The Guardian
Chapter One
Four Years Later
In the years since Jim had died, Julie Barenson had somehow found a
way to start living again. It hadn't happened right away. The first
couple of years after his death had been difficult and lonely, but
time had eventually worked its magic on Julie, changing her loss
into something softer. Though she loved Jim and knew that part of
her would always love Jim, the pain wasn't as sharp as it had once
been. She could remember her tears and the total vacuum her life had
become in the aftermath of his death, but the searing ache of those
days was behind her. Now when she thought of Jim, she remembered him
with a smile, thankful that he'd been part of her life. She was
thankful for Singer, too. Jim had done the right thing by getting
her the dog. In a way, Singer had made it possible for her to go on.
But at this moment, while lying in bed on a cool spring morning in
Swansboro, North Carolina, Julie wasn't thinking about what a
wonderful support Singer had been during the past four years.
Instead, she was mentally cursing his very existence while gasping
for breath, thinking, I can't believe ... read full excerpt from The Guardian ebook
