Cryptic Ocean

by April Elder

Victoria Garrison-Ammon or Tory as her friends call her, decided to return to school in her mid-thirties. Her goal was to improve her and her husbands life. Sixteen years of marriage is teetering on divorce after her husband, Carter reveals that he has been seeing a woman named Erin. Choosing to share this information after tossing the divorce papers on the table while Tory is working on homework.

A trip to the hospital morgue, a chance encounter with seduction, and a future filled with unlimited possibilities. This short story is filled with unexpected twists and turns.

54 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 24, 2012

About the author

April Elder is a comedian at heart. Her wit and ability to inspire laughter, even in the direst of moments, has inspired many stories. When she is not writing, she is chasing her yellow Labrador through the house with a vacuum cleaner and desperately trying concoctions to stop his infamous shedding. She lives in the Willamette Valley where she is thankful for the rainy season which allows her many hours of uninterrupted indoor time to pen her words. She is down-to-earth and sometimes a little too honest in her books. April is a wife, a mother and she’s not afraid to self-deprecate to share a laugh or two.