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TREMBLING PSYCHE
Bowling Brook Apartments, Laurel, Maryland
In the morning, Jana startled herself awake and found she was in bed at her apartment. What was bizarre was that she could not remember how she got here the night before.
And then another realization came to her. It was the knowledge that her post-traumatic stress disorder had made an ugly return. I’m losing track of things, she thought.The notion turned her stomach.
It was then that she heard footsteps coming from the main area of the apartment.
Remind me again why I refused Secret Service protection?
The footsteps moved back and forth and Jana reached to her nightstand and pulled the 9 mm from its holster. She slid to the floor and crouched behind the bed.
The footsteps grew closer.
Fear impinged between her normal t
