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Here is the book blurb for Manipulation.
Emma and Shane become new parents. Emma thought she now had the family set up she always wanted, but then Shane starts to go away for work regularly. Does Emma need to be suspicious of Shane's whereabouts, or is it all in her head?
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"Hi!" Emma greeted her partner
Shane.
"I want you to have an abortion,"
Shane demanded.
“Excuse me? Why?” Emma asked Shane.
"We've been going out for only a few
months, so having a baby with you now would be wrong," Shane explained.
“No! I want this baby whether you like it or
not. Look, I am going on holiday next week, so we'll talk about it when I
return," Emma said.
“Fine," Shane nodded in agreement.
A week later, Emma went away on holiday to
France and enjoyed the sights of the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
However, Emma's mind was somewhere else during
the trip.
Emma had just told her parents that she was
pregnant only a few days before she went on holiday, and they were
understandably surprised at the news, to say the least.
"I didn't even know you were dating
someone!" Emma's mother exclaimed.
"Does the father know?” Emma's own father
asked.
“Yes," Emma had replied.
"What did he say?” Emma's mother asked
Emma.
“He wants me to have an abortion, but I have
refused," Emma exclaimed, visibly upset.
On holiday in Paris, Emma was with her best
friend Courtney, who didn't know of the news.
“Your mind is definitely elsewhere on this
trip," Courtney remarked to Emma.
"Oh, just boy problems," Emma said,
shrugging her shoulders, as she thought back to the early days of meeting Shane
and enjoying their time together.
“What’s up with you and Shane then?"
Courtney asked, concerned for her friend.
"Oh, we can't agree on a couple of
things, that's all," Emma said.
“Nothing to worry about, I promise," Emma
continued.
“Okay, if you're sure. You would let me know
if something is troubling you, wouldn't you, Emma?” Courtney urged Emma to
explain further.
"Of course, Courtney," Emma assured
her friend.
“Come on!" Courtney grabbed Emma's arm.
"Let's go shopping!”
“Okay," Emma exclaimed, as they both went
to the market to find some boutiques to look in.
"Don't forget to see the Arc de
Triomphe!" the tourist guide shouted out to Emma and Courtney.
"We won't!” Courtney shouted back to the
tour guide.
That night Emma felt really tired, but just
had so many things running through her mind. It was hard for Emma to fall
asleep.
“What will Shane say to me when I return to
home to London?" Emma thought to herself as she tossed and turned in the
hotel bed.
"What if Shane's decision is final and I
keep the baby, and he doesn't want anything to do with me and the baby?” Emma
cried herself to sleep.
“It’s the last day of our holiday!"
Courtney exclaimed as Emma and Courtney went down to the restaurant for
breakfast the next morning.
"It sure is!” Emma agreed, as she walked
over to the buffet table with Courtney and decided on what to have for
breakfast.