Fool Me Once…Part Ii

Mary Burton King

Description

Rebecca reveals the contents of Marcus's secret storage unit. What she finds is both ghastly as well as pleasantly surprising. Can you guess?
In book one Rebecca contemplates how to end her twenty year loveless marriage to her abusive but very wealthy husband, Marcus. During a home invasion, Marcus is brutally assaulted and after remains of an American male matching his description are found in the Mexican desert, he is presumed dead.
In this sequel, Rebecca believing Marcus is dead and she and her two children are finally free from his abuse, attempts to settle his estate and move on with her life. She subsequently moves out of Marcus's lavish mansion and while unpacking her belongings at her new residence rediscovers the storage unit key she found hidden in his bedroom at the mansion. What she finds stashed in Marcus's secret storage unit is both ghastly as well as pleasantly surprising and sets the theme for this sequel.
David, Rebecca's crack head tormentor, escaped felon and murderer, avoids capture and continues his horrific killing spree. Follow the antics of David and other characters that return to make this an unforgettable sequel with a heart pounding, incredibly shocking ending.

Sujets

• Detective
• Mystery
• Spam
• Rebecca
• Fiction
• Marcus

Informations

• Publié par: Trafford Publishing
• Date de parution: 31 août 2011
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781426992858
• Langue: English

Extrait

FOOL ME ONCE… Part II
A REBECCA NOVEL
 
 
 
 
By
MARY BURTON KING
 
 
© Copyright 2011 MARY BURTON KING. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the written prior permission of the author.
 
ISBN: 978-1-4269-9284-1 (sc) ISBN: 978-1-4269-9283-4 (hc) ISBN: 978-1-4269-9285-8 (e)
 
Library of Congress Control Number: 2011914912
 
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Trafford rev. 07/19/2022
 
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Dedication
I dedicate this novel to all my Rebecca fans that have been waiting so patiently for this sequel. In book one Rebecca contemplated how to end her loveless and mentally abusive marriage to Marcus. When Marcus attempted to kill her and failed Rebecca got mad then she got even. The saga of Rebecca continues, therefore so does your Fantasy. Enjoy!
CONTENTS
Chapter 1: Unfinished Business
Chapter 2: Secrets Revealed
Chapter 3: Lost Treasures
Chapter 4: Unwelcome Company
Chapter 5: Murphy’s Law – Anything That Can Go Wrong Will Go Wrong
Chapter 6: Career Moves
Chapter 7: Karma
Chapter 8: Bad Deeds
Chapter 9: Mayhem
Afterword: An Unbelievable Summer
C hapter 1: Unfinished Business
I t was New Year’s Day. The beginning of a new year brought the beginning of Rebecca’s new life without Marcus. Now she could stop hiding and regain her true identity. Freedom at last! Finally, the slimy rat bastard was dead and once the DNA analysis was completed the pathetic remains found in the Mexican desert will be positively identified as Marcus’s. Detective Thompson said it would take two or three weeks for him to receive the results of the comparison and that was two weeks ago today. Rebecca was on pins and needles waiting for the results. Once Marcus’s remains were identified a death certificate could be issued and his estate could be settled. She couldn’t wait until Marcus’s funeral. Watching his casket being lowered into that big six foot hole in the ground will be like driving a wooden stake through the heart of a vampire. Marcus’s funeral will be finality and absolute peace of mind for Rebecca and the kids. Initially Rebecca thought she would not attend Marcus’s funeral but has since decided she wouldn’t miss that freak show for a million dollars. Too bad it had to be a closed casket because his picked over bag of bones will be a sight for sore eyes; like something from an old Vincent Price horror flick!
Christmas had come and gone rather quickly. Christine and Marcus Jr. came home for the holidays and the three of them shopped for gifts for each other, ate tons of fantastic holiday food, went to the movies as well as a mystery dinner theater and spent plenty of quality time together. Rebecca intended to visit Little Nannie in Memphis over the holidays but unfortunately couldn’t make the trip and instead gave her a phone call on Christmas day. She did not know how much longer her grandmother’s health would hold up which has allowed her to live by herself in her old country house she loves so much. Christmas week was awesome however all good things must eventually come to an end.
The following week, the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day was spent moving into the duplex Rebecca had recently purchased for herself and Christine. Even though she was more than ready to move out of that creepy mansion that Marcus had called his “castle” and into their new home nobody likes moving. Their new abode was perfect. Rebecca was thrilled with the fact that Christine was living next door where she could keep an eye on her but on the other hand realized her daughter was a young woman now and needed her space.
The duplex is slightly over 2800 square feet total and each unit has three bedrooms, one and a half baths, a small deck and an attached single car garage. The hot tub Rebecca wanted would be added later. The renovations to the bathrooms and kitchens had been completed shortly before Christmas so with the help of Marcus Jr. and a couple of hired moving men, Rebecca and Christine managed to get their furniture and personal belongings moved into the duplex. The next couple of weeks would be spent unpacking, hanging curtains, arranging furniture, and decorating. And the best part about moving into the duplex was the fact that it was in a nice, quite neighborhood only a couple of miles from Emory University where Christine would be enrolling in the spring. Rebecca was thrilled that Christine had decided to come home and attend a local college.
After getting somewhat settled into her duplex Christine hinted she wanted a puppy to keep her company so Rebecca decided to surprise her with a trip to the local animal shelter and let her adopt one. While they were there Rebecca saw a darling two year old male German Sheppard Husky with green eyes that she just had to take home. She named him Foxfire and knew he would be a fantastic companion as well as a dedicated guard dog. Christine ultimately selected a one year old blonde female Pomeranian mix she named Chichi, the perfect lap dog. Foxfire and Chichi didn’t know it yet but they had just won the doggy lottery because they would be pampered and spoiled rotten the rest of their lives. Going to the animal shelter and adopting two pups was a real treat because Marcus had never allowed Rebecca or the kids to have a dog, cats but never a dog. Rebecca never understood why but guessed it was another one of his control mechanisms. He was such an ass!
Rebecca’s real estate agent, Shelia, scheduled an estate auction for the middle of February in which the mansion, its remaining contents and Marcus’s pretentious, very expensive Mercedes would be sold to the highest bidder. As it turned out the dealership where Marcus bought the Mercedes didn’t want it back, they wanted payment. So, hopefully someone in the city of Atlanta will bid on Marcus’s status symbol seventy thousand dollar Mercedes. Even though Rebecca had never seen Marcus’s boat, LIFE’S SO GOOD, docked in Tampa she decided to keep it, pay it off and have her name added to the title. As much as she would have liked to completely remove his name from the title, she couldn’t because she didn’t have a death certificate. This forty five foot luxury boat seemed like the perfect accessory for a fabulous Florida summer vacation for her and the kids.
Since Marcus’s will was never located and his estate was destined to be settled in probate court, all the proceeds from the auction would be held in escrow and used to pay off the rat bastard’s debts. As far as Rebecca could tell he didn’t actually own anything, it was all financed. His lavish lifestyle was simply smoke and mirrors. Rebecca realized that the only true asset Marcus had was the millions of dollars he tried so desperately to hide from her. She counted her lucky stars that she had managed to find Marcus’s huge nest egg and scam him out of most of it before he was murdered. Karma kicked his butt! All these years the rat bastard had been secretly squirreling away millions of dollars for himself. Ironically he was killed by the very same hit man he hired to kill her and would never be able to spend a dime of his hidden money.
Rebecca talked to, texted or e-mailed Seth almost every day. With Skype it was like he was right here in Atlanta instead of Amsterdam. During one of their conversations last week, Seth told Rebecca that Marcus’s porn flick, A RICH MAN’S SEXUAL FANTASY was selling like hot cakes on the internet as well as mail order, particularly in Europe. Just like Rebecca knew it would! Who wouldn’t want to watch a balding, middle aged, portly rat bastard bound in leather restraints getting his butt spanked with a fetish whip by the gorgeous Mistress Marianne dressed as a policewoman? Seth’s and Rebecca’s profit on each flick sold was roughly ten dollars which was to be paid quarterly via direct deposit into their business bank account in Liverpool. Shawn, Seth’s cousin in Liverpool, hired an accountant to oversee the transactions and perform quarterly audits of the books. After the accountant’s first quarterly audit the end of March, Seth and Rebecca would know exactly how much profit they made off of Marcus’s porn flick or as Rebecca calls it ‘his gift to his family that keeps on giving and giving’ even after his death. No more thousand dollars a month allowance doled out by the rat bastard tightwad Marcus. His slightly deviant sexual obsession had ultimately made Rebecca and the kids very wealthy and would continue to do so for a very long time. Christine and Marcus Jr. would never have to worry about money during their lifetime. All’s well that ends well, right?
 
David, Karl, and Karl’s girlfriend Michelle or Shelley as she liked to be called were in Tampa loading Karl’s work truck, a white box truck and David’s primer gray Chevy S10 pickup truck with all their worldly possessions. Since the construction jobs in Tampa had all but dried up and Shelley had recently been fired from her home health aid position for stealing prescription narcotics from one of her elderly clients, the three had decided it was time for a change. Karl