Women Who Rise
Psychological Drama · fiction

Fifty Two Calls Too Late

By the time my phone rang for the fifty-second time, I had stopped wondering whether my husband was worried about me. Austin Parker wasn't worried. He was angry that dinner wasn't ready. I lay beneath the fluorescent lights of St. Matthew's emergency room with my left leg wrapped in a fresh white cast from below my knee to my toes. Eight...

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Genre
Psychological Drama
Audience
Adult readers
Chapters
6
Fiction status
fiction
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My Life Story Editorial

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Women Who Rise

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  1. 01Chapter 1
  2. 02Chapter 2
  3. 03Chapter 3
  4. 04Chapter 4
  5. 05Chapter 5
  6. 06Chapter 6

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