Paranoia
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Is Darren Bates a dead man walking, or is Anne Clark delusional, going mad? The death of Darren Bates, an ex-convict, was shrouded in mystery. Who was the man who posed as his brother, identified his body at the morgue, and arranged his funeral? Anne is determined to find out. As an OPV official prison visitor, she had befriended the man in life
Violetta Antcliff
Violetta Antcliff has been a member of the Nottingham Writers' Club for over twenty years. A winner of numerous short story competitions, her work was area short listed in Waterstone's Wow Factor story competition. Took first prize in Nottingham County Council short story competition with a story called "Irish Mouse Tales," which was published by Gypsy Shadow Publishing as an eBook in July of 2012. She has had her poetry and short stories read on local radio. Violetta is a prolific writer of short fiction, having written and published more than 40 short stories with Gypsy Shadow.
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Paranoia - Violetta Antcliff
Contents
Copyright Page
Chapter 1
Chapter 3
Chapter 5
About the Author
Paranoia
by
Violetta Antcliff
All rights reserved
Copyright © September 8, 2015, Violetta Antcliff
Cover Art Copyright © 2015, Charlotte Holley
Gypsy Shadow Publishing, LLC.
Lockhart, TX
www.gypsyshadow.com
Names, characters and incidents depicted in this book are products of the author’s imagination, or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental and beyond the intent of the author or the publisher.
No part of this book may be reproduced or shared by any electronic or mechanical means, including but not limited to printing, file sharing, and email, without prior written permission from Gypsy Shadow Publishing, LLC.
ISBN: 978-1-61950-474-5
Published in the United States of America
First eBook Edition: October 15, 2015
Chapter 1
Dead men don’t walk, smoke cigarettes or hail passing taxis.
In shock, Anne spoke her thoughts out loud.
A big Issue vendor standing in a shop doorway gave her a quizzical look and held a magazine out toward her. Did I just hear you say you wanted one?
he asked.
Anne shook her head, feeling embarrassed at being overheard talking to herself. Taking a pound coin from her pocket, she pushed it in the man’s hand. Buy yourself a cup of coffee,
she said.
With a quid? You must be joking.
Anne knew the man was right; you couldn’t get much for a pound these days. But taking into account she didn’t want anything he was hawking, she considered him lucky she’d given him anything.
Deep in thought, she made her way across the street to a nearby cafe, she needed a drink and time to pull herself together. Common sense told her the man she’d seen getting into a taxi wasn’t Darren, he was just somebody who looked like him. Darren Bates was dead—hadn’t she been to his funeral? The incident, however, had unnerved her.
Sat at a table in a recess of the tea rooms, Anne recalled events that had taken place over the last twelve months: the accident, the funeral…
A waitress sauntered over to where she was sitting and forced a smile. Lovely day, ain’t it,
she said, handing her a menu. I can recommend the meat pie, it’s chef’s speciality."
The girl sounded bored to tears, as if the last thing she wanted to do was to be working on a nice sunny day.
Just a pot of tea, please.
Anne said, handing the menu back to the girl without looking at it. She’d missed lunch, but she wasn’t hungry—at that precise moment, food was the last thing on her mind.
Anne Clark wasn’t usually the type of woman who let things faze her, she liked to think of herself as level-headed, sensible. She had a good job—window dresser for a large store in the city centre. In her spare time she was a prison visitor, that’s where she’d met Darren. She’d visited him on a regular basis for over two years, got to know him, and against her better judgment had formed an attachment.
She