The Jewelry (ePub)

Jamie's mother dies from an 'accident' just two days after changing her will. Had her husband known of the change would she have died so suddenly? With the reading of the 'Will', Jamie's stepfather learns that his stepdaughter has inherited almost everything. He didn't spend all this time for the fifty-one thousand dollars he was left. With the loss of her mother, Jamie stays in her room to avoid her stepfather. She is naïve as to how to get him out of the home she inherited. She has been content in the past with being her mother's 'secret financial advisor'. She receives her mother's multimillion-dollar Jewelry collection from her lawyer and hides it. Had she known what would befall her, she would have made a different choice. The drugs she is forced to ingest and the beating that follows, leaves her in a comatose state for months. She has undergone many surgeries to allow her to survive and her doctor faithfully watches over her. Her mind has blocked out what occurred. With no memory of the beating she endured, she is only able to see and hear. Trapped in a motionless body, with no way to communicate, she is tormented by her 'husband' Jonathon, who claims she was in a terrible accident. Instinctively she knows she is not married, but how can she tell her doctor? Jamie and her doctor learn to communicate by her blinking yes and no. Through this method he unearths some of the truth. Having learned that Jamie is not, nor ever had been married, her doctor can finally tell her that he is in love with her. He has loved her from the moment she first opened her jade-green eyes. He feels it better to not tell Jonathon just yet. He thinks it might endanger her more. While her doctor is gone Jamie learns of the injuries to her face from Jonathon, he has her believing she is disfigured and that she looks monstrous. It throws her into a panic, and Doctor Ames fights to save her again when her heart starts to fail. Doctor Ames, in an attempt to help Jamie, tells Jonathon that Jamie will never be able to move, write, speak or communicate in any way. Feeling confident that Jamie will never be able to tell anyone, Jonathon taunts her by confessing that he killed not only her mother, but also his father's, previous wives for their fortunes. He tells her it is too bad she hid the Jewelry, and no one will ever find it now. But he will always know where she is and maybe it would be better if he just kills her too, for the insurance money, but not just yet. Jonathon in his evil insane mind would rather she be dead if he can't have her for himself. It is when he kisses her, and she tastes the tears that fall from his eyes and he mentions the Jewelry, that she remembers everything. Her mother's death, the Jewelry, the beating that followed, and the excruciating pain that her mind has blocked out. Jonathon leaves the hospital and doesn't hear Jamie as her heart rate increases and she starts screaming. Having learned what had befallen her, her doctor devises an elaborate plan to get her safely out of the hospital. They must stay out of the reach of the insane man that wants to keep her for himself, even if it means killing her so no one else can have her. They must also escape the man that wants her back, so he can have the Jewelry for himself. The elaborate plan to escape from the hospital and bringing her stepfather and his son to justice, and the love she has found, are what make this novel a page turner.