Looking up, she sees flames shooting into the sky. A loud bang shakes the earth below her feet. She jogs to it and squats behind it shrinking into herself and covering her ears. Finally she spots the large garbage container, not in its usual spot. When she reaches the rear of the building, she frantically scans the area. Looking back, she whispers “I’m sorry” to the oblivious attendant before continuing around the building. She grabs her over-large purse and jumps out of the car, nearly tripping in her haste. “Fill it up,” she squeaks at him when he finally reaches her car. Her eyes follow him, silently urging him to quicken his pace. Maneuvering the car to the furthest full service pump, she waits, hands clutching the steering wheel, for the attendant.Īfter what feels like an eternity to her fevered brain, the attendant finally notices her and saunters over to her car. Not only did full service guarantee that someone else would be pumping her gas, but its expense meant that there’s never a wait. Only one or two gas stations in town still offer full service, but she had done her homework and knew this one did. Shaking hands steer the car to the nearest full service gas station. Morgan runs away – destroying everything in her path as she disappears. Behind closed doors the loving Daniel that Morgan married is jealous and overprotective. She has a job she loves, a best friend for which she would do anything and a husband that completes her. They rush through a courtship and marry within a year of meeting. He always gets what he wants and he wants Morgan. Īn accountant in the city who will do anything to be the youngest partner in his firm. She’s been waiting a long-time to find the one. A librarian in a small town in the mid-west. She’s shy with men, but a rock to her friends. Is living with him enough to drive Morgan over the edge? Or does something more treacherous lurk beneath the façade?Ī gorgeous, sweet woman that is oblivious to her own beauty. But he’s also overprotective, jealous, and domineering. Everything she has always wanted in a husband and the father of her children. Daniel is smart, gorgeous and successful. Why would a woman who has it all throw her life away? Morgan has the perfect life.

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Life Discarded by D.E. Haggerty