Consequences Of Secrets!
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Tempy, thank you for what you did for both me and my father yesterday. You made a dying man’s last wish come true. I understand now that my mother and both of your parents were wrong, all those years ago, about us. I wish I could change what they had us do to each other, but I cannot change the past now. I wish I could change it, but the past is just that the past. We need to make the future the best we can for each other and for those around us.
I have loved you since we were toddlers. We made a daughter together that I have never claimed. But I loved her as much as I loved my other two children. I loved you when I ran my car into the side of the ditch across from my home, many years ago. I loved you when you walked into my office, almost two-and-a-half years ago, for a job. I love you more today than words can ever say. You are my best friend and my wife. Tempy, you are the keeper of my secrets; you have never sought to hurt me because of them or with them, but because of a few of my secrets, Tempy, they have hurt you beyond what any words can ever make go away. Secrets that caused you pain without compare and you still want to be with me, and you make me the happiest man alive every day.
When I faked my death, I hoped you would, somehow, someday find me. I never dreamed it would happen how it did. I realize nobody from my hometown was to be aware of where I was, but I hoped you would find me. When you did, I never thought you would want me back in your life the way I wanted you in mine. Tempy I realize I made the circumstances that led to you finding me happen, but if I had to do it over again, I would do the same thing. I wanted you with me and I wanted you in my life.
Tempy you were there during the worst two-and-a-half days of my life. You helped me get over a time I thought I could never come back from. Tempy you were strong for me. You proved I could be strong as well and get back some of my self-confidence. You are the person I wanted when we were teenagers, and you are the person; I want beside me today. Thank you, Temperance Brewer Braden for allowing me to mend your broken heart.
Tempy, thank you for what you did for both me and my father yesterday. You made a dying man’s last wish come true. I understand now that my mother and both of your parents were wrong, all those years ago, about us. I wish I could change what they had us do to each other, but I cannot change the past now. I wish I could change it, but the past is just that the past. We need to make the future the best we can for each other and for those around us.
I have loved you since we were toddlers. We made a daughter together that I have never claimed. But I loved her as much as I loved my other two children. I loved you when I ran my car into the side of the ditch across from my home, many years ago. I loved you when you walked into my office, almost two-and-a-half years ago, for a job. I love you more today than words can ever say. You are my best friend and my wife. Tempy, you are the keeper of my secrets; you have never sought to hurt me because of them or with them, but because of a few of my secrets, Tempy, they have hurt you beyond what any words can ever make go away. Secrets that caused you pain without compare and you still want to be with me, and you make me the happiest man alive every day.
When I faked my death, I hoped you would, somehow, someday find me. I never dreamed it would happen how it did. I realize nobody from my hometown was to be aware of where I was, but I hoped you would find me. When you did, I never thought you would want me back in your life the way I wanted you in mine. Tempy I realize I made the circumstances that led to you finding me happen, but if I had to do it over again, I would do the same thing. I wanted you with me and I wanted you in my life.
Tempy you were there during the worst two-and-a-half days of my life. You helped me get over a time I thought I could never come back from. Tempy you were strong for me. You proved I could be strong as well and get back some of my self-confidence. You are the person I wanted when we were teenagers, and you are the person; I want beside me today. Thank you, Temperance Brewer Braden for allowing me to mend your broken heart.
Tempy, thank you for what you did for both me and my father yesterday. You made a dying man’s last wish come true. I understand now that my mother and both of your parents were wrong, all those years ago, about us. I wish I could change what they had us do to each other, but I cannot change the past now. I wish I could change it, but the past is just that the past. We need to make the future the best we can for each other and for those around us.
I have loved you since we were toddlers. We made a daughter together that I have never claimed. But I loved her as much as I loved my other two children. I loved you when I ran my car into the side of the ditch across from my home, many years ago. I loved you when you walked into my office, almost two-and-a-half years ago, for a job. I love you more today than words can ever say. You are my best friend and my wife. Tempy, you are the keeper of my secrets; you have never sought to hurt me because of them or with them, but because of a few of my secrets, Tempy, they have hurt you beyond what any words can ever make go away. Secrets that caused you pain without compare and you still want to be with me, and you make me the happiest man alive every day.
When I faked my death, I hoped you would, somehow, someday find me. I never dreamed it would happen how it did. I realize nobody from my hometown was to be aware of where I was, but I hoped you would find me. When you did, I never thought you would want me back in your life the way I wanted you in mine. Tempy I realize I made the circumstances that led to you finding me happen, but if I had to do it over again, I would do the same thing. I wanted you with me and I wanted you in my life.
Tempy you were there during the worst two-and-a-half days of my life. You helped me get over a time I thought I could never come back from. Tempy you were strong for me. You proved I could be strong as well and get back some of my self-confidence. You are the person I wanted when we were teenagers, and you are the person; I want beside me today. Thank you, Temperance Brewer Braden for allowing me to mend your broken heart.
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About the Book
Julia Temperance Brewer has grown up in the small southern town, where she raised her daughter. Now that she’s older, Tempy is looking for something she hasn’t had with anyone in a long time—connection. She feels lost and alone; with no one to turn to for help, she must make her own way for the first time in her life
Tempy doesn’t know where she is going or what waits for her when she gets there. In this most frightening time of her life, however, what she winds up finding is beyond anything she could have dreamed possible. When her husband forced her to leave her childhood home, Tempy thought he had taken all hope away from her. But now it seems like she may find the life she always dreamed was waiting for her; just when it looks as though her life is crashing around her, she finds more happiness than she ever knew existed or imagined was possible. Tempy is learning that secrets can have consequences—some of them can come back to bite, and others can lead to the most beautiful time of your life.
This novel follows the continuing life and trials of an older woman whose life changes beyond her recognition, leading to a change that she could never have imagined.
About the Author
Adeline Marie Howell has dealt with obstacles in her life that offered her insight into her characters’ feelings. This is her second book, continuing the life and trials of Temperance Brewer.