Trouble

By Jamie Campbell

Tessa Cressly is known for her bad decisions. Men, jobs, finances, there isn’t anything she can’t get wrong. As she resounds to make a change and start getting things right, everything goes so terribly wrong again.

Set up by her boyfriend and framed for a crime she didn’t commit, Tessa goes in search of the jewellery he stole from her. Desperate to retrieve her stolen items, she must face all her past relationships.

As Tessa resolves to turn her life around, she has another decision to make. And this one may not turn out so bad.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Jamie Campbell
• Release date: Jan 30, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301308330

Jamie Campbell

Jamie was born into a big, crazy family of 6 children. Being the youngest, she always got away with anything and would never shut up. Constantly letting her imagination run wild, her teachers were often frustrated when her 'What I did on the weekend' stories contained bunyips and princesses.Growing up, Jamie did the sensible things and obtained a Bachelor of Business degree from Southern Cross University and worked hard to gain her membership with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia.Yet nothing compared to writing. Quiting the rat race to spend quality time with her laptop named Lily, Jamie has written several novels and screenplays. Spanning a number of genres and mediums, Jamie writes whatever inspires her from ghost stories to teenage love stories to tantalising murder mysteries. Nothing is off limits.A self-confessed television addict, dog lover, Taylor Swift fan, and ghost hunter, Jamie loves nothing more than the thrill of sharing her stories.

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Trouble

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Copyright 2013 Jamie Campbell

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CHAPTER 1

I’ve never been a good judge of character. I always thought I was, but in reality I was fooling myself. I dated losers, I got terrible jobs, and I brought way too many things from late night infomercials. Good decisions were not my forte.

On reflection, I think I knew when it was time to break up with my latest boyfriend. He definitely wasn’t a good decision. He cost me a lot more than my dignity…

I need to go to the bank, Ryan grumbled as we lay in bed. I watched as he pulled on some clothes from the floor and zipped his pants.

The last thing I wanted to do was leave the comfortable bed. Especially when I’d been working half the night. I’ll see you when you get back.

No, you need to come with me.

Why?

Will you just do it? You always have to argue, he looked at me with that cute exasperated look he always managed to pull off. It was difficult to refuse.

Why don’t you just come back to bed?

Because we need to get moving.

Fine, I sighed. My clothes came from the closet, at least I still had some pride yet to lose.

We took the drive to the bank and circled the block until Ryan found the ideal car park. He insisted he didn’t want to walk far and ended up parking in the disabled spot. I knew my protests would fall on deaf ears. Perhaps that was his disability – selective deafness.

Inside the bank, there was a long queue for the tellers. I waited with Ryan as he completed the slip. He seemed to be taking a long time, which should have been my first clue that something wasn’t right.

Here, take this, Ryan said as he shoved something into my hands. I didn’t even think as I accepted the object. It was heavy and cold. I looked down