Only You

A Short Story

By: Betty Pinckney

Narrated by: Kimberley Harris

Sheila Johnson is a beautiful, educated, successful best-selling romance author who likes the finer things in life. She graduated with her master’s degree from Temple University in creating writing. She lives in a beautiful townhouse in Newton Square, PA. She is well respected in the book-writing world and enjoys creating romances that makes her fans cry.

But when she is introduced to Stanley Thomas, the new building maintenance supervisor in her office building, her whole life is turned upside down. In his mind, he is her biggest fan, but it turns out he is not who he says he is.

He is a rapist, stalker, and murderer. He is clearly not the man to be trifled with. Suffering from mental illness, he dreams of being with Sheila romantically like the characters in her romance books.

But Sheila meets Lucas Warren, a famous screenwriter and producer. The two start a relationship and fall in love.

Stanley vows not to let that happen because it’s their love story Sheila writes about.

Sheila has to file a restraining order on him, but that doesn’t do anything but makes him angry. Day and night he obsesses over her pictures and even built a shrine of her.

Stanley kidnaps her and tries to get them to leave town so they could get married. Sheila has to distract him and get to her gun. She has to fight for her life. Little does she realize, the ramifications of her fight will be felt forever.

©2020 Betty Pinckney (P)2020 Betty Pinckney