Newfound Clarity: Newfound Sanity

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Summary: (Sequel to Newfound Clarity) A shadowy woman is causing trouble for Jackson and Lisa as well as their friends, Kat and Aidan. Will their enemy drive them apart or bring them together? And what about when Lisa learns a devastating fact or two about herself and Jackson's past… what will she do?

Prologue

"You've been the only thing that's right/In all I've done/And I can barely look at you..." ~ Run by Snow Patrol

Three weeks later

"Poison?" Jackson Rippner asked, frowning as he held a cell phone to his year.

On the other end, Aidan Murphy, a good friend and co-worker, said, "It was a strange cocktail of drugs. They think one of the nurses might have done it. An angel of mercy type…"

"Maybe, but tetraodontoxin? That stuff's not easy to get."

"I know, but there's no indication that it's more than a random act. Besides, she's been safe since we left that place."

"Keep your eyes open, Murphy. I have a feeling that this isn't over yet."

Little did Jackson Rippner know how right he was.

Two weeks ago

Fiona Larsen opened the newspaper to scan the obituaries section. Once again, there was no mention of Katherine Murphy. She chucked that section to the side in favor of the front page. As she unfolded it, a color picture popped into view.

In it, a woman in a deep blue gown stood beside a man in a well-cut tuxedo. The woman in the picture should be dead.

The article's headline proclaimed the opposite: Heiress Wakes in Morgue.

Fiona scanned the article. You should be dead, you bitch…

Heiress Katherine Robertson died in a hospital following injuries sustained in a car accident. She was comatose for several weeks before being pronounced brain dead. However, Robertson came to in the morgue prior to her autopsy.

She is expected to make a full-recovery. It is still unknown what caused Ms. Robertson to collapse and be pronounced dead.

Her husband, Aidan Murphy, is grateful for the outpouring of support from the community. In a brief statement, he said—

Fiona couldn't read anymore. She stuck the knife she'd used to cut up an orange into Katherine's heart.

How the hell could she have survived? Her brains should be like scrambled eyes after the injections. No one should have survived that. Not without permanent damage.

It was time to change tactics. Fiona Larsen would have to get her manicured nails dirty. And she knew just who to call for help.

Author's Notes:

We'll learn more about Fiona and her connection to the story in the next chapter.