The Lost Is Found There was a long silence and his mother spoke. “We will talk when you come home this evening. The Lopez women are here and the police.” She disconnected the phone. Gilma rushed home and phoned Brazil where her family were prominent in politics and business. While their interests were strictly legal, they had contacts that owed them favors and soon a … Continue reading Family in Transition – Chapter 4

The Pressure Continues Francisco sat stunned. “My grandchild was killed in that accident too?” He shook his head sadly. “My grandchildren need a Latino mother to nurture them through the loss of their mother so please consider Camila’s offer. She is prepared to be that mother even though you don’t love her. You will come to love her in time, that is our way. Only … Continue reading Family in Transition – Chapter 3

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

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

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