The Penance of Black Betty by Kelli Maine

               
     
                   
     
                   
     
                   
     
                   
     
                  The Penance
     
                  Of
     
                  Black Betty
     
                   
     
                  By Kelli Maine
     
                   
     
                   
     
                   
     
                  Published by Kelli Maine
     
                  First Edition: November, 2013
     
                   
     
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                  Copyright © Kelli Maine, 2013
     
                   
     
                  This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
     
                   
     
                  All rights reserved. Except as permitted under the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the publisher.
     
                   
                   
     
                   
     
                   
     
                   
     
                   
     
                   
     
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                  ONE
     
                   
                  He was there.
                  She could feel him.
                  Bethany ran from him enough times to trust her instincts about her ex, and her instincts were screaming that he was there.
                  She dug her phone from the front pocket of the ostentatious Chanel Alistair bought her before setting the bag down on the console table in his massive foyer. It was dark and she hadn’t listened to Alistair when he told her to leave a light on inside. He was out of town filming Hues of Black and Blue in Seattle for the next two weeks before he got a break and came home to LA.
                  Now she was regretting every second she spent talking him into taking the part opposite his ex-fiancé Heather Winston. He’d be home right now if she hadn’t opened her big mouth.
                  The security display on the box on the wall was blinking. Had the police been contacted?
                  She should turn and run, but knew he’d only make her regret it if he caught up to her.
                  He always caught up to her.
                  Her phone rang. Master and Servant. Her ex’s ringtone. It echoed through the big, open space.
                  She tapped the green button on her screen to answer, but didn’t say anything.
                  “Bethy…” Her ex’s sing-song nickname for her. “Bethy, baby, I came to take you home.”
                  She jabbed the end call button and willed herself not to panic. There had to be a way out of this.
                  “You’re supposed to say, yes