Bodacious Ursula and the Phone Call from Hell

By Raymund Eich

Another day at the office for Ursula. Until bad boy Ranger, her first boyfriend, called. He hadn't talked to her in years.

Because he was dead.

He told an unbelievable story. About making things right. And a buried fortune at a place they both knew well. 

A hoax. Obviously. Though who else ever called her bodacious? 

Was that why she checked satellite images of the place, and shopped for a shovel and a metal detector?

And if she dug up a buried fortune, what then?

• Language: English
• Publisher: CV-2 Books
• Release date: Nov 30, 2023
• ISBN: 9798223043461

Raymund Eich

Raymund Eich files patent applications, earned a Ph.D., won a national quiz bowl championship, writes science fiction and fantasy, and affirms Robert Heinlein's dictum that specialization is for insects.In a typical day, he may talk with university biology and science communication faculty, silicon chip designers, patent attorneys, epileptologists, and rocket scientists. Hundreds of papers cite his graduate research on the reactions of nitric oxide with heme proteins.He lives in Houston with his wife, son, and daughter.

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Bodacious Ursula and the Phone Call from Hell

Bodacious Ursula and the Phone Call from Hell

RAYMUND EICH

CV-2 Books

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Bodacious Ursula and the Phone Call from Hell

The caller ID on my desk phone read Unavailable, but the number was from a local area code and I needed a client so I picked up.

And heard the voice of a ghost.

Ursula, he said in his voice too high for his straight-backed body, are you still as bodacious as you used to be?

I sagged back in my pivoting chair, suddenly thankful for the black mesh letting cool air touch my back. The view outside showed blue skies, gleaming office midrises, trees, the fountain in the roundabout, all in all a gorgeous summer day. But the cold sweat gluing my blouse to my spine was like the dead of winter.

Who is this?

"Who else ever called you bodacious?"

Ranger. Not his real name. As a kid, years before I met him in high school, he’d told everyone he was going to join the elite army unit when he grew up and the nickname stuck long after his army aspirations