Anodibe Whatkins

By Warren Emens

Barely surviving birth in a devastating wildfire, Anodibe seems to seek revenge by striking out at everyone and everything that touches her.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Warren Emens
• Release date: Jul 20, 2017
• ISBN: 9781370860401

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Anodibe Whatkins

Copyright 2017 Warren Emens

Published by Warren Emens at Smashwords

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Table of Contents

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve

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Chapter One

Becky Whatkins looked out at the cloudless blue sky and whispered, It will be another hot one today, Anodibe. She often talked to the life growing inside her. With her husband working many miles away and only home occasionally, she longed for someone to talk with. She walked around the outside of the house, her bare feet making small footprints in the dirt. She wore a simple cotton dress and had put her hands in the side pockets. As she prepared to go back inside, she cupped her hands under her taunt round stomach and waited for the reassuring kick.

Becky and her husband Lenny had a little over ten acres of land a few miles off highway 58 near the California Mojave desert. They intended to farm when they bought the land with the money Lenny received when his father died. Lenny was no farmer, and without a reliable source of water it was impossible to grow anything. He had taken a construction job working on the interstate highway about four hundred miles away. Becky had two more weeks out there alone at their isolated place, before going to town and staying with her mother-in-law Rachael until the baby came.

Becky went back inside and decided to take a morning nap. As her due date had