The Return

By Bruce Allsman

The Return, a family drama by Bruce Allsman

 

After a long stretch of hard work, Kim Stafford, a field scientist, is getting ready for a vacation of backpacking adventure in Borneo with her scientist friend and lover, Charles Bowers, when she receives unexpected news of an impending visit from her estranged brother, Ben. Displeased with the unwelcome intrusion into her life, she resents Ben's arrival, questioning his ulterior motive. His presence stirs up memories of her painful past about her family that she had severed ties with years ago. When Ben reveals the purpose of his visit, Kim couldn't bear the pain any longer and resorts to a dangerous course of action.

 

 

• Language: English
• Publisher: Bruce Yeoh
• Release date: May 1, 2021
• ISBN: 9798201165239

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The Return

Bruce Allsman

All of the characters in this book

are fictitious, and any resemblance

to actual persons, living or dead,

is purely coincidental.

The Return

Copyright © 2020, 2021 by Bruce Allsman

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Published by Bruce Yeoh

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The Return

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The Return

WITH THE PROJECT NEARING its end, Kim Stafford expected eagerly a month of well-deserved rest and recreation, a backpacking adventure, before returning to the States. Carrying out her final reporting action, she moved the mouse cursor and clicked on the button to transmit her last e-mail with its attachments. The program responded instantly by showing a progress window of the files being sent.

The tiredness in her eyes forced her to look up from the computer screen and stare at the wall across the room, to her left. Pinned to the wooden wall was a large 2012 calendar for the month of December, its days all nearly crossed out with red ink. In just two days, I'd be leaving, she thought.

Last week, the other researchers had left except Charles Bowers who had stayed behind to help her. For the past