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    Grievance: Episode 5
    Grievance: Episode 5
    Grievance: Episode 5
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    Grievance: Episode 5

    By Tetonia Blossom

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    Six Friends, Minus One Tragic Death, Equals A Senior Year Crissana High Will Never Forget.

    Admiration always comes with a price. For THE SIX: Emmitt, Ellie, Hannah, Connor, Kristen, and Tristin, popularity in small town Crissana, Arizona came easy. The inseparable friends have been the envy of their classmates since third grade, and are expected to rule senior year as well. That is until Emmitt’s car is pushed over a cliff, with his twin sister, Ellie, asleep inside.

    Now Ellie’s death is all anyone can talk about, while the remaining five begin senior year under an even brighter spotlight. Emmitt hasn’t been seen since the funeral. All eyes are on Kristen as she assumes the role of student body president. Connor has his hands full with an imploding relationship, while Tristin is questioning her sexuality, for the second time. At the center of it all is Hannah, whose boyfriend caused the accident. Everyone’s questioning why she continues to stand by him, especially her friends, and it’s Dax’s job, as Crissana’s anonymous Sun Vlogger, to find the answer.

    Grievance explores tragedy, heartbreak, and the unexpected obstacles which can lead you to question who you are or hope to be. The story follows six young characters as they deal with mature situations, including domestic abuse, sexual identity, promiscuity, mental health, and religious beliefs in today’s high school setting. Grievance is a story of hope, honesty, and the power of true friendship—ones you know will last a lifetime.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTetonia Blossom
    Release dateDec 3, 2015
    ISBN9781311072672
    Grievance: Episode 5
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    Tetonia Blossom

    Tetonia Blossom graduated from the California State University, Northridge’s School of Cinema, Television, and Arts where she discovered that day dreaming could actually be a career. She’s a soon to be Sims 4 addict who enjoys popcorn for dinner and spends way too much time with her imaginary friends. In her opinion, a story worth writing has to contain the 3 H’s: Humor, Heat, and Honest Heroines. She lives in Maricopa, Arizona with her husband and rapidly growing hoard of romance and YA novels.Jingle My Way is her NaNoWriMo turned debut novel.For more information, please www.tromelblossom.com

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      Grievance - Tetonia Blossom

      GRIEVANCE

      Episode 5

      Tetonia Blossom

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright 2015 Tetonia Blossom

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      The author acknowledges the trademark status and trademark owners of various products or copyrighted material used throughout this work of fiction, including the following: Mini Cooper, iPad, FaceTime, Jolly Rancher. The publication/use of these trademarks is not authorized, associated with, or sponsored by the trademark owners.

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      www.GrievanceSeries.com

      Cover Art by Irene Zeleskou

      Table of Contents

      Chapter One

      Chapter Two

      Chapter Three

      Chapter Four

      Chapter Five

      Chapter Six

      Chapter Seven

      Chapter Eight

      Chapter Nine

      Sneak Peak: Episode 6

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      There is a land of the living and a land of the dead

      and the bridge is love, the only survival, the only meaning.

      —Thornton Wilder

      Chapter One

      Hannah/Tristin

      8:39PM

      The quick steps of the triage team pulling the gurney drew the attention of everyone in the hospital waiting room. The ER doors opened to two EMT’s working to revive an unconscious Hannah. Her torn clothes were covered in bloodstains and dirt while every area of exposed skin bared bruises ranging from blue to black.

      The gurney was placed beside her body as an oxygen mask was held to her face.

      Any ID found on the body? A nurse asked.

      No.

      Did anyone see how she got here? Who had first contact?

      I did, the nurse holding the oxygen mask said. I was just coming in when someone laid her down and took off.

      Are we okay to move her? a member of the triage asked.

      We don’t have a choice, another answered.

      The team rolled Hannah onto her side and placed the gurney under her before lifting her onto the stretcher and rushing her inside. Once behind a curtain, they cut her out of her clothes, revealing even more wounds.

      Wait! a nurse cried as they peeled away the sleeves of her cardigan. She raised Hannah’s arm to see her name and a phone number written in black marker. Someone get me a pen.

      4:28PM

      Sean waited with his passenger door open when Hannah climbed out of Emmitt’s window. As she approached the SUV she felt her heart jackhammering in her chest and her palms were sweaty. She paused to catch her breath and remembered that Emmitt could be watching. She didn’t want to leave him, but she had to.

      Get in the damn car, Sean whispered through his gritted teeth. The rage in his tone settled like a weight around her neck. Every nerve in her body screamed for her not to go with him. She wasn’t delusional enough to think that he wouldn’t hurt her, especially now that she knew he’d been taking drugs. Hannah! He barked forcing her to step back. Her lungs wouldn’t allow in anymore air and her hands shook.

      Sean huffed and grabbed her hand, pulling her the rest of the way. He forced her into the SUV and slammed the door. Hannah’s wide eyes found Emmitt’s bedroom window as Sean made his way around to the driver’s side. She knew she’d made the wrong decision. She should’ve stayed in Emmitt’s arms, where she was safe.

      9:05 PM

      Hannah laid motionless on the examining table with tubes in her nose and wires connected to her chest and head. A nurse entered placing x-rays on a backlit wall just as another nurse wheeled in an ultrasound machine.

      What do we know so far? the doctor asked.

      Broken nose, multiple contusions to the front and back of the head, her collar bone is cracked, the second doctor said studying the x-rays. I see two, three, make that five cracked ribs. Broken pelvis, sprained right wrist and ankle and…broken left and right arm in…three places. This looks like one hell of a collision.

      Two nurses prepped Hannah’s badly bruised abdomen for the ultrasound with a clear gel before gently pressing the handle to her skin.

      Doctor, we have internal bleeding, The nurse announced and the doctor turned his attention to the ultrasound monitor.

      Someone call the OR at Regional West and tell them we need a room now. Has the family been contacted?

      Yes, her mother’s on her way? the nurse replied.

      "Call them back and tell then we’re moving her to Regional West Hospital. Also, page the neuro and ortho surgeons on call

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