Family in Transition – Chapter 2

Francisco’s Intervention Stanley rushed to the hospital after making several phone calls hopefully to see everything went well with the inspection. Tears flowed down his face at the thought of his beautiful wife in emergency care. He reached the hospital and cruised the parking lots looking for an opening and cursed as he had to do several circuits before finding a vacated spot. He sped … Continue reading Family in Transition – Chapter 2

Family in Transition – Chapter 1

Tragedy Strikes Stanley Gifford stood outside the front entrance of the new factory. It was a project they’d been working on for the past ten years as a family and the genius behind the project was his father Claude who’d over his lifetime weaned the company away from the much smaller operation his grandfather had operated under the title Gifford Engineering. Giant companies had become … Continue reading Family in Transition – Chapter 1

Herbert’s Big Change – Chapter 4

The Big Surprise Both Herb and Izabela watched over the next few months as they detected Elizabeth’s strength slowly ebbing. In the last month of the term Elizabeth could hardly drag herself to the university, but once there by some miracle her resolve overcame her condition and she appeared to faculty staff and students just as she’d always done. On top of her game and … Continue reading Herbert’s Big Change – Chapter 4

Herbert’s Big Change – Chapter 3

Izabela Elizabeth had been watching her son to gauge how her plan for Izabela to care for her in her final months would fit in with his introverted personality. She’d done everything she could think of over his growing years to encourage him to mix with his peers at school and even invited them to the home on occasions to try and make him more … Continue reading Herbert’s Big Change – Chapter 3

Scott Finds a Reason to Live Again Chapter 4

Hopes Fulfilled After the meal the three women bustled around the kitchen and Carmen investigated all the cupboards and drawers there. If she was to stay for a while, then she needed to be familiar with where everything was situated in the home as she wanted to play her part rather than sit back and be waited on. Gina watched this with interest and turned … Continue reading Scott Finds a Reason to Live Again Chapter 4

Scott Finds a Reason to Live Again Chapter 3

Beginning Family Integration Scott looked at his watch as he headed for his consulting room. He was pleased with the meeting and after sitting down facing the computer he spied a fat package on his table so turned to check which patient results this may be. Usually, required test results came to his computer these days. Glancing at the senders address he smiled. The sender … Continue reading Scott Finds a Reason to Live Again Chapter 3

Ratnagiri – Chapter 3

Susheela’s Whispered Wish Aswarti glanced around the restaurant then continued to talk. “I did my research on you before approaching you at the plantation to find out how formidable you’d be in the event I had to represent against you in court. You have an impressive family tree and are known for honest dealings and are very competent and astute.” Raj laughed. “Aswarti I’m always … Continue reading Ratnagiri – Chapter 3

Ratnagiri – Chapter 2

The Friendly Lawyer Next day at precisely 1pm Aswarti Nayar presented herself to the Harsha Terrace Garden Restaurant reception and inquired if Raj Patil had arrived. She was ushered to the table where Raj and Anupam were seated with papers out on the table discussing business transactions of the morning. When they saw her heading for the table, they quickly retrieved papers and put them … Continue reading Ratnagiri – Chapter 2

Ratnagiri – Chapter 1

Surprise Law Case Raj Patil walked through his ripening crops of alphonso mangos. It was that time of the year when crops flowed to the markets through intermediatory merchants to the rest of India and the world, and he’d offered puja that morning to prevent an early monsoon interfering with the latter part of the harvest. Once the monsoon started that was the end of … Continue reading Ratnagiri – Chapter 1

Lucy’s Makeover – Chapter 1

From Abuse to Kindness Lucy sat lethargically at her desk in class. She and her siblings had not had much sleep that night and while she liked the teacher and tried her best to concentrate it was just too much for her as she fought off the desire to close her eyes and get some sleep. She knew teacher miss Clover who lived down the … Continue reading Lucy’s Makeover – Chapter 1