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It had been bliss.
Coming home to her every day. To a hot meal. To her grateful love and devotion. He often had to pinch himself over how lucky he was.
And smart.
He was so happy. She was so obedient, doing everything he told her without question, without rebellion. He was finally in total control. It was empowering. Energizing.
The only black mark was when he'd have to pull her back in line. Sometimes she forgot. He'd wonder if he should adjust her dosage, but always decided against it. Give her too little, she'd start to remember; give her too much, she'd be catatonic. He'd just have to supplement the chemistry with his words and actions. What was it they'd called it in the handful of psychology classes he'd taken? Positive reinforcement. It usually worked and everything would settle back down to normal.
He would do whatever it took to keep his perfect world perfect.
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Killing Me Softly (#Wattys2016)
Mystery / ThrillerOn a bitterly cold January evening, Tracy Ellis went for a jog along Chicago's snowy lakefront and disappeared. Her body is discovered days later, her beautiful face bashed in with a rock. Police determine her brutal death to be a mugging gone wrong...
