Mr. Personality As they walked the streets Niels kept up a constant barrage of historical detail about the city and its history. Crowded sightseeing buses passed them at regular intervals with the monotone voice of the tour guide giving them snippets of the tour they were on before they passed out of hearing range. It was only as the busses passed with their associated noise … Continue reading Chance Encounter with Destiny– Chapter 3
Amelia Amelia Thomas turned to her cousin Sophia Jones after clearing formalities at Stockholm’s Bromma airport. “It’s about eight kilometres to the city Soph. Dad has us booked in at concessional rates for Travel Agencies at Radisson Blu Waterfront Hotel and it is very convenient for our sightseeing trip. I’ve always wanted to travel around Sweden but unfortunately, we only have a week so will … Continue reading Chance Encounter with Destiny– Chapter 2
The Larsen Family Morten Larsen sat in his office surveying the workshop through the plate glass window overlooking workers hard at work shaping timbers and cabinets to be used on the construction he was contracted to do on the outskirts of Sigtuna. His ancestors had been in this industry as far back as his family tree indicated before he lost track of his ancestry. In … Continue reading Chance Encounter with Destiny– Chapter 1
Prejudice is a Two-Way Reality Durene sat in her apartment in Houston thinking through the proposal she’d received today. It had come as a shock to her, and she had to think through the implications of what would happen if she accepted. The events of the past six years came vividly to mind, and she shuddered at the impact on her life since she’d left … Continue reading Durene’s Reality Check – Chapter 4
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
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
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