Fire in the Belly
LJ was in shock. Shock led to anger, and anger led to a deep sense of disappointment and doubt about the future of their marriage. LJ’s friends were her family, the only extended family she had ever known. This was, unfortunately, not the only male jealousy LJ would soon encounter. LJ could not remember the last time she had been embarrassed, or even if she ever had been. But now she was experiencing a new set of unwelcomed and uncontrollable emotions. Emotions that emanated deep within her core.
As if the island and surrounding waters had not only connected with LJ’s emotions, but it also reacted in kind. Deep on the ocean floor, a river of dark ooze of combined bacteria and rotting flora began to slowly make its way to the surface. The earlier volcanic activity had un
