Lexie's voice trailing off on a pause, as though she'd stopped herself from saying more, did not escape her mother's notice.
"And you miss...?" Leatrice asked gently.
Lexie's eyes filled with tears, but she quickly lifted her free hand and brushed them away. "And," she added shamefaced, "I miss Chris' love and caring ways. I miss the good times, and the carefree fun we shared."
Learice asked, "Chris' love and caring ways, the good times, the carefree fun — but doesn't Jim supply that?"
"Yes, but...Oh, it's just not the same. He's not Chris," she said.. "Not by a long run," she added, falling back on a childhood idiom.
"In other words," Leatrice clarified, "You're still in love with Chris."
Lexie nodded. Hearing the words from. her mother who had always understood her better than anyone, even her father, as much as he cared for her, there was no escaping the truth. She had made a terrible mistake breaking off her engagement to Chris and splitting his heart in two. He hated her now....
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Dorothy Paula Freda, writing under her pseudonyms Paula Freda and Marianne Dora Rose, is a wife, homemaker, mother and grandmother, and former off-the-desk publisher of a family-oriented print small press, (1984 thru 1999), The Pink Chameleon, that she now publishes on line,
www.thepinkchameleon.com
She was raised by her grandmother and mother, and has been writing for as long as she can remember. Even before she could set pencil to paper, she would spin her stories in the recording booths in the Brooklyn Coney Island Arcades for a quarter per 3-minute record. She states, "I love the English language, love words and seeing them on display, typed and alive. A romantic at heart, I write simply and emotionally. I love writing, despite that I still have much to learn, and am grateful for any constructive feedback. Although I've no fancy that I will ever be famous, or even want to be, my hope is that my writing will bring entertainment and uplift the human spirit. If someday in the future, someone reads my work and feels the better for it, then I have fulfilled myself."
One of my former editors kindly described my work, '...her pieces are always deep, gentle and refreshing....'"
Other Novels, Novellas,
Short Stories, Articles
By Paula Freda
Aka as Marianne Dora Rose
E-Books
Roses in the Dark
(Also available as four stand-alone Novellas)
The Blue Jay and the Sparrow
Driscoll's Lady
Henderson Sands
Adventure in Panama
Rubies, Sapphires,
Red, White and Lavender Blossoms
(Four Inspirational Romance Novellas)
The Heart Calleth
The Sketchbook
Inspirational Stories — Set I
Inspirational Stories — Set 2
Blonde Angel
The Ugliness Without
The Lord's Canine
Is There More To Life Than What The
Realists Claim
(with a special bonus)
The Giftless Christmas
The Camellia Lady / My Three Fathers
Cathy and the Dolphin
A Valentine Bouquet
Stardust (Old Woman in the Park)
A Cup of Humanity
Shannon and the Angel (A Mortal Man)
Welcome Home, Amy
The Scent of Camellias
The Intangible
The Lonely Heart
A Ghost of a Story
The Gently Cursed
The Offering
The Good People
The Novices Guide
To the Art of Writing
The Adventures of Grace Quinlan and
Lord William Hayden
(five stand-alone novellas)
The Adventures of Grace Quinlan and
Lord William Hayden
(the complete novel)
Blossoms in the Snow
Sunrise in Paradise
Sapphire Blue in the Straw (Jenny's Story)
Orange Blossoms in December
The Consequential Heart
I Dream of My Lady in Red
The Girl in Blue Velvet Who Fell From The Stars
Wild Yellow Clover and Honey Wheat Sage
Audrey's Mr. Darcy
Beautiful Dreamer
Silvereye's Hummingbird
(Carol's Story)
Cinderella Ice
(Jessie's Story)
written under my pseudonym
Marianne Dora Rose
Paperback Editions
Time Encapsulated (Poetry of the Soul)
Romantic Short Stories
Science Fiction and
Fantasy Short Stories
Inspirational Short Stories
The Complete Collection (Sets 1, 2, 3)
The Novices Guide to the Art of Writing
The Adventures of Grace Quinlan and
Lord William Hayden
(the complete novel)
Roses in the Dark
(Also available as four stand-alone Novellas)
The Blue Jay and the Sparrow
Driscoll's Lady
Henderson Sands
Adventure in Panama
Red, White and Lavender Blossoms
(Inspirational Romance Novellas)
Heartsongs
Blossoms in the Snow
Sunrise in Paradise
Lilac in the Spring
Sapphire Blue in the Straw (Jenny's Story)
Driscoll's Daughter
(a sequel to Driscoll's Lady)
Orange Blossoms in December
The Consequential Heart
I Dream of My Lady in Red
The Girl in Blue Velvet Who Fell From The Stars
Wild Yellow Clover and Honey Wheat Sage
Audrey's Mr. Darcy
Beautiful Dreamer
Silvereye's Hummingbird
(Carol's Story)
Cinderella Ice
(Jessie's Story)
written under my pseudonym
Marianne Dora Rose
Paula Freda's Websites
www.angelfire.com/falcon/dpfenterprises.com
www.thepinkchameleon.com
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