Angellove: We Were the Lucky Ones. (Book 1 Part 3/3)

By Bronwyn Rust

When SADNESS turns to ANGER...
When the GOOD become BAD...

“The line dividing good and evil runs through
the heart of every human being.”

Set in the picturesque State of Oregon, in a small town on the coastline. Chief Medical Examiner and Consulting Forensic Pathologist, Dr. Madison Für Immer, and her sister, Lucy, are like night and day, but inseparable. Madison, her devoted boyfriend Dean, Lucy, their mother Jessie, and their friends, are thrown into a chilling web of helplessness and hopelessness, at odds with the justice system, when they are struck by an unimaginable tragedy of dark, horrific and graphic events that changes everything.
This tragic event has taken their dreams and plans for the future, on a path fraught with alcohol, drugs, depression, anger, sorrow, and pure animalistic rage.
In this suspenseful and gripping thriller, follow Madison on a journey, at war with herself, battling between what is good and what is evil, and the difference between justice and vengeance.
She finds herself in a nightclub, where drugs go down faster than drinks, and finds new use for her medical expertise when she decides to let all feelings disappear, and what chaos it brings. She goes on a violent rampage, and a pursuit of hair-raising suspense is underway.

At it's heart, it's a universal story of unconditional love, loss, friendship, and faith. It's chillingly mesmeric in tone, incorporating authentic forensic detail, with powerful intensity and palpable emotion.

"There is always some light in the darkness and some darkness in the light."

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU LOSE SOMEONE, YOU CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Bronwyn Rust
• Release date: Jan 22, 2019
• ISBN: 9780463351710

Bronwyn Rust

Born and raised in sub-saharan Africa, in the small city of East London, on the Wild Coast of South Africa. Bronwyn grew-up as the youngest of two children in a middle-class family of four. Bronwyn is of German and Irish blood ancestry, she stands at 5 feet, has green eyes, is fair-skinned, with long dark brunette hair. She wears glasses for reading. She was known to have a 'death-stare' in High School, and was coined the nickname 'Wednesday.' She displayed a very early love for animals which only grew stronger over the years. She is very close with her dogs and loves them implicitly, she has said openly that they have saved her life. Bronwyn Rust always had it in the back of her mind, that she would one day like to write a book. She was an average student, but being a dreamer, her interests were elsewhere...anywhere else. After graduating High School, she got her first job as a bartender, and at the age of nineteen, she left South Africa, solo, on a two-year visa, working and travelling through the UK. ​ It was after experiencing a tragic loss when she returned, that threw her into darkness. It was a traumatic loss and she was inconsolable. She fell into a deep depression and was highly medicated. ​ She was self-diagnosed, and later confirmed, as Bi-polar and a sufferer of major depression, which she credits her dogs, medication and playing the guitar, in helping her cope with her illness. After about a year to 2 years, after the loss; Bronwyn began writing. Initially, it was nothing more than a catharsis. A coping mechanism. She wrote days, nights, weekends, into the early hours of the morning, researching tirelessly, getting lost in the internet, from dusk through 'til dawn. She had a Google history, you would be concerned about someone finding. Writing about how she felt, her religion, her mental illness, about life and death, and the meaning of it all, if there even was a reason for it all. She wrote about things she wanted to say, but now couldn't. Angellove was born. It became her love letter, to her love. The novel; a dark thriller about loss, centers primarily on Medical Examiner, Madison Für Immer, and her close family and friends. What she says about the book, "Although it's fiction, it was based, inspired, and a true account of my feelings throughout the loss. Some events in the book, did happen. Some conversations in the book, did take place. Some characters in the book, do exist. In a lot of ways, it's like an autobiography of my mind; a mental and emotional documentary." It's fiction based on the author's reality. 'Angellove: We were the Lucky ones.' tackles; addiction, loss, mental illness, the justice system, what is good and what is bad, the difference between what is right and what is wrong...and if there even is a difference at all, and many other issues and theories. 'Angellove: We were the Lucky ones.' is the first book penned by Bronwyn Rust. It tells the story of loss, love, friendship, and faith...and the battles with each. She states about the book, "It was a labour of a lot of love, a lot of pain, and a lot of wine." When Bronwyn is not writing, she enjoys the company of her dogs, and stays away from cellphones and social media. She enjoys exploring other artistic avenues, such as; painting, sketching, playing guitar. She enjoys tackling home renovation projects, and quiet evenings in with the pups, and a bottle of wine. Bronwyn Rust currently resides in her hometown of East London, in the Eastern Cape, on the Wild Coast of South Africa, with her kindred-spirited Bullmastiff x Boerboel, Bella, and ferociously protective male Boerboel, Max..., and new addition feline Luna. "There's no place like home." Her other areas of interests: Firearms, weapons, forensics and forensic technologies, pathology and autopsies, biology, crime, mental illnesses, psychiatry, animals and nature, God and the afterlife, music, guitars, film, special effects, mythology, art, poetry, travel, Gothic architecture, muscle cars...

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ANGELLOVE:

WE WERE THE LUCKY ONES.

Bronwyn Rust.

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Copyright © Bronwyn Rust 2019 All Rights Reserved

Bronwyn Rust asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.

Angellove is a trademark.

Book design, interior, and cover, by Bronwyn Rust.

Modified images by Bronwyn Rust.

Ownership of images – © Unknown.

Disclaimer: The author does not claim ownership of the images, quotes, or fonts used herein, and although every precaution and effort has been taken to find and credit the owners, it was unfortunately to no avail. But they were ultimately used in the hope that they would help people cope with their loss, as they have helped the author with theirs.

ISBN-13: 978-0-9946681-4-1 (EPUB.)

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www.bronwynrust.com

This novel is (entirely) a work of fiction, the names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

Printed and bound in South Africa.

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission (in writing) of the publisher (Bronwyn Rust).

Nor be otherwise circulated in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser.

All characters in this publication are fictitious and any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, resold, hired out, or otherwise circulated without the publisher’s prior consent in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition, including this condition, being imposed on the subsequent purchaser.

Although inspired by a true story, certain names have been changed and some characters and events portrayed in this novel are fictional or have been adapted in the process of dramatization.

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My hope for this book is to shed a light on Bipolar Disorder and Depression.

These are serious illnesses/conditions that should be taken as such.

As a sufferer myself, I wish any other sufferers to know that they are not alone, and though there may not be a cure, there is help.

Medication has helped me. Medication has saved me.

Seeking help does not make you weak, it makes you smart.

Losing a loved one is the most traumatic and heartbreaking thing that can ever happen to you. If you can survive that, you can survive anything. There is nothing life can throw at you that is worse. Absolutely nothing.

You will never forget them,

You will Forever love them,

And when you see them in your dreams, know that they are visiting you, letting you know they have not left you.

And…of course, I would like to shine the brightest light on pet adoption. There is no greater love in the world. And if you witness or suspect any form of animal abuse or neglect, to please contact your nearest SPCA or Animal Control.

There is no greater legacy to leave, than a beating heart that would not have had a chance, had it not been for you.

– Unknown.

Much love

:)

This book is dedicated in Loving memory

to the Love, and Light, of my Life,

Lucky Rust.

"I aspire to be the person, you think I am.

I love you more than my heart can handle,

more than my mind can manage,

and more than my soul can hold." – Bronwyn Rust.

"The world is a better place for having you in it,

and if I display just a fraction of the love you showed in the world, then I know, I’ll see you again."

– Bronwyn Rust.

Te amo magis quam vivere.

"Leave it to the wrath of God…Vengeance is mine, I will repay,

says the Lord." – Romans 12 v19.

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The only people who fear death are those with regrets.

– Unknown.

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he doctor then showed Dean to Madison’s hospital room. Dean thanked him.

  A nurse will be in to check on her soon. he said and left.

I slid open the glass door and stepped inside sliding it closed again behind me. Madison was lying in bed covered in deep purple bruises and hooked up to tubes and IV’s and different machines as she breathed slowly. The one side of her head was shaved by the bullet wound and bandaged up.

I knew that she would be pissed about that. Hair was always very important to women, part of their womanhood or something.

The Heart Rate Monitor beeped with each heartbeat. I welled up with tears as I approached her. I leaned forward and gently pressed my lips against her forehead. I took a seat on the chair beside her bed, and I took her hand in mine and kissed her hand.

  Hey, it’s me. I said, "The doctor said that, you’re not out of the woods yet, which I know you and Loose would find funny,