Alison Ver Halen

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Alison Ver Halen
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Brittney: Part XIII

By Alison Ver Halen ·

short story

This is the thirteenth part in a series, so if you have not already done so, you might want to read Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V, Part VI, Part VII, Part VIII, Part IX, Part X, Part XI, and Part XII before continuing.

“Police are investigating an attack a local man says took place in his bedroom in the middle of the night. He was unable to identify the person who attacked him, or even that person’s gender. He says he thought he saw a woman’s form in the dark, but the attack was so violent and gruesome that police aren’t ruling out the possibility that the attacker was a man.”

“What’s the world coming to with sick fucks like that running around?”MORE +

Brittney: Part XII

By Alison Ver Halen ·

short story

This is the twelfth part in a series, so if you have not already done so, you might want to read Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V, Part VI, Part VII, Part VIII, Part IX, Part X, and Part XI before continuing.

Brittney had made sure to take a class in computer hacking at the police academy. Those lessons came in handy when she wanted to find her way into Mr. Kelper’s email, having gotten his email address off his business card.

Once she was in, it wasn’t hard to find the address to his personal email and hack that. She was then able to keep tabs on everything he did. When she saw his wife send him an email with her travel itinerary for a conference she would be attending out of town, Brittney saw her opportunity.MORE +

Brittney: Part XI

By Alison Ver Halen ·

short story

This is the eleventh part in a series, so if you have not already done so, you might want to read Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V, Part VI, Part VII, Part VIII, Part IX, and Part X before continuing.

On her next day off, Brittney made her way back to the Kelper household. This time she parked her car around the corner and made sure to arrive mid-morning. Not only did that mean she was sure the house was empty, but it also meant most of the neighbors would have left for work, or would be too busy with their daily tasks to notice a strange woman letting herself in the Kelper’s front door. Even if someone did notice, Brittney had a key, which she was fairly certain meant no one would question her right to be there.

Brittney held her breath as she opened the front door, hoping there wasn’t an alarm, but she heard nothing and saw no keypad, so she released the breath she had been holding. What kind of an idiot didn’t use even a basic security system?MORE +

Brittney: Part X

By Alison Ver Halen ·

short story

This is the tenth part in a series, so if you have not already done so, you might want to read Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V, Part VI, Part VII, Part VIII and Part IX before continuing.

On her next day off, Brittney parked her car outside Mr. Kelper’s house in the early hours of the morning, this time she parked a couple houses down the street in the opposite direction from the one she had gone on her first visit, figuring someone might notice if she kept parking outside the same house. Besides, this position offered her a much better vantage point for sitting in her car and watching Mr. Kelper and his family leave the house.

The woman Brittney assumed was Mrs. Kelper was the last to leave and Brittney watched as she locked up the house, dropped the keys into an outside pocket of her purse, got into her car, and drove off.

This time, Brittney followed Mrs. Kelper, who went straight to a dentist’s office, unlocking the door to let herself in.

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Brittney: Part IX

By Alison Ver Halen ·

short story

This is the ninth part in a series, so if you have not already done so, you might want to read Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V, Part VI, Part VII, and Part VIII before continuing.

After leaving Mr. Kelper’s office, Brittney went and got her car, parked it outside the law office and waited for Mr. Kelper to emerge. He worked late, so she had to wait a few hours, but she could see by the light coming from his office window that he hadn’t left yet.

So she waited.

When he finally emerged, she watched him walk to his car, then wrote down his license plate number in a notebook she kept handy for the purpose.

Then she followed him home, making sure to always keep one or two cars between them to avoid arousing suspicion.MORE +

Brittney: Part VIII

By Alison Ver Halen ·

womens fiction

This is the eighth part in a series, so if you have not already done so, you might want to read Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V, Part VI, and Part VII before continuing.

Brittney didn’t wait until she had completed her training at the police academy before she started stalking her first victim.

She couldn’t put her finger on what it was about him that made her single him out. He didn’t look anything like her father. But there was something about the way he carried himself, the way he walked, that reminded her of him. It made her blood boil, but this time she chose not to go to the gym to burn it off.

This time she chose to follow him.

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Brittney: Part VII

By Alison Ver Halen ·

teamwork

This is the seventh part in a series, so if you have not already done so, you might want to read Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V, and Part VI before continuing.

Brittney survived college, but she thrived at the police academy. Finally, she could see a direct connection between what she was doing and what she wanted to do.

She studied all the manuals. She started by memorizing every crime her father had ever committed and their codes, then she worked outwards from there.

She learned how to use a gun and imagined her father’s face on the paper target.

The only place she struggled was teamwork. She had never been good at it, but that had never bothered her until now. A police department had to work together, to depend on each other, but Brittney had never learned to call for backup because she had learned early on that none would ever come.MORE +

Brittney: Part VI

By Alison Ver Halen ·

gym rat

This is the sixth part in a series, so if you have not already done so, you might want to read Part I , Part II, Part III, Part IV, and Part V before continuing.

Brittney quickly fell in love with the on-campus gym that was free for students to use. She knew there was a rigorous physical she would have to pass in order to get into the police academy, and she couldn’t be sure she wouldn’t get one of those assholes who always makes it harder for women because they think the police should be a boys-only club.

She had never had access to such equipment. She had been required to take gym every year before she graduated high school, but no one took that class seriously.

Besides, gym class had never included weights. The most “strength training” they had ever done was pushups, and even then, girls had been encouraged to lean on their knees, bend their backs, and keep their elbows out, rather than tucked in.

This world of weights and treadmills that could vary incline as well as speed was a whole new world for Brittney. She felt like a kid in a toy store. She wanted to try everything.

Unfortunately, she had no idea what she was doing. The morning after her first day at the gym she could barely get out of bed. She thought it was a good thing – that it meant she had had a good workout and the screaming in her muscles was nothing more than growing pains.

But when the so-called growing pains failed to fade after a few days, Brittney realized she was in trouble. She didn’t know what she had done wrong, but she had clearly done more harm than good.MORE +

Brittney: Part V

By Alison Ver Halen ·

sleeve

This is the fifth part in a series, so if you have not already done so, you might want to read Part I, Part II, Part III, and Part IV before continuing.

The part of competent schoolgirl wasn’t entirely an act. Brittney had her heart set on becoming a cop, and she knew she would need good grades to make it in. So, she played by the rules of the school and her teachers, fulfilled their expectations and got the necessary recommendations to get into the school of her choice – the one that was farthest from her father.MORE +