A light breeze ruffled her hair. “I know, Edwin,” she said, “he’s going to be tough to persuade.” She looked around. “Now, are we all ready to go out here?”
She moved to the props table, only to find the handkerchief was already missing. She chuckled. “Alright, Edwin, you can have it. But please, please don’t mess about with the lights.” There was a little buzz of electricity, and the lights seemed to dull for a moment before springing back to full brightness.
Penny shook her head. Between the theater ghost, her new job, and her new boyfriend, she certainly had her hands full.
She smiled. It was exactly where she wanted to be.
The End
Author's Note
Hi, and thanks for reading Under the Spotlight. I hope you enjoyed it.
I like to delve into some of the issues that face real people in my contemporary novels. While I am personally against abortion when there is not a medical reason for it, I understand that others believe differently. And I respect everyone’s right to listen to their own conscience on this matter.
However, when I did some research, I found there are quite a number of women, perhaps as many as ten percent, who don’t feel ‘right’ following a termination.
Doctors, of course, need to project that the termination is a clinical, surgical procedure, that the fetus is not a person.
But in doing so, it leaves some women confused at their own emotional responses to their procedure. They feel guilt or sadness that they don’t know how to acknowledge. Some of them seek counseling. Some just live with it. Or try to live with it.
Everyone’s reason for terminating is different. And I don’t want to tell anyone what they should feel as a result. But I want to encourage the women who fall into that potential ten percent, the women who feel overwhelming sadness following a termination to please, find yourself a counselor or a psychologist. Or even a close, non-judgmental friend to talk to. Don’t bottle up what you feel, even if you think it’s foolish for you to think it.
And know that there are people you can talk to, groups you can attend, pages on Facebook and other places where you can rant and vent and cry as much as you like. As much as it takes to make you feel better. You are allowed to cry. You are even allowed to grieve.
Always, always, take care of yourself.
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Table of Contents
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Dedication
Copyright
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-One
Chapter Twenty-Two
Chapter Twenty-Three
Chapter Twenty-Four
Author's Note
Review Request
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