Starting Over
“You know your dad and I love having you around again. We have no plans for your old room, and we could turn the study into an nursery. Or we could convert the attic over the garage into an apartment. Your father has been talking about doing that for years anyway, so it wouldn't be any trouble." As she spoke, the woman's hands continued to knead a soft lump of dough although her gaze never left the face of her daughter.
It was a tempting offer. Wrapped in the warm, safe cocoon of her childho...od home, surrounded by the love and concern of her parents, Kate Cramer could put off facing the future. Sleeping in her old room, waking up each morning to the familiar smells and sounds of her mother preparing breakfast, and spending her afternoons and evenings helping out at the restaurant took her back to a happier, more carefree time. When she was a teenager she had her whole life before her. She had yet to meet the man she would fall in love with and marry, and the thought of becoming a mother was still a distant dream.MoreLess
It was a tempting offer. Wrapped in the warm, safe cocoon of her childho...od home, surrounded by the love and concern of her parents, Kate Cramer could put off facing the future. Sleeping in her old room, waking up each morning to the familiar smells and sounds of her mother preparing breakfast, and spending her afternoons and evenings helping out at the restaurant took her back to a happier, more carefree time. When she was a teenager she had her whole life before her. She had yet to meet the man she would fall in love with and marry, and the thought of becoming a mother was still a distant dream.MoreLess
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