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    Last Resort
    Last Resort
    Last Resort
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    Last Resort

    By Judy Bates

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    Lucinda has mixed emotions about her sudden windfall. Great to have a new lease on life, but not so great to have any publicity surrounding the event that would change everything. She has to explore her options about how to proceed. Last Resort seems to be the answer.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJudy Bates
    Release dateJul 23, 2018
    ISBN9780463637548
    Last Resort
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    Judy Bates

    My name is Judith Wysnewski. I write under the pen name Judy Bates. I live in Sarasota,Florida with my husband, Roy.

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      Book preview

      Last Resort - Judy Bates

      Last Resort

      By Judy Bates

      Part 1

      Chapter 1

      Lucinda assumed that her life was pretty much the way it was going to be from this point on. She certainly didn’t enjoy living in such circumstances. It was where life had deposited her at age 65.

      She did manage to live independently in a one-room rental. She paid her rent on time and tried to keep a low profile. The landlord and her were not on the best of terms but they did stay out of each other’s way.

      What a surprise when she actually found an envelope addressed to her in her mailbox. She only checked on the mail once a week

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