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    Foresight

    By Monique Gliozzi

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    To Isabella, life is anything but carefree. She has a secret...
    Aged ten, Isabella and her twin Marco were orphaned by the tragic 1985 earthquake in Mexico City.
    Barely surviving her injurie, she developed a foresight into past and future events as a result of her head injury.
    After being adopted by a loving Californian couple, Isabella grows up to use her secret gift for good.
    Now an adult, and successful criminologist, she earns recognition from the Los Angeles Police Department.
    Her family is proud, but her enemies seek to destroy her.
    Stalked, threatened and in danger, Isabella is left doubting her own abilities and under suspicion for corruption.
    Who can she trust? Can she uncover her stalker before it's too late?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTellwell Talent
    Release dateMay 24, 2019
    ISBN9780228815556
    Foresight
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    Monique Gliozzi

    Born in Dublin, Dr Monique Gliozzi, a graduate from the University of Western Australia medical school, has a keen interest in forensic sciences and psychiatry. She works as a psychiatrist in Perth, with ties to the UWA School of Psychiatry, where she has had a role as a Senior Clinical lecturer. Her love for teaching has granted her a nomination for an Excellence in Teaching Award in 2016.Monique also holds an interest in aviation. She trained at the Royal Aero Club of Western Australia, where she obtained a commercial pilot licence. Following this, Monique completed her instructor rating and is now working on a casual basis as a senior flight instructor.Monique has only recently rekindled her passion for writing starting with the fictional thriller, Foresight.

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      Foresight - Monique Gliozzi

      Acknowledgments

      I would like to express my gratitude to the following people who have helped me create and publish my first novel:

      Alexandra Davies, my editor, who taught me to how to keep things simple.

      Tim Lindsay, CEO and founder of Tellwell Publishing.

      Philip Gray, my publishing consultant and Jonveth Tabar, my project manager.

      Ruth Callaghan, a dear family friend and journalist, who pointed me in the right direction early in the project.

      Finally, to all the avid readers of fiction who continue to inspire today’s authors.

      To my parents,

      Always supportive and inspiring.

      With love.

      This novel’s story is fictitious.

      Certain long-standing institutions, public offices and agencies are mentioned, but the characters involved are entirely imaginary. Any resemblance to actual persons living or deceased is entirely coincidental.

      Life is a theatrical masterpiece, for which each of us is handed a part.

      It is up to us to interpret it.

      PROLOGUE

      Mexico, September 19th, 1985

      The air was still as the sun slowly surfaced above the rooftops, creating an orange glow reflective of another warm, early autumn day. The morning dew gently and quietly bid farewell as the sun warmed the surfaces it caressed.

      Underneath the earth’s serene surface, pockets of pressure were forming from the buildup of gasses deep within the earth’s core. Coupled with friction between the tectonic plates, conditions were ripe to lead to an event wholly expected by scientists, but unimaginable to humanity.

      Table of Contents

      Acknowledgments

      PROLOGUE

      PART I

      CHAPTER ONE

      CHAPTER TWO

      CHAPTER THREE

      CHAPTER FOUR

      CHAPTER FIVE

      PART II

      CHAPTER SIX

      CHAPTER SEVEN

      CHAPTER EIGHT

      CHAPTER NINE

      CHAPTER TEN

      CHAPTER ELEVEN

      CHAPTER TWELVE

      CHAPTER THIRTEEN

      CHAPTER FOURTEEN

      CHAPTER FIFTEEN

      CHAPTER SIXTEEN

      CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

      CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

      CHAPTER NINETEEN

      CHAPTER TWENTY

      PART III

      CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE

      CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO

      CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE

      CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR

      CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE

      CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX

      CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN

      CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT

      CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE

      CHAPTER THIRTY

      CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE

      CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO

      CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE

      CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR

      CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE

      CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX

      CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN

      CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT

      CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE

      CHAPTER FORTY

      CHAPTER FORTY-ONE

      CHAPTER FORTY-TWO

      CHAPTER FORTY-THREE

      CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR

      CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE

      CHAPTER FORTY-SIX

      CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN

      EPILOGUE

      PART I

      CHAPTER ONE

      Mexico City, September 19th, 1985, 0700

      Juan Fernandez, a small grocery business owner, was sweeping away the dust that had accumulated in front of his store overnight, along with scraps of litter left by youths too much in a hurry to consume their purchased food item to bother finding a bin. He contentedly went about his routine, as today was special for him and Maria, his wife of twelve years: a wedding anniversary.

      A familiar voice called to him from across the street—his younger brother Julio, to whom he had been a mentor ever since the untimely passing of their father from cancer.

      "Como stamos?" Juan greeted his brother, leading him into the shop to have a quick coffee before opening for business.

      "Bien, Juanito," he replied affectionately.

      It looks like another beautiful day, not too hot, not too cold. Perfect for the surprise I have planned for Maria.

      Julio stood in silence concealing his concern. Had he just felt a small ripple in the ground beneath his feet, or was it his imagination?

      What? Am I not making my baby brother’s coffee to his specifications? continued Juan, noticing Julio’s demeanor. He let out a hearty laugh.

      How are Maria and the kids? asked Julio, brushing off what he may have felt as insignificant.

      Just fine, Juan replied as he served the coffee in small porcelain cups he had purchased in Italy a few years earlier. Isabella and Marco were twins and had just turned ten.

      Soon they will be making us our morning coffee, they are both old and tall enough to reach the stove! More of Juan’s laughter filled the shop. Julio just smiled, as without uncertainty he felt another tremor.

      Juan’s small family lived in the apartment above the shop. While sitting around the breakfast table eating, they too had felt something.

      CHAPTER TWO

      Mexico City, September 19th, 1985, 0719

      Now the earth made its presence felt. The unwelcome tremor was generated by the earth’s plates shifting, grinding, and locking against themselves like the horns of two mountain goats in a battle of survival. This was to become a battle of survival for many.

      Now, Juan and his brother, Maria and the twins understood what today had in store for them: an earthquake. The violence of the quake shook pots off their racks and religious ornaments off the walls and shelves. Walls of edifices all over town crumbled down to nothing but rubble, burying its citizens beneath it.

      Inside their family-owned shop, Juan and his brother took refuge in the doorway which led to the back room. Juan had once heard his own father tell a story of how someone had survived a quake by standing under the most solid structure of a building—a doorway. They huddled together, holding on to the newly polished wooden structure, speechless and paralyzed by fear. Their eyes widened as the ceiling collapsed, trapping them, crushing them. The anniversary that Juan had so carefully planned for his beloved wife was destroyed forever by the cruelty of Mother Nature. The Fernandez brothers now lay motionless under the structure of the small family empire they had built together. At least they had shared one last moment together, thought Juan as he felt darkness then a bright, warm, welcoming light envelop his entire body.

      In the small apartment above, Maria scooped up her two young children with urgency, one under each arm, holding on to them tightly. Surprised and frightened by their mother’s sudden reaction, they cried out, Mama, what is happening?

      Quick! Under here! Stay close to me! Maria exclaimed. They obeyed. She shielded her children under her arms as best she could while fighting back tears. Hearing her daughter sobbing, she began to gently hum a lullaby. The noise of destruction was amplified in the tiny kitchen when a large beam fell, crushing the table under which they had taken refuge. Their mother cried out in pain and then was silent. Isabella felt a blow to her own head from the collapsed table, causing her to lose consciousness.

      It seemed like an eternity, but eventually the twins reached out to each other. From beneath the rubble that had almost crushed their bodies, their small hands touched. Isabella weakly called out to her brother Marco, who groaned letting her know he was still alive. A warm sensation came over her, trickling across her forehead and resting on her lip. She licked it and recognized its metallic taste. It was blood. Her blood.

      A tingling sensation at the back of her head made Isabella try to stretch her neck in an attempt to ease the discomfort. Looking up she saw her mother, Maria, standing freely in the kitchen, almost as if floating above the rubble. She smiled lovingly at her daughter, whispered, I love you, and then was gone.

      Isabella knew Marco was still with her, at least for now. She hoped that her father and uncle were safe. The tingling sensation intensified, leading her to worry that perhaps this was a warning that not all was well in the shop downstairs. For now, they would have to wait patiently for any news. Isabella hummed gently to her brother younger by five minutes, to soothe him and encourage him to hold on

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