Dr. Reben Stacey races against time to save his wife's life

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 With no one to hear his cries, Reuben felt confused, guilty, and overwhelmed with despair. The negativity that plagued him emerged from deep within his soul. He felt more isolated than ever now that the clone had given up. Everything was crashing down on him. Reuben concluded that Finch had disappeared or dropped off of the planet altogether. Everything that was negative rambled through Reuben's mind. Maybe he didn't love the clone like he'd thought he would. Maybe she felt it. But maybes didn't bring any consolation to his heart. With no way out it felt like the end of the road as he sat in the dark alone. The love of his life is gone, and it still hurt Reuben. After everything he'd gone through, the lying, deceit, and the secret cloning of his deceased wife, to have it backfire made his life seem futile.
   Absorbed in dismay, Reuben cried out for Norrell, and he cried for the clone, but neither could hear the echoes of his cries. Their faces flashed before him in the surrounding darkness. "Oh Norrie, where are you?" he cried out. He wondered if she was in heaven. Or had he sent her into purgatory? He have cheated her out of going to heaven by talking her into going along with his devious deed. He blamed himself for not telling the family that she had cancer. As it were, she had had a short time to live, and he cheated his children of spending the lasts days with her. The Witmans to say they loved her one last time.
    In his heart, he knew that  Norrell had gone along with his plan only to make him happy. "Selfish, selfish, selfish!!" Reuben said repeatedly while pounding his fist against his forehead. His mind was in such turmoil now that he wasn't sure of anything, except that he still missed his wife terribly. Time wasn't healing at least not in Reuben's case. It had been almost two years since her death. He missed her so much that he ached inside. No one understood the love they had shared. Reuben was at an all-time low. He concluded that if she were in purgatory, he wanted to be there with her. At least they would be in torment together. Reuben found a bottle of whiskey in the bottom drawer of his dresser, and downed half the bottle quickly becoming intoxicated. He lay on his bed, his mind restless. He pounded his fist into the pillow as though it were his enemy. But he grew weary and couldn't find solace from beating the pillow.
     Reuben got up, wobbled to his closet, and took down a black box from the shelf. He reached into his pockets and took out his keys. Trying to find the right one turned out to be a task. "Damn it!" he shouted when the keys slipped through his trembling hands and clanged on the floor. "Can't I do anything right anymore?" Reuben hid his face in his hands as he tried to get a grip. Wearily he pushed back a lock of curly hair that had fallen from its place. Slowly he bent down to pick up the keys, but he tumbled down to the floor instead. Once down, he didn't want to get up, so he laid there for a minute or two before remembering that he had an agenda. Forcing himself up, he took the key and the black box and managed to find his way to the bed. Reuben flopped down on the bed took the key, and opened the box. Inside laid his 9mm, handgun. He inserted the clip and cocked it back.
    Reuben just sat there for a moment, staring at the gun. Finally he turned the gun toward his face. His hands began to shake as he placed the gun inside his mouth. Tears streamed down his face.
The more he thought about it, the more he planned to end it all. With his hands trembling and his breathing growing increasingly rapid, he closed his eyes and put his finger on the trigger. With a hard grunt he pulled the trigger. . . CLICK!!!!. . . Sorry! You'll have to buy the book to find out what happened! Go to  www.amazon.com, order ADM, on Kindle or down load to your PC or Mac. Kindle edition $9.99 and hard cover @ $18.00.
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