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    It Could Happen Again
    It Could Happen Again
    It Could Happen Again
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    It Could Happen Again

    By Sonia Rumzi

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    The struggle of a mother to free herself from the tyranny of a man she once loved, but now threatened her peace of mind, her life and the life of her children.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHeart Press
    Release dateMar 23, 2011
    ISBN9781937079055
    It Could Happen Again
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    Sonia Rumzi

    Writer Sonia Rumzi, an English Literature major in college; turned to, Medical Technology, for practical purposes. Originally from Egypt, her knowledge base includes; cooking, knitting, oil painting, photography, travel and movies; and most importantly, raising her daughters. Sonia uses this rich background writing on the human condition.

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      It Could Happen Again - Sonia Rumzi

      IT COULD HAPPEN AGAIN

      by

      Sonia Rumzi

      Sausalito, California

      - -- * -- -

      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.

      Copyright © 2011 Sonia Rumzi All rights reserved.

      Published by Heart Press at Smashwords

      Cover Art Copyright © 2011 istefano.com

      Design by Stefano

      All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form whatsoever. For information: Heart Press, Rights Department, 1001 Bridgeway, #161, Sausalito, CA 94965

      First Edition March 2011

      ISBN: 978-1-937079-05-5

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      IT CAN HAPPEN AGAIN

      When the phone call came nothing had prepared Noor for it. Getting herself ready for bed was the only thought in mind. It was the end of Halloween Day 1997 and Boston at that time was past the comfortable weather in the evenings.

      Picking up the telephone she was greeted by a panicked Truvy on the other end of the line.

      Please, please, please come get me. Noor, please come and get me. He is wild and drunk. He just pushed me against the wall and I was holding the baby and....

      As her voice trailed off while Noor half-suffocated by her anger tried to call out that she was on the way. Life prepared you for many things but this was not one of them. Having never experienced, as an adult, this fear and panic she heard in her friend, she said with quiet control, I will be right there.

      As she hung up, she heard shouting but knew that if she lingered any longer here, she would not be there to assist. So, reason took over her scrambling heart and she got in her car and drove like the wind to reach the tormented woman.

      Traffic at this time of night was light but children and parents were still mulling around, still stopping at homes and knocking for the last bit of candy offered or the last moment dump of the whole bowl into the pillowcase. Needing to be extra careful with her speed then, she crept on wheels with none of the noble and sublime patience which she

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