Rag Doll

By Rebecca Scarberry

A fascinating short story about a dream of a lifetime. Jeremy Martell plans to take his four-year-old son, Todd to search for diamonds in Murfreesboro, Arkansas. It isn’t a diamond his young son finds in the Arkansas state park. The Crater of Diamonds State Park becomes a crime scene? Crime, sex, and mystery make this a very entertaining read. You might find a twist or turn here and there. Don't let the very last sentence confuse you.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Rebecca Scarberry
• Release date: Mar 7, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301209828

Rebecca Scarberry

Rebecca Scarberry was born in Southern California. She retired as a claims analyst for an HMO in Las Vegas, Nevada. She lives on a very secluded non-working farm in the Boston Mountains of Arkansas with her husband and five cats. She has devoted her time to writing fiction since 2009 and has self-published works in four different genres. She published her debut, Messages from Henry in June 2012. It was written for young adults but many adults are finding it very entertaining. The sequel, Where Love Takes You, was published in August 2013. On December 10, 2012, she published a short story called, Rag Doll. This very short story is for adults only. It’s a spicy crime drama, and many readers were taken by surprise by the twist in the end. She’s now being compared to O’Henry. She has since published three children's picture books. It's called her Jumper series, about a funny red beach ball; telling the readers all about his adventures away from the toy store. Children, age 4 and up, want Jumper on TV. She has currently written the script for one episode and will attempt to make this a reality.

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RAG DOLL

A Short Story

by

Rebecca Scarberry

Published by Rebecca Scarberry

Smashwords Edition

Copyright 2012

Cover Design by Jason White

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This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, events, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or locales is entirely coincidental.

It was a dream of a lifetime for thirty-year-old Jeremy Martell. He told his five month pregnant wife, Rita, the only birthday present he wanted was to go to the Diamonds Forever State Park. Without hesitation, she agreed to make the four hour trek from Fayetteville, Arkansas to Murfreesboro, Arkansas on Jeremy’s birthday in 2013.

Jeremy loved his wife, but she seemed to have fallen out of love with him four years ago when their son, Todd, was born. It nearly tore Jeremy’s heart out every time Rita pushed him away.

Before Todd was born she had a temper, but she was affectionate towards Jeremy. Her personality had changed since Todd’s birth. She was indecisive and easily angered.

An old school buddy of Jeremy’s told him he heard Rita had, in fact, never stopped loving her high school sweetheart, Jean-Paul Mcleary.

She and Jean-Paul had