Chance Meeting Durene waited patiently in line while her appointed benefactor from the air crew took her documents and waited while she went through all formalities and had her documents inspected minutely by US immigration. Then took them and returned the stamped passport and documents to Durene as she was waved through the barrier before heading for the line where airline crew were processed promising … Continue reading Durene’s Reality Check – Chapter 2
Badrick Badrick Brown glanced at his watch. He’d assembled his whole family to the Norman Manly International Airport twenty-one kilometers from Kingston Jamaica to see his daughter off to commence her undergraduate work at Harris-Stowe State University in the United States. He was proud his family would one by one be given the opportunity to rise above the general population in Jamaica and have an … Continue reading Durene’s Reality Check – Chapter 1
Sue Anne sat on top of the hill looking out over the suburbs of Granville from her favorite place of retreat when bored at home. She could make out certain landmarks familiar to her in the distance and there was one building particularly she could recognize instantly because of her familiarity with the building. Her father Adam Dressler owned the legal practice which occupied the … Continue reading Sue Anne
Valley of Decision “Are you Raina Novak?” “Yes, I am, why?” He handed her the beautifully arranged rose presentation gift and asked her to sign. She shook her head in disbelief. There had to be a mistake, so she looked at the message to check on the intended recipient and sender then smiled. The sender was Brenna Cartwright, but Raina knew who the real sender … Continue reading Raina Gets a New Family – Chapter 4
Freya’s Bribery Threat “Thank you Donald I’ll be making a change over from night shift supervision to day shift and we have a gap day and a half to adjust sleeping patterns between the next day shift, so, I have this Thursday off and wonder if that would be a good time for you and Brenna? I should be ready by 9am.” “I need to … Continue reading Raina Gets a New Family – Chapter 3
Brenna Cartwright Returns Two weeks later Raina commenced her shift and scanned records to see who’d been admitted in her absence and their medical history. She gasped as she saw the name Brenna Cartwright and wondered what had bought this girl back for treatment. Had they missed something before that was vital for her health? They had very sophisticated methods of assessing health problems now … Continue reading Raina Gets a New Family – Chapter 2
War and Rescue Raina Novak sat at the nursing station in the children’s ward filling in required documentation on each child in the ward on computer. She’d just accompanied the doctor making his rounds and needed to input his instructions into the hospital ward database. While she was reasonably competent in English now after six months at this London hospital there were occasions when she … Continue reading Raina Gets a New Family – Chapter 1
Ashramas It was a national holiday and crowds were out in Surat to celebrate. Aashi and her mother had been to the temple and were returning home by auto rickshaw when they observed one of the chowkidars at the security office checking people into and out of the gated community. He’d prevented a disheveled woman clutching a small suitcase from entry and she was wailing … Continue reading Four Stages of Life – Chapter 4
Planning for the Future Gopal sat the Patel young men down and reviewed their progress at school noting as he did, he’d invested well in them. They were both gaining top grades in their schoolwork and expected to graduate in their respective years of graduation with honors. He asked a lot of questions about their philosophy in life, honor for traditional values and ambitions as … Continue reading Four Stages of Life – Chapter 3
Change Management Gopal, who was an astute student of human nature, finally addressed his boy’s question about their future passing the question off with the assurance his plans for future education were already in motion and they seemed quite satisfied to know each of them were being considered equally for their careers. But Gopal’s mind was working hard on Kamini’s comment, and he wondered what … Continue reading Four Stages of Life – Chapter 2
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