Almost Perfect

By RJ Crayton

It's not just stepmothers who are wicked.

Bitsy's insolent grandson has become too much of a problem for her to handle. She's come up with a solution, though. If she can just convince a doctor to go along with her sinister plan, everything will be just perfect ....

(Please note this is a very short story.)

• Language: English
• Publisher: RJ Crayton
• Release date: Mar 13, 2015
• ISBN: 9781311062482

RJ Crayton

R.J. Crayton grew up in Illinois and now lives in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, DC. She is the author of the Life First series of novels, which includes Life First and Second Life. Prior to writing fiction, Crayton was a journalist, writing for newspapers, including the Wichita Eagle and Kansas City Star. Crayton also worked for several trade publications, including Solid Waste Report, Education Technology News, and Campus Crime. Her first novels were published in 2013. The third novel in the Life First series, and a short story collection (Four Mothers), will be released in 2014. Crayton is a monthly contributor to the Indies Unlimited blog (http://www.indiesunlimited.com/author/rj-crayton/) and a regular contributor to the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies blog (http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/bio/crayton/). When she's not writing, Crayton spends her time being a ninja mom (stealthy and ultra cool, like moms should be) to her son and daughter. You can find out more about her at http://rjcrayton.com.

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Foreword

Almost Perfect is a very short story from the collection Four Mothers. This story is being offered free as a separate title due to its popularity. At the end of this story is a preview of the novel Life First.

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Almost Perfect

Dr. Klein appeared stiff, his gaze darting to the door periodically as he sat across from Bitsy. He’d taken several nervous sips of tea as she spoke. Bitsy had ignored this while she told the doctor what she wanted. Now that she’d finished, Bitsy folded her wrinkled hands across her lap and watched as Dr. Klein adjusted himself in his chair. She realized he wasn’t going to assent to her demands as easily as she had hoped.

Mrs. Wellsworth, he began.

She put on her biggest smile and interrupted. You can call me Bitsy, she reminded him. You used to.

He set the teacup on the low table in front of him, turned and glanced out of one of the glass-paned walls of the solarium. A piano sat in the corner. This room was where Bitsy’s son Peter had always practiced.

I think I’ve told you before, Bitsy, the doctor said, his brown eyes looking directly into her blue ones, but his voice faltered. We have rules. What you’re asking violates those rules.

She shook her head, then