Prologue
Rain came down in torrents, soaking Lauren
from head to toe. She was unable to see much farther than 5 feet in front of
her on the dark deserted road. While trudging along with a single suit case
Lauren cursed herself for being so impulsive and setting out on her trip
without checking the weather or her map first.
Just
my luck, Lauren thought, to be stuck
with no gas in the middle of a sudden down-poor, at least 10 miles from the
nearest town, and lost in the dark to top it off. She had merely wanted to
get an early start to her trip and now she was in a very fortuitous situation
with no one to help her out.
As Lauren rounded yet another bend in the
road she spotted a light in the distance. Steadily, she made her way toward the
only sign of civilization and help, wondering the whole time if it wouldn’t
have been more prudent to have left her belongings behind in the car. As Lauren
got closer to her beacon of hope she realized she was nearing in on a farm. While
Lauren’s attention focused on the canvas of her surroundings she failed to see
the drop off in the road ahead of her and slid down a quarter mile of the road
hitting her head as she went and blacking out.
Chapter 1
Jack
smiled at his 5 year old daughter, Natalie, as she prattled on and on about her
day. Keeping his eyes on the road; however, had become a recent priority with
the sudden deluge they were caught in.
“And
then Bess said that they were going to have new kittens, so I was thinking it
would be a good idea for us to have some around the farm.”
“You
were, were you?” Jack replied mildly.
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Let me know what you think... I'm trying to carve time out to write and eventually get published in print.
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