# Read the first page of EMPulse by Deborah D. Moore Read the opening of EMPulse by Deborah D. Moore free, no signup. An EMP downs the grid as her stalker ex closes in. - Page: https://uncovered.ink/read/empulse-deborah-d-moore - Genre: Survival thrillers - Year: 2017 - ISBN: 9781682612002 - Read it blind (cover and title hidden): https://uncovered.ink/?b=9781682612002&s=read-page - Buy: https://bookshop.org/a/125786/9781682612002 - Borrow: https://search.worldcat.org/search?q=9781682612002 ## The opening “Kyle, listen to me,” Adele Michaels said to her ex-husband through the plate glass window. “I’m not going to put up bail for you again. Last time was the last time, I told you that! Plus, this is not a place you can get bailed out of anyway.” If it were, his corporate lawyers would have him out already. What he really needed her to do was drop the charges. Her acute peripheral vision took in the institutional pale green walls and bolted-down furniture. Those vivid blue eyes didn’t miss anything. “But, babe, you can’t leave me in here,” Kyle Polez pleaded. “Yes I can, Kyle,” she said calmly. “Besides, you need the full course of the anger management program that’s available here.” That program involved drugs, and for all his faults Kyle was very anti-drug use of any nature, even helpful ones. He did not believe he was bi-polar, or psychotic or violent, he only “got a little upset occasionally.” Therefore, he didn’t need any personality changing drugs. Yeah, right. His nostrils flared, and the anger flashed through his pale blue eyes and was gone just as quickly. He ran his fingers through the buzz-cut hairstyle forced on him. “If I finish that program, will you take me back?” he asked hopefully, knowing what her answer was already. “No, Kyle, I will not. We’ve been divorced for six months and I will not go through that again,” Adele stated emphatically. “I don’t recognize that divorce. You are still my wife!” he screamed at her, pounding his fist on the chipped and scarred Formica table. The guard at the door took a step forward. “I’m leaving now, and I’m not coming back. Is there anything you need that they will let you have?” He gave her a forced sweet smile. “Gum.” She reached into her shoulder bag that she was also using as a sling, brought out a large pack of Juicy Fruit, Kyle’s favorite, and handed it to the guard. Adele held her head high as she walked from the mental hospital to her car through the oppressive October heat of West Texas, her high heels clicking on the pavement. Once inside the tinted windows of her powder blue Lexus, she slouched and rested her damp forehead against the leather steering wheel while the air conditioning pumped the cool air into her face. Her fractured arm ached from the makeshift sling and she rested it on her lap. There was no way she was going to let that violent and vile man see her in the pain he’d caused. They’d had a fairytale wedding. Kyle Polez, millionaire many times over, had rented an entire castle in Switzerland. The guests were treated to every extravagance possible for an entire week, and Kyle showered Adele with unforgettable and expensive gifts. It was a magical time. It hadn’t even been a month after their wedding, and he was smacking her around. Then it was his fists. The last time he pushed her down the stairs. That was when she filed for an annulment. Kyle fought that, and she filed for a divorce. He fought that too, only she won because she didn’t want anything from him, not a dime. Anthony Evers, Adele’s high-priced lawyer, pushed her to take the million dollars Kyle offered. She did, under duress, and it still sat in the bank, untouched. She didn’t want it and didn’t need it. The name Adele Michaels was well known and her art kept her very comfortable. No, she didn’t want his money, and she certainly didn’t want him. After reviewing her doctor’s records, her lawyer also advised Adele to get a restraining order on Kyle, which she did. It enraged him even more. He stalked her to the point she was afraid to leave her penthouse apartment. When he caught her waiting at the curb for a taxi, he tried pulling her into his car, twisting her arm to the point of breaking it. The intervention of the hotel security saved her, and put Kyle in jail. He was soon transferred to the posh mental hospital. ## Books with a similar feel - [Founders by James Wesley Rawles](https://uncovered.ink/read/founders-james-wesley-rawles.md) - [Tomorrow War by J. L. 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