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    Down South
    Down South
    Down South
    Ebook43 pages32 minutes

    Down South

    By Denise Barker

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    This short story tells the tale of Michael Compton, a Northerner, and Danielle Boyette, a Deep South gal, who he meets by chance. They have more in common than their five senses show them.

    Home is not a place so much as a feeling—an intimacy shared, uniform acceptance, eternal belonging—even if you’ve never been there before.

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDenise Barker
    Release dateJul 5, 2012
    ISBN9781476366692
    Down South
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    Denise Barker

    A Deep South all-Indie author + freelance copy editor for NYC publisher. See my tips for fellow authors at LivingTheDreamPublishing.blogspot.com and my e-books at online stores like Smashwords.com.

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      Book preview

      Down South - Denise Barker

      DOWN SOUTH

      ~A Short Story~

      All rights reserved.

      © 2001 by Denise Barker

      (Living the Dream Publishing)

      Smashwords Edition

      July 2012

      The Intrinsic Value © January 2009

      by Denise Barker

      Cover Art in the Public Domain

      Quilted Background by Pennie Gibson

      Found at: http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/view-image.php?image=16187&picture=quilted-background

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, now known or hereafter invented, including electronic or mechanical, including xerography, photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher and author.

      This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events or locales is entirely coincidental.

      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.

      CHAPTER 1

      Home is not a place so much as a feeling—an intimacy shared, uniform acceptance, eternal belonging—even if you’ve never been there before.

      Michael Compton, a northern transplant intent on ridding the world of drug dealers, had adapted well to the Deep South. His accent set him apart, but his core love of people usually garnered him forgiveness of that small misstep in his genealogical roots.

      This particular Monday he was ninety miles away from his New Orleans base.

      He again circled the rectangular table capable of seating twenty, losing track of how many times this made. He thanked God he suffered no acrophobia. This corner room constructed with glass windows instead of two walls offered a view from ten stories up.

      His camera crew needed no supervision. He nodded in agreement with that musing, then checked his watch. Thirty minutes ‘til taping. Louisiana loved a good cup of coffee and so did he. Slipping out unnoticed, he took the elevator and exited the Capitol Building, glad to be outside. Even in the humid heat of Baton Rouge.

      Free now, he walked the block and settled in a café.

      He sensed her before he saw or heard her. No, that wasn’t exactly true. He experienced a pause in time, like one big inhalation, or one collective quiet gasp

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