Broken: Asher Benson, #3.5

By Jason Brant

Cynthia's world is set askew when the police inform her of a brutal attack perpetrated on her husband Evan. Left in a coma with massive brain damage, Evan is kept alive by a litany of machines. Cynthia sits by his bed for days, waiting for a positive sign that never comes. When the doctors suggest she remove her husband from life support, Cynthia unravels in despair.

While soul-searching, she wanders the hospital grounds and meets a wounded man who is suffering through his own struggles. Her life changes forever when he makes her an offer she can't refuse.

*Broken is a short story in the Asher Benson thriller series which takes place after Asher's War. The series is full of snarky humor, nonstop action, and scary thrills.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Jason Brant
• Release date: Mar 29, 2020
• ISBN: 9781393735489

Jason Brant

"JASON BRANT" is an anagram for Bas Trojann, a former Bigfoot hunter who, after being abducted (and subsequently returned) by aliens, decided to hang up his ghillie suit and enter the world of professional arm wrestling. Despite back-to-back first place finishes in the South Dakota World Championship League, Bas receded from athletics to invent cheese and give Al Gore the initiative to create the internet. Nearly a decade after writing the bestselling self-help series, Tomato Soup and Grilled Cheese (Cut into Four Pieces) for the Soul, Bas has left his life of notoriety and critical acclaim behind him to write existential, erotic poetry. His wife washes their clothing on his abs.

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Broken

Broken

Asher Benson #3.5

Jason Brant

Copyright © 2018 by Jason Brant

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BROKEN

Asher Benson #3.5

Broken

The stairs Cynthia ascended didn’t resemble anything else in the hospital. The harsh rubber lining the edge of each step had worn down long ago, its effectiveness trampled under years of footfalls.

Dust bunnies lined the walls on either side, barely visible in the dim stairwell.

Deep shadows bathed most of the area, a lone naked bulb at the top providing the meager light. The darkness concealing half of every step hid much of the dirt and hair that had accumulated over time.

The rest of the hospital still had a new sheen to it from a full remodel, completed less than a year ago. New doors and polished floors were the norm, not the filthy, dank space leading God only knew where.

Cynthia slowly took the stairs one at a time, listening to the soft echo of each footfall. She’d stumbled upon the passage while meandering around the hospital, pacing every hall for the third or fourth time in a row.

It had been a long night of contemplation, sorrow, and shock.

She’d drifted down the halls, hearing the bloops of machines and the sniffles of the ill.

On the top floor of the massive hospital, she’d spotted an open door at the end of an empty hallway. The door stood ajar just a few inches, semi-darkness waiting beyond it.

There she’d found the stairwell, relatively quiet compared to the rest of the hospital, and begun her ascent. Finding a peaceful place to sit and think would hopefully help her come to a decision that she needed to make soon.

Her index finger