When Heaven Weeps (2010)
When Heaven Weeps
“He was newly engaged, for goodness’ sake—singing the song of true love—and Ivena had the audacity to suggest that his words were louder than his life. The ringing truth of her suggestion tempered him.
The next day started no better, and he decided to take an hour to sort out his mind at the park before Karen returned to the office after her morning meeting. She was evidently neck-deep in discussions with their publisher over the next edition, and as always she preferred to handle the details on her own. This time the publisher had come to Atlanta and Jan didn’t even bother to suggest he attend the meeting. He was a writer, not a businessman.
It was then, sitting on a bench in Piedmont Park, that he first saw her. She was still a shimmering figure at the park’s perimeter, a faceless ghost in the midday heat. She looked small and frail under the massive weeping willows that swayed with the wind. He didn’t know why his eyes were drawn to her—his mind certainly wasn’t. It was busy grappli...ng with the growing dilemmas that seemed to have infected his soul since Ivena had graced him with her words.MoreLess
The next day started no better, and he decided to take an hour to sort out his mind at the park before Karen returned to the office after her morning meeting. She was evidently neck-deep in discussions with their publisher over the next edition, and as always she preferred to handle the details on her own. This time the publisher had come to Atlanta and Jan didn’t even bother to suggest he attend the meeting. He was a writer, not a businessman.
It was then, sitting on a bench in Piedmont Park, that he first saw her. She was still a shimmering figure at the park’s perimeter, a faceless ghost in the midday heat. She looked small and frail under the massive weeping willows that swayed with the wind. He didn’t know why his eyes were drawn to her—his mind certainly wasn’t. It was busy grappli...ng with the growing dilemmas that seemed to have infected his soul since Ivena had graced him with her words.MoreLess
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