"You'll be Sorry!"

By John Miller

"I said you were not getting past us.” Sam began to laugh. Just as Mark stood up again he heard a voice come from behind him.
“Leave him alone!”
What now? He turned and noticed a small girl standing there.
She was about Mark's age, eight or so, standing there pointing her finger at Sam and Bobby Jenkins. Sam just scowled at her and then they both laughed. “What are you going to do about it?”
What happened next was a shock even to an eight-year-old boy. She said, “You’ll be sorry.”

• Language: English
• Publisher: John Miller
• Release date: Nov 22, 2012
• ISBN: 9781301755714

John Miller

John Miller's first novel, The Featherbed, received stellar reviews and earned a devoted readership upon its release in 22. Besides novels, Miller has written on culture and politics, and in his spare time he provides consulting services to local and international non-profit organizations and governments. He lives in Toronto

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You’ll be Sorry!

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John Anthony Miller

copyright John Anthony Miller 2012

Smashwords Edition

You’ll be Sorry!

copyright 2012 John Anthony Miller Smashwords Edition

No part of this publication may be reproduced in whole or in part, or stored in any retrieval system, or transmitted in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission of the publisher. Exception is made for short excerpts used in reviews.

This book is a work of fiction. Any resemblance of characters to persons living or dead is coincidental.

Cover Design by Mary C. Findley

Cover Image credits: Crop duster and soybean field by Ken Hammond, U.S. Department of Agriculture. Public Domain

Dog and couple images obtained from IMSI’s MasterClips/ MasterPhotos copyrighted Collection, 1895 Francisco Blvd. East, San Rafael, CA 94901-5506, USA.

Acknowledgements:

Thanks to my friends, including Samantha Fury and Mary C. Findley, for all their help, support, and encouragement in making this book a reality.

It was like any normal day in the small town of Englewood, Kansas on this early fall morning. The temperature outside was not real cold as Mark stood there with his morning coffee. It was just cold enough so he could see the vapor coming from his coffee cup. Lisa opened the door so Herman could go outside with Mark. He stood there watching Herman run around the back yard.

Herman. Funny name for a dog. But Lisa loved that dog. He thought back to the first day they had met Herman.

They sat at the kitchen table. Mark worked on a model airplane and Lisa did some work for the bank. Lisa was in deep thought as she looked in the direction of the back yard through the glass doors. Lightning flashed. She saw a dog sitting on the porch.

Oh, jeez.

What’s wrong?

I think there is a dog on the porch.

Mark saw the dark shape. Yes, we got a stray out there.

Lisa headed over to the sliding glass door with Mark in tow. They slid the door open and there sat a stray dog.

Aw, the poor thing. Can we keep him?

Now, Lisa, we talked about getting a dog later on.

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