The End the Book

Not a cloud in the blue<br> Atlanta sky Jeffrey Ross<br> made his morning visit to<br> the Dunwoody Starbucks<br> expecting this day to be like<br> any other. It wouldn't.<br> Samarra Russell left her<br> meeting at Emory Medical<br> Center after receiving the<br> strange call and wondered<br> if it had anything to do with<br> her immunology research at<br> CDC. It was a secret or was<br> supposed to be.<br> Going home as instructed<br> Samarra opened the box<brr> of Valentine candy on<br> the kitchen counter and<br> collapsed. Before losing<br> her balance Samarra<br> recognized the small finger<br> severed and still wearing<br> the tiny ring she gave him<br> for his 7th birthday. Her<br> precious son.<br> She opened the note after<br> regaining limited senses<br> and read. If she didn't want<br> to receive young Thomas<br> Russell's head in a box she<br> would do as instructed.br. And she did.<br>