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    Unexpected
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    Unexpected

    By Terry Aspinall

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    John is in a great relationship with his partner until the day she disappears. His friends and the locals turn against him, thinking that he has done something wrong. Luckily he befriends somebody who takes him for who he is. However, he is in for a shock and an ending that he did not expect.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTerry Aspinall
    Release dateMay 25, 2013
    ISBN9781301626137
    Unexpected
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    Terry Aspinall

    I was born during the Second World War while my father was chasing Rommel out of North Africa and Italy, for this reason I never saw him until late 1946. I grew up in the sleepy little Suffolk country side town of Stowmarket, and underwent an education that to me seemed an absolute waste of time. Although with that wonderful tool known as hindsight, my reading and writing skills would have served me well in the writing of this book. I should have taken the trouble and given the teachers my full undivided attention and not the girls sitting next to me, while behind me was always the wall. Yes I was a back of class type of guy who was always getting into trouble and talking during class. Upon leaving school I became what was known as a Teddy boy and hung around with the Ipswich town local gangs. Once the novelty began to wear off, and I realised that if I carried on along the path I had chosen, it would only lead me into trouble with the law, so I decided on a complete life style change and joined the Royal Marines. My growing up during this period of time can certainly be attributed to my Royal Marine training, something that is still part of my life to this day. I tell of my service years and of being on active service in Borneo. Upon my release I became very interested and involved in the Rock n Roll music of the day, and helped form a local band in the town of Leiston in Suffolk. I also became involved in the then new sport of hang gliding. Which later lead me to strapping an engine on to my glider, and being amongst the first in the UK to pioneer the sport of Microlighting, and to set a record that still stands to this day. Eventually while working for Bernard Matthews I upped my family and immigrated to New Zealand, to help build a new factory in a small county town of Waipukurau on the North Island. Where I experienced a complete new style of living that my family and I all enjoyed, and took to it like ducks to water. It was a taste of what was to come when after three years I once again up rooted my family and move over the ditch as they say to Australia, but that’s another story?

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      Book preview

      Unexpected - Terry Aspinall

      Unexpected

      Terry Aspinall

      © Copyright 2004 by Terry Aspinall

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      ISBN : 9781301626137

      Published by Terry Aspinall.

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      Introduction

      John is in a great relationship with his partner until the day she disappears. His friends and the locals turn against him, thinking that he has done something wrong. Luckily he befriends somebody who takes him for who he is. However, he is in for a shock and an ending that he did not expect.

      short story

      This book is a work of fiction. All names, characters, locations and incidents are the product of the author's imagination, or have been used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons living or dead, locals or events is entirely coincidental.

      Table of Contents

      Chapter 1.Broken Heart.

      Chapter 2. Scissors.

      Chapter 3. Decisions.

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      Chapter 1

      Brocken Heart

      It being Friday night I once again found myself pushing a shopping trolley around the local supermarket. It had become one of my weekly tasks, more by bad luck than by a democratic decision. Another of those decisions that I was assigned was to carry the list of basic items that we were searching, in order that we might survive the following week.

      Anne my live in girl friend was ahead of me selecting from the shelves most of the items that we required. Whenever possible I would occasionally point her towards items of interest as we made our way down the aisles. Sometimes a slight discussion took place, and if we require the item, she would pick it up and toss it into the trolley. She also had a keen eye for spotting the bargain of the week.

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