title: Deadly Intuition
author:  E. Mourn 
description: About me? Well, lets see, what can I tell you? I was born and raised in a small town in South Carolina, and had a rather uneventful childhood. I have degrees in Chemistry and Medical Technology, and over the years, I have worked in the Medical, Pharmaceutical and Software industries; but that part of my life was only to keep the lights on and put food on the table. I live and write here in the sunny state of Florida- home of eternal happiness. Time is short for me now since I am the mother of two children under four...both who suffer from an affliction that I have affectionately named EPD (Excessive Personality Disorder)! Despite the rigors of motherhood, however, somehow, I manage to continue to compose a few short stories, poems and novels; after everyone else falls asleep, of course!
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  **The Mark**
  
  JEN NADOL
  
  ![](Images/image00104.jpeg)
  
   **NEW YORK BERLIN LONDON**
  
   _for my family_
  
  Table of Contents
  
  chapter 1
  
  chapter 2
  
  chapter 3
  
  chapter 4
  
  chapter 5
  
  chapter 6
  
  chapter 7
  
  chapter 8
  
  chapter 9
  
  chapter 10
  
  chapter 11
  
  chapter 12
  
  chapter 13
  
  chapter 14
  
  chapter 15
  
  chapter 16
  
  chapter 17
  
  chapter 18
  
  chapter 19
  
  chapter 20
  
  chapter 21
  
  chapter 22
  
  chapter 23
  
  chapter 24
  
  chapter 25
  
  chapter 26
  
  chapter 27
  
  chapter 28
  
  chapter 29
  
  chapter 30
  
  many thanks to …
  
   _chapter 1_
  
  There is nothing like the gut-hollowing experience of watching someone die,
  especially when you know it’s coming.
  
  I saw the man with the mark at the bus stop on Wilson Boulevard when I crossed
  Butter Lane on my way to school, the route I took every day. I wanted to look
  away, pretend he wasn’t there, and run for the safety of algebra and honors
  English, but I didn’t. I had promised myself. So I turned right and walked two
  blocks to the Plexiglas shelter, where we