Slow Dance in Purgatory

  “He’s gonna need you now, Miss Margaret. He’s gonna need you real bad. He’s traveled through hell and back to be here with you. So you need to wake up. You gotta wake up now, Miss Margaret.”

  From somewhere deep in the dark tunnel she was cowering in, Maggie heard the words. She thought for a moment it was her dad, calling her to come home with him and mom, telling her Johnny was waiting. That’s what she wanted. She just wanted to be with the people she loved and missed so desperately. Then the words came again. It was Gus -- Gus, whom she also loved and trusted; Gus said Johnny was alive. Gus said Johnny needed her. And she needed him. Her decision made, Maggie abandoned the heavy muddle she had been floating in. She leaned toward the light that grew steadily brighter and bigger as she approached. With supreme effort, she raised her heavy lids and looked into Gus’s triumphant face.

  “Where is he?” she whispered.

  The End of Part One….

  Author’s Note

  I have always been a little bit in love with the past, and this book allowed me to delve right in. Since Johnny Kinross is a child of the ‘50s, each chapter is named after a song title from that decade. Many of these songs were recorded by many different people, multiple times, but I’m sure you recognize many of them and have a favorite rendition. No copyright infringement was intended; no lyrics were used beyond the titles. If you get a moment, please check out the great music and artists from the ‘50s. You’ll be hooked!

  The sequel to Slow Dance in Purgatory by Amy Harmon is now available!

  Read Prom Night in Purgatory by Amy Harmon, now available in e-book and paperback on Amazon.com. Visit this author at www.authoramyharmon.com and follow her on twitter @ aharmon_author

  Books by Amy Harmon:

  Running Barefoot

  Slow Dance in Purgatory

  Prom Night in Purgatory

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