the deadlock those eyes had over her, Rox thumped the photo hard on the table and asked tersely, ‘What is this? Whose project is it?’ Completely stumped by the thump, the presenter fell silent and the whole group before Rox craned their necks to look at the photo. For a moment nobody wanted to stake their

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