Promises To Keep
Chapter One
The revelation struck Molly Boudreau without warning, like a giant
crashing wave of frigid water. The fierce power of it sucked the
breath from her lungs and the determination from her heart. It was
as if she'd stood deaf while the thunderous surge behind her had
gathered power, numb while the ground had trembled in warning
beneath her feet.
Deaf and numb and utterly unsuspecting. Her entire life had been
centered upon becoming a doctor. Perhaps she'd emerged from the womb
possessing a single-minded determination. It hadn't been a distant
wishing as most childhood fantasies, but a ruby red laser beam, so
focused and intense in its being that nothing distracted her from
it. Not slumber parties, or big games, or boyfriends. Not financial
obstacles-of which there were many for a poor girl from a small
midwestern town. She hadn't wavered once in her resolve, not from
grade school through the endless fatigue-strained hours of
residency.
But suddenly she realized her focus had been the journey, the fight,
with little concentration on what was to come after. She felt as if
she'd been engaged in a fren ... read full excerpt from Promises to Keep ebook
