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
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
Looking For a Balanced Life Trevor spoke. “Daniela please continue to play that was beautiful.” She stood looking at her mother for a minute then handed it to Trevor and fled to her mother sobbing. Memories of her family gatherings were too painful for her to continue. Carmen kissed her daughter repeatedly to calm her then whispered in her ear. Carmen then departed as suddenly … Continue reading Scott Finds a Reason to Live Again Chapter 2
Chapter 1 The Vacation Surprise Scott Fischer looked at his watch as he left the hospital and headed for the doctors parking lot. The last surgery had been a grueling one lasting three hours and they’d nearly lost the patient. It had been a full-on week and with his partners in the practice away attending continuing education events overseas there’d been an unusual number of … Continue reading Scott Finds a Reason to Live Again
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
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
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
Kindness Repaid “Lucy I’m heading to town as soon as you can join me. I want to show you all the changes that have happened in this small town you remember which has spread enormously since you left and I need a trip to the hairdresser as I see grey hair has started to peep out under the color again. We need to look at … Continue reading Lucy’s Makeover – Chapter 3
Opportunity Knocks About that time Dr. Terrance Claridge, the only doctor in this small town was joined by his son Ricky who’d departed fifteen years earlier to take up medical studies and worked his way and studied medicine. He was helped in a limited way by his father as the doctor charged a reasonable fee for service and treated the very poor for free. The … Continue reading Lucy’s Makeover – Chapter 2
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
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