Dream or Destiny

Marilee Anderson dreams about a murder and wakes to find it really happened. She and David Nichols, the victim’s brother, become the prime suspects. Though they have their secrets and aren’t sure they can trust each other, Marilee and David team up to find the killer.

Does Tess, “the crazy lady,” know anything about the murder or is she just delusional? Does the cheating couple on the victim’s floor have any information about the night of the crime? Why has the abusive father of the victim and her brother suddenly reappeared? What about Barbara’s ex-husband? Will Marilee and David find the killer? Or will they end up in jail—or dead?

Marilee Anderson trembled, her nightgown drenched with cold sweat. Moving only her eyes, she studied her surroundings. Moonlight crept through the cracks between the curtains and created strange shadows that moved on the floor like a flow of dark blood. The plant grouping in the corner resembled a dangerous jungle. The massive armoire she loved so much loomed as a giant ready to attack. Clothes hanging in the closet became evil strangers lined up against her, and the mirror on the open door reflected something on her dresser that looked like a gun. The smells of gunpowder and blood permeated the air. Screams and groans reverberated in her head.

The drapes moved. Was it a breeze from the air conditioner? Or was someone in the room with her? Sounds of her gasping breaths and her pounding heart threatened to alert an intruder that she was in the bed and awake. Pure terror turned her spine to ice. What had woken her? Strange images superimposed themselves over the disturbing distortions of her bedroom. A figure in black stealthily creeping down a hallway, bursts of flame from the muzzle of a gun held in a gloved hand, a river of blood, and the smell of death.

She forced herself to sit up to turn on the lamp. She was safe in her own bed at home. There was no intruder, no blood, no gun, no . . .

Then she remembered.