Every week a group of authors
post short excerpts from their published books or works in progress. Follow
this link for a complete listing of this week’s participants:
Hump Day Authors. And you can find links to these posts on Twitter using the hashtag #HDH.
Hump Day Authors. And you can find links to these posts on Twitter using the hashtag #HDH.
Her husband says it’s
over so Tara flees for the Bocos del Toro Islands off the coast of Panama. When
the plane crashes in the sea, she finds herself the sudden mother of a
blond-haired four-month old boy, Kevin. The two are rescued by the gorgeous
Lucas and Tara soon falls in love with her new child and the man who patiently
teaches her how to care for him.
I stared out the airplane window, watching mile after mile of
Caribbean Sea pass by. My life had changed in an instant—that instant the man
I’d been married to for fifteen years had said he’d fallen in with someone
else. He hadn’t given up on the hope of a child; he’d gone on to say.
Neither
have I, I thought miserably as I recalled the fertility tests and numerous
times I’d laid on my back with my legs up in the air after sex. Despite the
discomfort and the inconvenience of it all, I’d tried every technique without
complaint, never losing hope that one day I’d hold that bright-eyed baby in my
arms.Until he shattered all my dreams
with a single sentence. Tears welled up in my eyes and I dabbed them away
with a tissue.
