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    Suddenly Death
    Suddenly Death
    Suddenly Death
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    Suddenly Death

    By Roland E. Williams

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    Four captivating and startling stories with one common end result, but each set in different surroundings: the cold autumn ground, a zinc house, a hospital, and a dried-up pond.

    In "Perfect Summer", all is far from being perfect after a young girl is brutally raped.

    "Rosalinda" tells the story of a loving and cheerful Dominican girl who ends up smack in the middle of the two major roles in her life: her father and her older brother. The end is a heart wrenching example of life...and death.

    The author takes us to the unraveling of the last hours of an elderly woman, in "Twisted", when she is visited by her son whom she hasn't seen for a long time.

    In "Innocent Guilt" we are shown how even the innocent can be guilty.

    And then there's a bonus: part of a short story from an upcoming collection of stories: "Forgers", which deals with false love and deception.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRoland E. Williams
    Release dateJul 16, 2016
    ISBN9781310493508
    Suddenly Death
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    Roland E. Williams

    Roland E. Williams was born on Aruba, but moved to Sint Maarten when he was nine years old. At the age of seventeen he moved to The Netherlands where he studied and held a variety of professions. Roland has worked in the IT field for over thirty years, but has always been busy writing poetry and occasionally short stories. In June of 2016 one of his poems was published online at Leaves of Ink. It was the very first and only poem he’d ever submitted. Since then he’s submitted more to others online. He has lived in Aruba, Sint Maarten, The Netherlands, and the Dominican Republic (twice), and currently lives on Sint Maarten.

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      Suddenly Death - Roland E. Williams

      Suddenly death

      By Roland E. Williams

      Copyright (c) Roland E. Williams 2016

      Smashwords Edition License Notes:

      This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or places or persons, living or dead, 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 are reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to your favorite ebook retailer and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Table of Contents

      Perfect Summer

      Rosalinda

      Twisted

      Innocent Guilt

      About Roland E. Williams

      Perfect Summer

      She cried, but she kept quiet. She said nothing as she lay there. The ground cold beneath her, the grass nicked her skin, and pebbles prodded into her back.

      The first man ripped her panties with one swift pull. He shoved her skirt up to her hips and the other two pressed her hands and feet hard into the grass and sharp pebbles. Tears flowed along her ears. But she said nothing. And her silence continued when this man on top of her shoved up her pullover and bra.

      The girl turned her head sideways and looked away. The grass grew under the shrubs and along the slope to the walls of the channel that dropped straight into the water. Morning clouds hid the Sun, the autumn chill had begun and the young girl’s exposed skin showed this.

      The first man’s words were unintelligible. He breathed heavier and ended with a loud groan. The man grabbed the girl’s wrist and thrust the back of her hand into the pebbles as he withdrew. He fumbled and zipped his trouser up with the other hand.

      The thick boxwood hedge hid them well from the street. The footpath they dragged her to, behind the brush, led to a bridge far enough from the busy streets where merchants and early clients debated prices.

      Man, the big one said, See those? He gazed at the girl’s bareness as he groped himself, pushing her legs open. The girl lay still, soon her body jerked with the man’s movements.

      I told you all she was right, the first man said.

      Yeah, the big man said. She is.

      This other guy was larger. A lot larger, with large tattoos on his lower arms as far as his knuckles, but the girl remained silent. She still looked away. The clouds stood unmoving, vapid and thick, the Sun remained hidden behind them. In the gray shade of the grass, an army of ants marched between blades carrying the cadaver of a ladybug. The girl looked as the ants disappeared between the grass blades.

      The girl’s right cheek had swollen much more now since the fall she had made when this big man had thrown her on the ground. Her cheek had hit a fist size rock as she went face first.

      Even now the girl maintained her silence while her second assailant continued grunting, his breathing erratic and strong, and his large hands pressed her thighs wider open. And he ended.

      Come on, make it quick, the first man said to the third. You take long. You always do.

      Yeah, yeah, said the third man.

      This third aggressor wore boxers patterned with cartoon characters. He smelled of talcum powder and sugary sweet after shave.

      The girl’s heels and wrists were bruising. Her older bruises, spots and lines of grays, were not yet gone, and now again the pink and red and purple added. Her inner thighs reddened more while the third man went on with his advantage. Yet she continued to be silent.

      Hey, man, the third man said. I sure hope this bitch ain’t got no disease.

      She got no disease, said the first man.

      How you know? the third man asked.

      I know.

      And how do you know?

      You wanna make a point of it? the first man said, he loosened his hold on the girl as the third paused. I know, all right.

      The third man continued, and the girl had not moved. He glanced at the first man and back at the girl. His movements slowed and his moans stopped. When he resumed the girl’s body jerked. He sighed, stopped and stared at the first man.

      I don’t get how you know she’s clean? the third man said as he frowned.

      You ain’t done with this? the first man asked.

      "I

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